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The BSR July 2023 repertory movie roundup
Blobfest, Hitchcock, Star Wars prequels, and more
Blobfest is back! Jurassic Park at the Mann with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Hitchcock seminars, Bruce Lee double feature, and more screenings this month. Stephen Silver rounds up.
Previews
5 minute read
The BSR June 2023 repertory movie roundup
Harrison Ford, The Room, Christopher Nolan, and the 90s
Stephen Silver rounds up movie screenings for June, including a handful of Harrison Ford films outside of the Indiana Jones universe.
Previews
6 minute read
The BSR May 2023 repertory movie roundup
Grease turns 45, Sports Movie Night, screening Barry Jenkins, and more
May sees familiar screenings like Goodfellas and Rocky Horror, but this month also has some rare, unique offerings. Stephen Silver rounds up.
Previews
5 minute read
The Philadelphia Film Society presents SpringFest 2023
Coming soon: reviews of Somewhere in Queens, Polite Society, and Sisu
This year’s PFS SpringFest featured 18 films in three days, including Ray Romano’s directorial debut, genre-bending action in Polite Society, and Sisu, about a violent rout of the Nazis in Finland. Stephen Silver reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read
The BSR April 2023 repertory movie roundup
Fluid Karma tour, 25 years of Lebowski, and TÁR talk
Stephen Silver previews film screenings and events for April in the Greater Philadelphia area, including a visit from Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly, a Toshiro Mifune retrospective, and more from Sight & Sound 500.
Previews
5 minute read
The BSR March 2023 repertory movie roundup
Discovering the cult classics and revisiting the familiar
March screenings include Rent, Philadelphia, and One Sings, the Other Doesn’t, from the late French auteur Agnès Varda. Stephen Silver rounds up.
Previews
5 minute read
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The BSR February 2023 movie repertory roundup
"You must remember this"
Stephen Silver rounds up February with some great movie screenings for the coldest month of the year.
Previews
5 minute read
PBS’s Independent Lens presents The Picture Taker
Capturing the story of civil rights movement photographer Ernest Withers
Phil Bertelsen and Lise Yasui’s documentary casts a dynamic light on the life of Ernest Withers, an iconic civil rights photographer who was also a secret informant for the FBI. Kathryn Smith Pyle previews.
Previews
2 minute read
PBS presents Vivian Kleiman’s No Straight Lines
Documenting the history and future of queer comics
The documentary film chronicles the timeline of queer comics, from Mary Wings to contemporary artists today. Kathryn Smith Pyle previews.
Previews
4 minute read
Opera Philadelphia presents David T. Little’s Black Lodge
Accepting your dark side
Opera Philadelphia brings its dark existential opera film to theaters this weekend. C. M. Crockford previews.
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1 minute read