The BSR April 2026 repertory movie roundup

The highlights

Nickel Boys
Wednesday, April 1, 7pm
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 130 South Bryn Mawr Avenue, Bryn Mawr

Nickel Boys, which arrived in theaters in 2024, was one of the most groundbreaking and inventive films of recent years, telling the story of an abusive school for boys in the Jim Crow-era South, with the story told from a child’s-eye-view point-of-view.

The film’s writer/director RaMell Ross and its writer/producer Joslyn Barnes will be on hand for the film, which BMFI is presenting as part of a series called Strange Truth 2026. Haverford Assistant Professor Swetha Regunathan will host the post-screening Q&A.

The Silence of the Lambs
Sunday, April 26, and Wednesday, April 29, various times
Various theaters (Fathom Entertainment)

Jonathan Demme’s thriller featured a young FBI agent (Jodie Foster) seeking the help of one psychotic serial killer (Anthony Hopkins) to catch a different one (Ted Levine). The film swept the Oscars in 1991, becoming the last film to date to win Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay, while remaining the only horror film to win Best Picture. For its 35th anniversary, the film is getting a two-night Fathom big screen release.

Black Belt Theatre
Saturday, April 4, 2pm
The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge Street, Phoenixville

Black Belt Theatre was a program of martial arts movies that used to air on television—channel 29 for you local folks. Now, it’s being revived for a one-day program at the Colonial, presented by Exhumed Films. All presented in 16mm, the program will feature The Legendary Weapons of China (1983), Jade Claw (1979), and Masked Avengers (1981).

The program will also feature “vintage kung fu movie TV spots,” and it will be hosted by Grady Hendrix and Chris Poggiali, authors of the book These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World.

Other cinema showings

The Last of Sheila
Wednesday, April 1
Ambler Theater

The Love Witch
Wednesday, April 1
Saturday, April 4
Film Society Center

The Secret Cinema Presents: Films from FLP
Saturday, April 4
Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Monday, April 6
Bryn Mawr Film Institute

Nadja
Wednesday, April 8
PhilaMOCA

Yi-Yi
Wednesday, April 8
Bryn Mawr Film Institute

Repo Man
Saturday, April 11
Sunday, April 12
Film Society Center

ET: The Extra Terrestrial
Saturday, April 11-15
WaterTower Cinema

Mikey and Nicky
Sunday, April 12
The Colonial Theatre

O Brother, Where Art Thou
Sunday, April 12
The Colonial Theatre

The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Wednesday, April 15
Lightbox Film Center

The Philadelphia Story
Wednesday, April 15
Bryn Mawr Film Institute

Ed Wood
Friday, April 17
Ambler Theater

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Saturday, April 18-22
WaterTower Cinema

Thursday, April 23
Ambler Theater

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (with Deep Focus Seminar)
Sunday, April 19
The Colonial Theatre

To Kill a Mockingbird (Cinema Classics Seminar)
Thursday, April 23
Bryn Mawr Film Institute

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Friday, April 24
Ritz Five

Harold and Maude
Sunday, April 26
Hiway Theater

The Magnificant Ruffians/Shaolin Prince
Sunday, April 26
PhilaMOCA

Bicycle Thieves (Cinema Classics Seminar)
Tuesday, April 28
Bryn Mawr Film Institute

The Game
Thursday, April 30
Film Society East

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