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Spinal Tap, Con Air, Blobfest and four Hitchcock seminars
The BSR July 2025 repertory movie roundup
Stephen Silver
This July, the screenings are bringing the heat. From an unusual celebration of the 41st anniversary of a classic to Hitchcock seminars to the annual Blobfest, the summer movies are here in Philly.
The highlights
This Is Spinal Tap
Saturday, July 5
Sunday, July 6
Monday, July 7
Fathom Events (various theaters)
Rob Reiner’s famous mockumentary about a British band’s tour of the US is getting a sequel this fall. Also, somewhat incongruously, it’s getting a 41st anniversary re-release, at different theaters via Fathom Events. The theater speakers, I’m sure, go to 11.
Con Air
Monday, July 14, 8pm
PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street, Philadelphia
June 16 is Bloomsday, the day of the action in James Joyce’s Ulysses. July 14 is Con Air Day, the day that marks the setting of Simon West’s Con Air, one of the most bombastic action movies of the 1990s. It’s the movie where Nicolas Cage plays Cameron Poe, a Southern, long-haired hero—and a dead ringer for current Phillies pitcher Matt Strahm—who foils a plot of a group of criminals to hijack their transport plane. Attendees are encouraged by PhilaMOCA management to come dressed as their favorite character.
The 26th annual Blobfest
Friday, July 11 through Sunday, July 13
The Colonial Theatre, 223 Bridge Street, Phoenixville
It’s the Colonial’s annual celebration of The Blob, the 1958 schlock sci-fi classic that was shot around the area and features the theatre in one scene. This year features multiple showings of the original Blob, as well as the famous “run-out,” which this year will take place on both Friday night and Sunday. There’s also the street fair, the costume contest, and showings of such movies as Flash Gordon, The Evil Dead 2, and Gremlins 2.
Four Hitchcock seminars in Bryn Mawr
Shadow of a Doubt
Tuesday, July 1, 6:30pm
Rear Window
Tuesday, July 8, 6:30pm
The Birds
Tuesday, July 15, 6:30pm
Psycho
Tuesday, July 22, 6:30pm
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 Lancaster Ave, Bryn Mawr
For the second July in a row, BMFI will host four separate seminars on different works by Alfred Hitchcock, all of them rendered in 4K. This series is called “Hitchcock: House and Home,” featuring films that question the notion of homes and their safety.
More cinema screenings
Three Colors: Blue
Wednesday, July 2
Film Society East
Three Colors: White
Wednesday, July 3
Film Society East
Three Colors: Red
Sunday, July 6
Film Society East
Dirty Dancing
Sunday, July 6
WaterTower Cinema
Coming to America
Monday, July 7
Monday, July 28
Bryn Mawr Film Institute
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Wednesday, July 9
Matthias Baldwin Park
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Friday, July 11
County Theater
The Muppet Movie
Saturday, July 12
WaterTower Cinema
The Innerview
Wednesday, July 16
Saturday, July 19
Film Society East (presented by Lightbox Film Center)
In the Mood For Love
Friday, July 18
The Colonial Theatre
Titane
Friday, July 18
Saturday, July 26
Film Society East
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Friday, July 18
Eakins Oval
Spaceballs
Friday, July 18
Saturday, July 19
Monday, July 21
Ambler Theater
Some Like It Hot
Sunday, July 20
The Hiway Theater
A Maggot Tango
Monday, July 21
PhilaMOCA
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Wednesday, July 23
Sunset Social
Heat
Thursday, July 31
Ambler Theater (Hollywood Summer Nights)
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