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Movies for Pride and summer screenings outside
The BSR June 2025 repertory movie roundup
Stephen Silver
The month of June is here, which means a great deal of outdoor movies as well as a wide selection of films for Pride Month from multiple area theaters. From Star Wars at the Mann to But I’m A Cheerleader in Old City, there’s plenty of contemporary gems and cult classics to choose from to start the summer.
The highlights
To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar
Tuesday, June 3, 2pm and 7pm
Ritz Five, 214 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Sunday, June 15, 6:15pm
Saturday, June 28, 7pm
Film Society East, 125 South 2nd Street, Philadelphia
Both the Philadelphia Film Society and Ritz Five are hosting special series for Pride Month, and both are featuring To Wong Foo, director Beeban Kidron’s 1995 drag classic, which turns 30 years old this year. The film stars Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, and John Leguizamo in full drag, in the drag road trip comedy from the mid-1990s that isn’t The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Star Wars: A New Hope in concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra
Friday, June 20, 8pm
TD Pavilion at the Mann, 5201 Parkside Ave, Philadelphia
Every year, the Mann Center hosts the orchestra to play along with classic movies, and more often than not, that movie is scored by John Williams. That’s the case here, with a presentation of the original Star Wars film from 1977. You’ve probably seen Luke Skywalker blow up the Death Star before, but this is one of the more entertaining ways to see it.
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Monday, June 25, 7pm
PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street, Philadelphia
“This is my happening, and it freaks me out!” Speaking of camp, PhilaMOCA is joining with Exhumed Films to show a 16mm print of Russ Meyer’s wild classic from 1970, from a screenplay by none other than Roger Ebert.
Clueless
Sunday, June 29, 4pm and 7pm
Monday, June 30, 7pm
Fathom Events (various theaters)
“As if!” Director Amy Heckerling’s hit teen retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma, starring Alicia Silverstone, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd, and Stacey Dash, turns 30 in July, and for the occasion, Fathom Events is presenting a two-night-only re-release at several different local theaters.
More cinema screenings
To Die For
Sunday, June 1
Saturday, June 7
Film Society East
But I’m a Cheerleader
Monday, June 2
Film Society East
The Virgin Suicides (Cinema Classics Seminar)
Tuesday, June 3
Bryn Mawr Film Institute
Five Films by Sharon Couzin
Wednesday, June 4
Lightbox Film Center (Moore College of Art and Design)
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
Wednesday, June 4
Sunset Social
Saving Private Ryan
Thursday, June 5
County Theater (Hollywood Summer Nights)
Polyester
Saturday, June 7
Saturday, June 14
Film Society East
Parasite (Cinema Classics Seminar)
Monday, June 9
Bryn Mawr Film Institute
Milk
Tuesday, June 10
Ritz Five
Moonlight
Thursday, June 12
Film Society East
Groundhog Day
Thursday, June 12
Schuylkill Banks
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Saturday, June 14
Sunday, June 15
Wednesday, June 18
Fathom Events
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Sunday, June 15
WaterTower Cinema
Tombstone (in 35mm)
Sunday, June 15
Colonial Theatre
The Kids Are All Right
Tuesday, June 17
Ritz Five
Nashville
Thursday, June 19
Ambler Theater (Hollywood Summer Nights)
Men in Black
Thursday, June 19
Schuylkill Banks
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Friday, June 20
Ritz Five
Harriet
Friday, June 20
Movies on the Mall
Kung Fu Hustle
Saturday, June 21
Chinatown Community Park (Movies on the Block)
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Tuesday, June 24
Wednesday, June 25
Film Society East
Pariah
Tuesday, June 24
Ritz Five
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Cinema Classics Seminar)
Wednesday, June 25
Bryn Mawr Film Institute
Before Sunrise
Thursday, June 26
Schuylkill Banks
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
Monday, June 30
PhilaMOCA
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
Monday, June 30
Bryn Mawr Film Institute
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