We often forget that back in the day, civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. was a very controversial figure.
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The latest on cinema in Philadelphia, including Philadelphia films, independent cinema, and Philly film festivals.
I’m Your Woman (2020 – dir. Julia Hart): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Complex characters and shocking plot twists in service of a story that brings a female flavor to a typically male-dominated subgenre
View More I’m Your Woman (2020 – dir. Julia Hart): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewCome True (2020 – dir. Anthony Scott Burns): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Immediately striking, and consistently spooky for almost the entirety of its runtime
View More Come True (2020 – dir. Anthony Scott Burns): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewThe Witmans (2020 – dir. David Peterson): Philadelphia Film Festival review
The Witman family has gone through a tragedy so unimaginable that it couldn’t possibly be written into fiction.
View More The Witmans (2020 – dir. David Peterson): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewSound of Metal (2019 – dir. Darius Marder): Philadelphia Film Festival review
A slower, quieter movie than the marketing would have you believe, but that’s ultimately a good thing
View More Sound of Metal (2019 – dir. Darius Marder): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewGunda (2020 – dir. Victor Kosakovkiy): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Who knew seeing an adolescent pig pee for a very, very long time could be such high art
View More Gunda (2020 – dir. Victor Kosakovkiy): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewShakespeare in Clark Park revisits its theater for Every Everyman
A movie about the socially distanced Pageant Wagon that toured West Philly this Fall.
View More Shakespeare in Clark Park revisits its theater for Every EverymanBanksy Most Wanted (2020 – dir. Seamus Haley, Laurent Richard, Aurélia Rouvier): Philadelphia Film Festival review
We all know who Banksy is, it’s just that we don’t know who, specifically, Banksy is.
View More Banksy Most Wanted (2020 – dir. Seamus Haley, Laurent Richard, Aurélia Rouvier): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewCome Play (dir. Jacob Chase): Film review
Next in a long line of “horror short gets expanded to feature length” projects
View More Come Play (dir. Jacob Chase): Film reviewKubrick by Kubrick (2020 – dir. Gregory Monro): Philadelphia Film Festival review
A mysterious figure, top to bottom, Kubrick is a man from another time.
View More Kubrick by Kubrick (2020 – dir. Gregory Monro): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewJumbo (2020 – dir. Zoé Wittick): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Jumbo manages to accurately depict the feeling of romance as well as accurately describe the feeling of fetishization.
View More Jumbo (2020 – dir. Zoé Wittick): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewMiracle Fishing (2020 – dir. Miles Hargrove & Christopher Birge): Philadelphia Film Festival review
An intense story that resembles what we see in a standard thriller, but being real life
View More Miracle Fishing (2020 – dir. Miles Hargrove & Christopher Birge): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewNew Order (2020 – dir. Michel Franco): Philadelphia Film Festival review
This movie is going to upset a lot of people. Good.
View More New Order (2020 – dir. Michel Franco): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewApples (2020 – dir. Christos Nikou): Philadelphia Film Festival review
A mostly quiet tale, carried by the human performances and minimalist plot
View More Apples (2020 – dir. Christos Nikou): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewWhite Lie (2019 – dir. Yonah Lewis & Calvin Thomas): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Ever meet one of those people who, no matter what the situation, cannot help but lie about even the tiniest things?
View More White Lie (2019 – dir. Yonah Lewis & Calvin Thomas): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewBorat Subsequent Moviefilm (dir. Jason Woliner): Moviefilm review
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is hilarious to the point of incapacitation.
View More Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (dir. Jason Woliner): Moviefilm reviewDeath Drop Gorgeous (dir. Michael Ahern, Christopher Dale, Brandon Perras): Salem Horror Festival capsule review
Drop Dead Gorgeous takes the shiny, candy-colored world of drag and drenches it with gallons of blood
View More Death Drop Gorgeous (dir. Michael Ahern, Christopher Dale, Brandon Perras): Salem Horror Festival capsule reviewBleed With Me (dir. Amelia Moses): Salem Horror Festival capsule review
Writer/director Amelia Moses proves herself a talent to watch with this moody tale of mistrust
View More Bleed With Me (dir. Amelia Moses): Salem Horror Festival capsule reviewPapi Ramirez vs. Giant Scorpions (dir. Leslie Rivera): Salem Horror Festival capsule review
Papi Ramirez vs. Giant Scorpions proves that if you’re creative enough, you can make a pretty damn good DIY movie
View More Papi Ramirez vs. Giant Scorpions (dir. Leslie Rivera): Salem Horror Festival capsule reviewPhilly AIDS Thrift Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Beetlejuice Drive-in
They love Halloween and spooky season at Philly AIDS Thrift in Queen Village. Staff put up decorations and don inventive outfits, and the store is…
View More Philly AIDS Thrift Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Beetlejuice Drive-in