The latest on cinema in Philadelphia, including Philadelphia films, independent cinema, and Philly film festivals.
Ex Machina is the first feature film directed by Alex Garland, and it’s a statement of purpose that follows gracefully upon the modus operandi he’s set for himself as a screenwriter and producer.
View More EX MACHINA (dir. Alex Garland): Movie review
Truth may be stranger than fiction, but trying to shove that truth back into a fabricated format (a movie) does not often work on its own.
View More TRUE STORY (dir. Rupert Goold): Movie review
The sophomore effort of three-first-name writer and director David Robert Mitchell is a 100-minute-long teen indie horror flick, and it’s taking everyone by surprise.
View More IT FOLLOWS (dir. David Robert Mitchell): Movie review
Netanyahu isn’t Israel’s only visitor to the United States this month. Philadelphia’s annual Israeli Film Festival opens its 19th season this Saturday with a dark comedy featuring many of Israel’s top actors.
View More THE FAREWELL PARTY launches the 2015 Israeli Film Festival
Members of Andy Warhol’s family are preserving their personal recollections in a new film project, UNCLE ANDY: THE ANDY WARHOL FAMILY FILM.
View More Art in the Family: An inside preview of UNCLE ANDY (Warhola Films), a family biopic of Andy Warhol
Today marks 28 years since Andy Warhol’s death. Deb Miller talks to his nephew, illustrator Jamie Warhola.
View More An Interview with Jamie Warhola: Honoring Andy Warhol on the 28th anniversary of his death
When a film is highly anticipated it goes one of two ways: either it lives up to the heady expectations or it unceremoniously flops.
View More THE GAMBLER: (dir: Rupert Wyatt) Movie review
Who should win. Who will win. Picks for the 2015 Academy Awards.
View More Oscar Pool Party! Predictions for the Academy Awards 2015
“Into the Woods” goes beyond fairy tale into exploring a basic human dilemma, how to fight a destructive common enemy.
View More INTO THE WOODS (dir, Rob Marshall): Movie review
Republished by kind permission from NealsPaper.com. Though Tim Burton plays it straight in this movie about a monomaniac who uses his wife’s talent to feed…
View More BIG EYES (dir. Tim Burton): Movie review
This is a movie about one woman gaining personal survival skills that will give her confidence to face the vicissitudes of everyday life when she returns to it.
View More WILD (dir. Jean-Marc Vallée): Movie review
Morten Tyldum does a fine job of blending two stories: Alan Turing’s role in deciphering Nazi Germany’s Enigma Code, and his arrest and conviction for gross indecency.
View More THE IMITATION GAME (dir. Morten Tyldum): Movie review
The spirit of Samuel Taylor Coleridge has to be invoked practically every minute Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Birdman” digitally projects on the screen.
View More BIRDMAN (dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu): Movie review
Republished by kind permission from NealsPaper.com. The characters in “Foxcatcher” are laconic in general and, when they do talk, speak in short, clipped phrases that…
View More FOXCATCHER (dir. Bennett Miller): Movie review
“The Theory of Everything” is a strong story because it’s one of care and victory.
View More THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (dir. James Marsh): Movie review
The wastrel with a heart may not be a new character, but Bill Murray plays Vince with a satisfied nonchalance that makes this cliché watchable.
View More ST. VINCENT (dir. Theodore Melfi): Movie review
Phindie was saddened to hear about the passing of actor Robin Williams. Henrik Eger contributed this tribute to the comic:
View More Robin Williams: A tribute
Mark Mackner has been making supernatural thrillers in the underground Philly scene for almost 20 years now. His short film STUMP GRINDER has just been released online. He chats with Phindie about his latest release, the Philly independent film scene and his future goals.
View More Just plain weirdness: Coming Soon! Mark Mackner talks about the low-budget film scene in Philadelphia
Campy fun abounds at SINema After Hours. Shoshanna Green reviews a night of sin and scares at Walking Fish Theatre.
View More SINema After Hours: One Year Anniversary Show