A WORD FROM OUR PROGRAMMER 4/6/22
Greetings Cinema friends, Conceived nearly six years ago by two people named Daniel (Kwan and Scheinert) through a headache-inducing diagram of over a dozen color-coded storylines, scribbled notes, and dirty doodles: a maelstrom of ideas formed a film aptly named Everything Everywhere All At Once. What begins with Evelyn Wang, a harried laundromat owner facing an […]
Read More...A WORD FROM OUR PROGRAMMER 3/30/22
Greetings Cinema friends, With the Oscars streaming telecast in the rearview and the discourse surrounding it simmering in near-exclusively online spaces, let’s go offline and focus on physical space—shall we? At the Cinema now and through next Thursday, we’re highlighting the real reason for all the hubbub: the films. Drive my Car, the Best International Feature […]
Read More...A WORD FROM OUR PROGRAMMER 3/23/22
The Oscars are here, Cinema friends, With ballots at the Box Office and a staggering slate of Academy-nominated showtimes on the calendar, this is your friendly reminder to prepare for Sunday’s Big Movie Awards Show. The event has been a long-honored tradition in the hallowed halls of our humble cinematequé that has been understandably quieter these […]
Read More...A WORD FROM OUR PROGRAMMER 03/16/22
At the height of Oscar-frenzy, I ask once again, why horror? For those amongst our readership who need no cajoling to wade waist-deep into the darker realms of projected entertainment, I apologize. For the terror-averse, the cajoling begins now. March 17 at 10pm, we open X, a deliciously gory (and funny) slasher set in 1970s Texas where a dirt-cheap […]
Read More...Memoria Exclusive Special Engagement
Memoria One-Screen-at-a-Time Theatrical Tour to Include Ragtag Cinema! "Weerasethakul leaves us trembling on the edge of uncertainty, providing just enough terra firma to keep the viewer engaged while leading them deeper into the realms of the unknown." —Mark Kermode, Observer (UK)See the latest from Palme D’or winning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall […]
Read More...A WORD FROM OUR PROGRAMMER 2/23/22
Greetings cinema friends, Tonight, Black Independents Vol II—our yearly survey of the varied waves of Black independent American cinema—continues at the Cinema with Ephraim Asili’s The Inheritance. Asili’s 2020 feature debut is a radical cinematic experiment weaving scripted and improvised scenes from within a West Philadelphia Black artist and activist collective with documentary recollections of the notorious […]
Read More...A WORD FROM OUR PROGRAMMER 2/16/22
Greetings cinema friends, Tonight, Black Independents Vol II—our yearly survey of the varied waves of Black independent American cinema—continues at the Cinema with Kathleen Collins’ Losing Ground. Described by the filmmaker as a comedy about a young woman who takes herself too seriously, Losing Ground finds two married intellectuals—a painter and a philosophy professor—at a creative and romantic crossroads […]
Read More...A WORD FROM OUR PROGRAMMER 2/9/22
Greetings, cinema friends, Tonight, Black Independents Vol II begins at the Cinema. Our yearly survey of the varied waves of Black independent American cinema kicks off with Melvin Van Peebles’ The Story of a Three Day Pass. Infamous cinematic provocateur and polymath (author, playwright, composer, journalist, Korean War veteran, and one-time doctoral astronomy researcher also make […]
Read More...Gimme Truth!
Gimme Truth! is True/False's very own documentary game show, hosted by Brian Babylon and featuring an array of doc-world celebrity judges! Local filmmakers attempt to stump the judges/contestants with their short doc style videos that are entirely TRUE or entirely FALSE. Stay tuned, we’ll be announcing the celebrity panel soon! All films need to be 2 […]
Read More...In love with a film nerd? Here are some gifts to make them swoon!
It's the most romantic time of the year, and we all know cinephiles are irresistible. If you need help shopping for your cine-sweetie, we've got you covered! You can buy our sweet t-shirts the True/False merch store! We also have a few newer designs for sale only at the box office, along with a few […]
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