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THE LOVE THAT REMAINS
Official Selection of PFF34! Anna, an artist, and Magnús, a fisherman, live with their three children and charismatic sheepdog in the quiet grandeur of the Icelandic countryside. As the fractures in their marriage come to the surface, the couple try to hold onto the afterimages of a life together and make sense of a deep and lingering devotion. Filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason (GODLAND) brings surprising humor and emotional weight to this gorgeous, intimate, and brilliantly expansive scenes from a marriage, amidst the majestic backdrop of the changing seasons.
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undertone
The host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.
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MY FATHER'S SHADOW
Official Selection of PFF34! Framed by the political landscape of 1993 Lagos, the film follows a father and his two young sons as they journey into and around the vibrantly rendered Nigerian metropolis, quietly reckoning with their relationship while navigating a city on the precipice of democratic crisis.
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THE BRIDE!
A lonely "Frank" (Christian Bale) travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious (Annette Bening) to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride (Jessie Buckley) is born. What ensues is beyond what either of them imagined: Murder! Possession! A radical cultural movement! And outlaw lovers in a wild and combustible romance!
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SIRAT
Official Selection of PFF34! A father (Sergi López) and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They are searching for Mar — daughter and sister — who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties. Surrounded by electronic music and a raw, unfamiliar sense of freedom, they hand out her photo again and again. Hope is fading, but they push through and follow a group of ravers heading to one last party in the desert. As they venture deeper into the burning wilderness, the journey forces them to confront their own limits.
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PILLION
A timid man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive.
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NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE
Official Selection of PFF34! When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008. Blah blah blah blah blah
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"WUTHERING HEIGHTS" (BOURSE)
A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.
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13th Annual Oscars Party
The PFS Oscars Party returns in 2026 for an unforgettable evening dedicated to cinema, community, and the thrill of awards season. Join fellow film lovers, industry insiders, and cultural supporters for a live Oscars® broadcast, themed cocktails, and festive fare—all in a vibrant theatrical setting. The Oscar Party is SOLD OUT
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SPACE COWBOY w/ Q&A
Joe Jennings, a pioneer of skydiving cinematography, looks back on creating iconic moments in film and television, while he tries to turn a dreamlike vision into reality. Post-screening Q&A with subject Joe Jennings and film composers Brooke and Will Blair.
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AMADEUS
New 4K restoration! Simmering with jealousy and admiration, hackneyed court composer Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) recounts the astonishing life of genius Mozart (Tom Hulce) in Milos Forman’s bonafide masterpiece.
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US
Stacked with unforgettable performances led by Scream Queen Lupita Nyong’o, Jordan Peele’s politically charged horror of doppelgängers turns a family vacation into a chilling confrontation with violence, privilege, and the self.
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PROJECT HAIL MARY
Science teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out.
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READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME
After surviving one deadly game, Grace and her sister Faith must now outrun four rival families competing for a powerful throne - winner takes all.
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DANGEROUS LIAISONS
The great Marquise de Merteuil herself, Glenn Close, conspires with her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont (John Malkovich) to humiliate the Marquise’s ex in a sexually-charged game of cruel intentions.
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LOVE & ANARCHY
Director Lina Wertmüller spotlights a man’s volatile relationship with fascism as he prepares to avenge a friend by assassinating Benito Mussolini, all with the help of a sex worker with similarly vengeful motivations.
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THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT
The great provocateur Peter Greenway concocts a devilishly witty and erotic mystery surrounding the appointment of a cocksure draughtsman (Anthony Higgins) commissioned to draw the extravagant landscape of an aristocrat in return for room, board, and sex.
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A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
Arguably the most iconic–or at the very least most talkative–villain of the Golden Age of Slasherdom finds badly burned pedophile Freddy Krueger terrorizing the dreams of Scream Queen Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, and friends in Wes Craven’s masterpiece.
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WES CRAVEN'S NEW NIGHTMARE
Even before SCREAM’s Randy broke the fourth wall, Wes Craven was already cooking up a meta-tinged play on slasher films with this genius seventh entry in the series that finds Freddy Krueger haunting those responsible for making him a Hollywood household name, including Heather Langenkamp and Robert Englund himself. Presented on 35mm.
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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
It may be over twenty years since the beloved Pirates series first set sail, but director Gore Verbinski’s maiden voyage remains a fantastical big screen thrill ride filled with adventure, daring rescues, heart, and a winking Jack Sparrow.
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TREASURE ISLAND
Walt Disney’s first ever fully live-action film captures the rousing spirit of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic in technicolor as it follows the journey of young Jim Hawkins and infamous pirate Long John Silver in search of treasure and adventure.
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CAPTAIN BLOOD
Director Michael Curtiz (CASABLANCA) teams up with the legendary debonair Errol Flynn to deliver an all-time classic swashbuckling tale of adventure on the high seas in Flynn’s career-making role.
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QUEEN MARGOT
She is beautiful. She is Catholic. She is the King’s sister. She is Marguerite de Valois aka Margot (Isabelle Adjani). In an attempt to reconcile France after the bloody Wars of Religion, Margot is to be married to the Protestant Henri de Navarre, but a steamy, forbidden romance threatens to derail it all in this 4K uncut restoration.
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SOUL FOOD
Grab the family and join Greedy In The City, the Philadelphia Film Society, Brown Girl Space and Be Reel Black Cinema Club for our 4th Annual cinematic celebration of sisterhood. Join us for an unforgettable night-in and enjoy an evening of storytelling, conversation, and connection surrounding SOUL FOOD.
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SURPRISE 35!
In 2026, PFS will be embarking on the 35th Philadelphia Film Festival with another year of presenting life-changing and brain-altering films throughout October. Before the anniversary arrives we’ve decided to search far and wide for coveted films on 35mm to project every month. The catch: We aren’t saying what it’s going to be. Seriously. Don’t ask.
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LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH
An underseen early ‘70s psychological horror gem starring Zohra Lampert about a group of friends seeking the tranquility of the woods after Jessica’s (Lampert) recent stint at a mental institution has left her in a fragile state. Case in point: She believes a welcomed drifter into the group may or may not be a vampire.
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THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV
Spanish filmmaker Albert Serra imbues the final days of France’s long-reigning Louis XIV (Jean-Pierre Leaud, THE 400 BLOWS) with blood, guts, and bile as the Sun King slowly suffers in this painterly art house treasure.
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THE THREE MUSKETEERS
Director Richard Lester (A HARD DAY’S NIGHT) enlists a phenomenal troupe of players, including Oliver Reed and Raquel Welch, in the de facto Dumas adaptation about a young countryman falling in with the eponymous trio to take on the scheming Cardinal Richelieu (Charlton Heston).
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THE FOUR MUSKETEERS
Now a full-fledged musketeer, D’Artagnan (Michael York) and the boys must team up to save Constance de Bonacieux (Raquel Welch) from the clutches of Richelieu and Milady de Winter (Fay Dunaway) in this rousing conclusion.
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SEVEN BEAUTIES
A satirical dark comedy, which garnered Wertmüller the first ever Academy Award for Best Director nomination for a woman, follows the increasingly chaotic trials and tribulations of a small-time crook determined to survive his sentence at a German prison camp during World War II.
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SWEPT AWAY
Sex and politics collide in Wertmüller’s controversial Mediterranean sojourn about a beautiful capitalist finding herself marooned on a deserted island with a staunch communist where a switch in their beliefs is more than just roleplay.
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THE MAHONING DRIVE-IN ROAD SHOW: BLACULA & SCREAM BLACULA SCREAM
The Mahoning Drive-In Road Show returns to the Philadelphia Film Society on Friday, March 27, 2026 with a 35mm Drive-In double feature of BLACULA (1972) and its sequel, SCREAM BLACULA SCREAM (1973)!
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (DISNEY)
After rejecting the advances of Gaston for the hundredth time, the book-loving Belle finds herself to be a “guest” at the cursed castle of a selfish prince looking for love in this groundbreaking Disney animated classic.
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FINZAN
Set against the backdrop of a Malian village, women push back against rigid traditions and male authority, igniting a quiet yet powerful struggle for dignity and self-determination.
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (COCTEAU)
Celebrated surrealist and avant-garde pioneer Jean Cocteau reimagines the French romantic fairy tale with enchantment, desire and wonder in this imaginative, swoon-worthy, black and white masterpiece.
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THELMA AND LOUISE
One of the greatest Ride or Die duos in history take to the road to escape their bland home lives and discover a vast American landscape filled with beauty and danger.
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IT FOLLOWS
In the year 2014, newcomer Maika Monroe was immediately crowned as a Scream Queen with THE GUEST and this unforgettable, dreamy descent into terror. In a mysterious land with no parents in sight called suburban Detroit, sexually-active teens are hunted by a deadly spirit.
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THE GUEST
The YOU’RE NEXT team returns with a genre-bending follow up in which a suburban family gets more than they bargained for (but perhaps exactly what each of them wanted) when a young man claiming to be an army buddy of their deceased son shows up at their door.
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ORLANDO
Tilda Swinton radiates as the mystifying Orlando in an illustrious, genderfluid journey spanning several centuries in Sally Potter’s Venice Golden Lion-winning sophomore feature.
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THE LOVE WITCH
Anna Biller’s vivid homage to vintage melodrama follows a modern-day witch whose magical potions and seductive pursuits of the perfect lover leaves a trail of doomed romance and bodies.
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F FOR FAKE
Cinematic magician Orson Welles crafts a mischievous, groundbreaking film essay investigating art forgery, authorship, and the frail boundary between truth and deception.
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THE RED SHOES
A battle ensues between true love and personal ambition as Vicky Page, an aspiring prima ballerina, faces the emotionally taxing choice of deciding between achieving her dreams or pursuing romance with a young, handsome composer.
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A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
British directing duo, Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell, exquisitely analyze human mortality through a British airman, who must justify his life before an otherworldly court in the afterlife after he survives a near death experience.
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MADE IN ENGLAND: THE FILMS OF POWELL AND PRESSBURGER
Reflections and narrations by Martin Scorsese encapsulate this retrospective documentary that captures the monumental influence of British filmmakers, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, a.k.a. "The Archers".
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THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME
17-year-old Makoto accidentally discovers the ability to time travel, only to learn that time waits for no one. Director Hosoda’s debut film transformed Yasukata Tsutsui’s beloved 1967 sci-fi novel into a buoyant, gravity-defying sketch of youth.
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THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN
Cinema’s most beloved outlaw, Robert “Sundance Kid” Redford, goes on one last ride as a bank robber whose string of heists draws the attention of a determined detective (Casey Affleck).
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THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP
Shot in eye-popping Technicolor, The Archers' magnum-opus chronicles the romances and adventurous life that led to the now-bumbling and inept General Candy leading a less-than-enthused British troop during World War II.
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JULIET OF THE SPIRITS
Middle-aged housewife Giulietta finds herself increasingly captivated by her free-spirited, sexually liberated neighbor, Suzy. When her suspicion of her husband’s infidelity grows, Giulietta retreats into a waking dream, surrendering to otherworldly visions. A phantasmagoric study of self, inspired by the real life relationship between Federico Fellini and his wife/muse, Giuletta Masina.
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THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
A messianic thief and his band of disciples climb toward enlightenment in Alejandro Jodorowsky's magical masterpiece, a dazzling cosmic quest to the summit of madness.
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A GHOST STORY (w/ PIONEER)
David Lowery’s meditative drama follows Casey Affleck as a white-sheeted ghost lingering in the world he once inhabited, silently witnessing love, loss, and the gradual passing of time. Preceeded by Lowery's 2011 short film PIONEER.
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BLACK NARCISSUS
Repressed desire is driven to its zenith in the wind-lashed colonial outpost of the Himalayas, as an Anglican nun convent plunges into technicolor delirium.
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SMALL SOLDIERS
Space Melt Cinema and PFS proudly present SMALL SOLDIERS (1998)! Directed by Philadelphia College of Art alumnus Joe Dante, this seemingly harmless toy movie quickly turns into a backyard war film about militarism, consumer tech, and the terrible idea of arming action figures with Pentagon-grade microchips. The cast delivers the punchline: The Dirty Dozen as the Commando Elite and the Spinal Tap trio as the peaceful Gorgonites.
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