After Hours selection from PFF32! Johnny Carson rival Jack Delroy hosts a syndicated talk show ‘Night Owls’ that has long been a trusted companion to insomniacs around the country. However, ratings for the show have plummeted since the tragic death of Jack's beloved wife. Desperate to turn his fortunes around, on October 31st, 1977, Jack plans a Halloween special like no other- unaware he is about to unleash evil into the living rooms of America.

Official selection from the 2023 Philadelphia Film Festival! Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.

An adrenaline-fueled thrill ride through a near-future fractured America balanced on the razor's edge from EX MACHINA and ANNIHILATION filmmaker Alex Garland.

Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage, Monkey Man stars Dev Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash.

In the misty forests of North America, a family of Sasquatches—possibly the last of their enigmatic kind— embark on an absurdist, epic, hilarious, and ultimately poignant journey over the course of one year. These shaggy and noble giants fight for survival as they find themselves on a collision course with the ever-changing world around them. Starring Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg, acclaimed directors David and Nathan Zellner (Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter) bring you the greatest Bigfoot story ever told

After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl. From the directors of READY OR NOT, SCREAM (2022) and SCREAM VI.

Masters of Cinema selection from PFF32! In an adventurous journey between the living and the dead, between forests and cities, between celebrations and solitudes, the intertwined destinies of archaeologists working in the black market unfold, all in search of the Chimera.

The year is 2044: artificial intelligence controls all facets of a stoic society as humans routinely “erase” their feelings. Hoping to eliminate pain caused by their past-life romances, Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) continually falls in love with different incarnations of Louis (George MacKay) in Bertrand Bonello's audacious, interdimensional noir.

The undeniable power of poetry is the beating heart of this electrifying documentary following a motivated bunch of high school students as they gear up for the biggest youth slam contest in the world. Presented with Hope Inc. and One Day at a Time.

Bong Joon-ho’s exhilarating and entertaining eco-creature feature shows what happens when you dump corporate chemical waste into the Han river: you get a monstrous tentacled beast ravaging a city and kidnapping children with only PARASITE’s Song Kang-ho as a bumbling father standing in its way.

In this brand new 4K restoration, Italian horror maestro Michele Soavi’s genre-bending masterpiece finds a suave Rupert Everett attempting to manage his work-life balance of keeping the undead dead and pursuing a damned on arrival romance.

Hayao Miyazaki’s landmark fantasy and environmental epic finds a cursed prince struggling to reestablish harmony amidst the raging crossfire between the gods of the forest and a mass-polluting, natural resource-consuming populace.

After learning the news that World War III has broken out, a man makes a Faustian deal with God to save his family from psychological devastation in Tarkovsky’s profound, and dare we say, emotionally touching final film completed at the end of the legend’s life.

Before Dom Torretto and Family can kick back a ‘rona and drive off (not at the same time) into the sunset, they embark on one of the most audaciously staged, turbo-fueled heists of the 21st century by franchise savior, Justin Lin.

One of the most heralded and mesmerizing sci-fi films of all time finds a widowed psychologist returning to the orbiting space station of an alien planet to evaluate the erratic behavior of the crew, and discover his own mysterious connection with the titular oceanic world below.

And we all say…Oh! Well, I never! Was there ever a film so magical as CATS the musical? For one special night only, the Jellicle Ball comes to the Philadelphia Film Center for a purrrrfect party with Rum Tug Tugger, Old Deuteronomy, Grizabella, and the rest of the feline gang.

France’s reigning enfant terrible Gaspar Noé (CLIMAX, IRRÉVERSIBLE) invites audiences into a cinematic and psychedelic out-of-body experience after a sketchy drug deal turns fatal and leaves a literal lost soul traveling through the neon-drenched skies of Tokyo.

A vibrant tender cine-poem; a filmmaker collaborates with her Nisei mother as they confront the painful curious reality of wisdom ‘gone wild’ in the shadows of dementia. Made over 16 years, the film blends humor and sadness in an encounter between mother and daughter that blooms into an affectionate portrait of love, care and a relationship transformed. Presented as part of Arts on the Mind, in collaboration with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Penn Memory Center, Franklin Institute, and Artz Philadelphia.

In Steve McQueen’s unforgettable neo-noir, four women (Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthis Erivo) do what their late partners couldn’t do: pull off a $5 million dollar heist or die trying.

An unabashed condemnation of war told through a determined child’s eyes as he navigates the woes of World War II through reveries and memories, only to face a bitter reality in Andrei Tarkovsky’s elegiac debut.