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FATHERLAND
Official PFF35 Selection! At the height of the Cold War, the writer Thomas Mann and his daughter—actress, writer, and rally driver—Erika embark on a road trip in a black Buick cruiser across a divided Germany in ruins, traveling from the Allied-occupied city of Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.
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FJORD (First Run)
Official PFF35 Selection! From two-time Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu, a Norwegian woman and her devout Romanian husband relocate with their five children to a remote, close-knit, coastal town. Their teenage children form a fast bond with a neighboring family as unease begins to simmer around their rigid beliefs. When allegations of abuse emerge, they are forced to confront a system of judgment that blurs the line between concern and prejudice.
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YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING (PFS EAST)
Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss. From boundary-pushing directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim comes YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING.
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THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK
Official PFF35 Selection! Harry Lehman (John Turturro) is an aging pickpocket who plies his trade with ever-diminishing returns in a drastically changed New York. Wallets stuffed with cash have been replaced by easily canceled credit cards, and Harry struggles to make ends meet as he cares for his disabled wife, Rosie. When he unwittingly purloins and fences a valuable USB stick, Harry finds himself in a race against time to return the loot or face the rage of a vengeful crime family.
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NAZA (PFS EAST)
Official PFF35 Selection! In secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza are revealed by the people who designed and operated them.
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YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING
Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to
document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey
into the abyss.
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WICKER (First Run)
Official PFF35 Selection! An audacious comedic fable about sex, marriage, and the absurdities of social convention, WICKER tells the wholly original love story of an ostracized fisherwoman who commissions a husband to be made by the local basketmaker.
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FOUNDING FURTHER
Founding Further is a documentary film series that uplifts the stories of underrepresented Philadelphians who have contributed to the progress of our city and nation over the past 250 years. Produced by intergenerational teams of local filmmakers through the Big Picture Alliance, in partnership with historical institutions, scholars, and community organizations.
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THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER
Peter Greenaway crafts one of cinema’s most visually jaw-dropping films with one of its most vile antagonists to create a stunning souffle of adultery and murder.
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THEY SAY THE PEOPLE CAN FLY (A SERIES)
Over three nights, artist talks, short films, and bold conversation converge around local filmmaker and visual artist Jasmine Lynea. Each day peels back a new layer: Lynea's creative practice up close, a shorts program charged with movement, and finally, a lively dialogue with fellow artist Yannick Lowery.
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GANDAHAR
In a harmonious future utopia, a young warrior must confront the malevolent entity threatening his world’s existence in this dreamlike animated French odyssey from visionary filmmaker René Laloux (FANTASTIC PLANET).
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JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
Inside a magically enlarged peach, an orphan boy escapes the care of his cruel aunts and embarks on a wondrous voyage to New York City with a band of chatty insect companions in Henry Selick’s (CORALINE) classic Roald Dahl adaptation.
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LITTLE ODESSA
James Gray’s icy debut follows a cold-blooded hitman’s (Tim Roth) return to Brighton Beach, where his line of work violently collides with the family he left behind and lays the groundwork for a legendary filmography.
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SMOKE
Wayne Wang’s (CHAN IS MISSING, THE JOY LUCK CLUB) curiously overlooked multicharacter study follows tobacconist/neighborhood philosopher Auggie (Harvey Keitel) and the revolving door of Brooklynites who pass through his shop, exchanging their tales and troubles for cigarettes at his counter.
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WITHNAIL AND I
Loosely inspired by director Bruce Robinson's own life in 1960s London, this cult classic follows two out-of-work actors who flee to the countryside, where their getaway collapses into a calamitous, rain-drenched holiday.
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THE SHOUT
A dark stranger who emerges from the dunes of a sleepy seaside village to wreak havoc on an avant-garde composer and his wife. Insinuating himself in their house, he regales his hosts with tales of black magic and the “terror shout”: his ability to shriek so loudly that any creature within earshot is struck dead.
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THE YARDS
Recently paroled and in need of work, Leo (Mark Wahlberg) turns to his uncle Frank’s (James Caan) rail business, where old friend Willie (Joaquin Phoenix) ushers him into backroom dealings. But when a job goes violently wrong, Leo is left to take a second fall.
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WE OWN THE NIGHT
James Gray’s propulsive police drama stars Joaquin Phoenix as a New York nightclub manager tangled up with gangsters. He is forced to choose sides when his NYPD family members are hit by the mob’s brutality.
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BLOOD RAGE
It’s hard to believe, but GIRLS LIKE HORROR has been building an amazing community for two years with horrorific, sometimes campy, but always inclusive and fun film meet-ups. We celebrate their anniversary with a callback to one of their earliest screenings at PFS with the Thanksgiving carver classic BLOOD RAGE.
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LE GRANDE BOUFFE
A group of men gather with the singular, grotesque intention of eating themselves to death in Marco Ferrei’s satirical masterpiece that scandalized Cannes.
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GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER?
Stanley Kramer’s groundbreaking classic pairs Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as San Francisco liberals whose convictions are deliciously tested when their daughter brings home Sidney Poitier, in a deft dramedy about race, love, and hypocrisy at the dinner table.
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TWO LOVERS
James Gray’s bruising, late-aughts romance is really a love triangle for the ages, as heartbroken bachelor Joaquin Phoenix is caught between grounded girl-next-door Vinessa Shaw and wildcard Gwyneth Paltrow.
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THE IMMIGRANT
James Gray’s captivating period tragedy stars a luminous Marion Cotillard as a Polish immigrant coerced by a man (Joaquin Phoenix) into a life of exploitation after her harrowing separation from her sister at Ellis Island.
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THE CELEBRATION
Thomas Vinterberg’s unforgettable Dogme 95 debut, shot on raw handheld video in defiance of cinematic polish, turns a patriarch’s birthday celebration into a slow-burning reckoning as one son’s toast exposes the rot festering beneath the respectable facade of a wealthy Danish family.
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BETWEEN BORDERS
Join us at the Film Society East for an exploration of global immigrant experiences through short films and a panel discussion in collaboration with Temple University the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Drexel University Dept of Global Studies and Modern Languages, and the Mexican Cultural Center.
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DAISIES
One of the most outrageous, proto-punk satires in history finds the great Vera Chytilová taking down the patriarchy and bourgeoisie with aplomb through the exuberant eyes of two mischievous women.
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KNIVES OUT
Pull out your favorite cable-knit sweater, bring your dysfunctional family, and perfect your best Benoit Blanc impression because we are playing KNIVES OUT at the East! The PFS Young Friends Film Club will screen it on Wednesday, November 25 at 7:30 PM. BYOB and 21+ event.
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RRR
Four years and 87 screenings later, we bring back the one and only RRR for its now annual spot during Thanksgiving weekend. Ditch the family, bring the pals, and experience the greatest friendship ever known to man while staring agape for 3 hours at the one-of-a-kind spectacle that is RRR.
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SHALLOW GRAVE
Three bumptious flatmates (Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, and Kerry Fox) face a minor inconvenience when their newly installed fourth dies suddenly. But fortunate enough for them, he did so beside a suitcase full of cash. Years before he made TRAINSPOTTING and 28 DAYS LATER, Danny Boyle made his wicked debut with this pitch-black comedy of greed and paranoia.
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EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN
Sundays are sacred for the three Zhu sisters: teacher Jia-Jen, corporate executive Jia-Chien, and youngest Jia-Ning, who gather for their aging master-chef father’s weekly banquets. But for all they share around the table, each has developed tastes of her own beyond it. Ang Lee (CROUCHING TIGER, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN) serves up family-style a tender and amusing tale of love, life, and tradition.
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GREEN WHITE GREEN
Abba T. Makama’s affectionately funny debut follows three young Lagosian men as they bide their time before heading off to university, embarking on a film project inspired by Nigeria’s history.
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LICORICE PIZZA
A burgeoning 15-year-old entrepreneur (Cooper Hoffman) goes into business with an erratic twentysomething (Alana Haim) as they schmooze their way through the San Fernando Valley in 1973 in this absolutely stunning hangout film with charm to spare.
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THE ANNHILATION OF FISH
Charles Burnett’s long-lost gem brings together James Earl Jones as a widower who wrestles with an invisible demon and Lynn Redgrave as a woman newly split from an imaginary lover, letting their shared strangeness bloom into a tender, unexpected romance.
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FARGO
Led by the unmatched Frances McDormand as the pregnant cop on the case, the Coen Brothers’ classic FARGO is the de facto bumbling criminal romp through the snowy plains of Minnesota about a desperate dolt (William H. Macy) hiring two knucklehead crooks to kidnap his wife in hopes of securing a sure thing ransom from his father-in-law. Presented with Space Melt Cinema.
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GAS FOOD LODGING
Allison Anders’ tender, dust-scorched indie stars Brooke Adams as a single mother balancing waitressing with raising two restless teenage daughters in a small desert town, quietly holding her family together while aching for a life of her own.
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RATATOUILLE
In co-director Brad Bird’s masterpiece, a sewer rat with a sophisticated palate and aims of culinary greatness teams up with an ambitionless kitchen boy to become the finest chef in Paris.
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THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL
Master surrealist Luis Buñuel (VIRIDIANA, BELLE DU JOUR) hosts an opulent dinner party for his well-heeled guests, whose curious inability to leave becomes anything but discreet. As the soirée wears on, their careful decorum wears thin, making plenty of room for baser instincts.
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THE MASTER
Featuring all-timer performances from Phoenix and Hoffman, a volatile drifter fresh from war falls for the charm of a charismatic movement leader, sparking a dangerous bond between two troubled men seeking meaning in PTA’s post-World War II America.
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JOY LUCK CLUB
Spanning generations and continents, Wayne Wang expertly crafts an adaptation of Amy Tan's bestselling novel that explores cultural conflict and the often-turbulent relationships between four first-generation Chinese-American women.
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BAGDAD CAFE
In an existential desert truck-stop riff on the Mary Poppins fable, BAGDAD CAFÉ is a radiant, oddball arthouse comedy about the relationship between a stranded German tourist (Marianne Sägebrecht, SUGARBABY), an irritable truck stop owner (CCH Pounder, AVATAR) and a kooky ex-Hollywood outsider artist (Jack Palance). Filmmaker Percy Adlon's method is intimate, quirky and affirmative. Adlon’s precise use of place, expressive color and slow-burn pacing allows him to effortlessly raise BAGDAD CAFÉ into the realm of fantasy, magic and epiphany.
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LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED
Five young friends drift between bars, bowling alleys, and a horse racetrack in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s remarkably assured debut film shot on 8mm and made while he was a student at the University of Tokyo.
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AD ASTRA
An emotionally detached astronaut (Brad Pitt) journeys through the darkest depths of the solar system to find his missing father (Tommy Lee Jones) in this introspective space odyssey from filmmaker James Gray.
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THE INVITATION
Filmmaker Karyn Kusama followed up JENNIFER’S BODY with this ingenious psychological-thriller about a Hollywood Hills-set dinner party from hell where nothing is quite like it seems.
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THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL
The definitive adaptation of the Charles Dickens Christmas classic finds the Muppet gang earnestly trying to thaw the frigid heart of local miser Ebenezer Scrooge, played by thespian legend Michael Caine conducting a masterclass in dramatic acting.
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BABETTE'S FEAST
Babette (Stéphane Audran) flees a troubled France and arrives at the doorstep of two pious sisters (Birgitte Federspiel and Bodil Kjer), devoted to their austere seaside congregation. A stroke of fortune allows Babette to repay their kindness and beguile their ascetic village with worldly pleasures. Gabriel Axel’s Oscar-winning classic is as much a divine ode to earthly delights as it is an expression of love through creation.
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THE HOLDOVERS
During a ‘70s prep school’s winter break, the unlikely company of a prickly professor, grieving cafeteria manager, and a disillusioned student find warmth in Alexander Payne’s instant holiday classic.
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EYES WIDE SHUT
A paranoid Tom Cruise goes to great lengths to shake off his wife’s intimate fantasies and ends up a guest at a most peculiar holiday party in Stanley Kubrick’s enchanting final film.
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I LOVE THEE FOR GOOD & TOUCHING THE SKIN OF EERIENESS
DOUBLE FEATURE : I LOVE THEE FOR GOOD / An early television work from Ryusuke Hamaguchi traces the hidden currents of a seemingly happy couple’s impending marriage, as a bride’s unspoken secret threatens the vows she is about to make. /// TOUCHING THE SKIN OF EERIENESS / Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s haunting, deeply felt hour-long drama follows a bereaved teenager who moves in with his older brother after tragedy and soon evades his loneliness through a transcendent style of dance with a new friend.
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ELF
The Young Friends Film Club may have ditched ol’ Kev this year, but PJs and holiday cheer are still encouraged for December’s meetup about an elf learning to get his groove back.
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GREMLINS
A young man ignores the three very important rules for his brand new and extremely cute gift that turns his town upside down in Joe Dante’s groundbreaking horror comedy.
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DRIVE MY CAR
A grieving theater director forms an unlikely bond with the stoic young woman assigned to chauffeur him to his next production in this Academy Award-winning drama from Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
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HAPPY HOUR
Over five immense hours, Hamaguchi chronicles four women in their thirties as they navigate quiet crises of identity, intimacy, and reinvention after a shocking revelation about one of their marriages.
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HOME ALONE
Though the mystery remains how the McCallister clan could ever afford such a luxurious Parisian holiday trip, revisit the timeless classic of one home alone boy confronting two bumbling bandits getting in the way of his pizza and gangster classics.
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SARRAOUNIA
In one of the greatest achievements of African cinema, Med Hondo's sweeping anti-colonial epic resurrects the legendary Queen Sarraounia, the magnetic leader who rallies her people into battle against French colonial forces.
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ARMAGEDDON TIME
James Gray crafts a star-studded coming-of-age drama about an 11-year-old boy discovering the workings of prejudice and privilege in 1980s New York City.
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KRAMPUS
In the follow up to their instant classic TRICK ‘R TREAT, filmmaker Michael Dougherty unleashes the titular folklore monster on an unsuspecting family.
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BIG NIGHT
Italian immigrant brothers Primo (Tony Shalhoub) and Secondo (Stanley Tucci) spend their life savings hosting a free dinner in an effort to attract some star power to their struggling restaurant in this gloriously bizarre trifecta of endless pasta, vintage Jersey Shore, and the ever-so-ravishing Isabella Rosselini as a lover with insatiable appetite.
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HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
For Claudia (Holly Hunter), losing her job is only the beginning. She still has to spend Thanksgiving with her meddlesome mother Adele (Anne Bancroft), neurotic sister Joanne (Cynthia Stevenson), and wisecracking younger brother Tommy (Robert Downey Jr.). Jodie Foster’s frazzled yet sympathetic embrace of family dysfunction is a reminder of why there is no place like home.
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TRADING PLACES
A $1 bet between millionaire Duke brothers over whether nature or nurture determines a man’s success sends street hustler Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) and privileged broker Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) to opposite ends of the economic ladder in John Landis’ quintessential and raucous tale of good old American capitalism.
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ASAKO I & II
In Ryusuke Hamaguchi's beguiling romance, a woman living in Osaka sees her lover disappear without a word, only for a stranger identical to him to enter her life in Tokyo years later; this time with a completely different personality.
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SCROOGED
Charles Dickens’ classic A CHRISTMAS CAROL undergoes a corporate ‘80s makeover when miserly television executive Frank (none other than Bill Murray) is visited by three eccentric ghosts who resort to extreme measures to cure his chronic case of bah humbug.
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DIE HARD
You know the story. It’s Christmas Eve in L.A., and only NYPD Detective John McClane can stop a group of terrorists led by the ruthless and charming Hans Gruber from blowing up the top of Nakatomi Tower and killing all the hostages inside—including John’s estranged wife Holly.
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MY DINNER WITH ANDRE
Playwright/actor Wallace Shawn and theater director André Gregory share a philosophical tête-à-tête over a reunion dinner. As one recounts his far-flung adventures and transcendental awakenings, the other wonders how far one needs to go to find fulfillment. 45 years later, this most minimalist of meals remains a cult favorite with plenty to chew on.
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WERWULF (35MM)
A harrowing tale of devotion, damnation and the devil within.
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THE DEPTHS
One of Hamaguchi’s earliest explorations of desire and connection follows a successful Korean fashion photographer whose chance encounter with a prostitute in Japan leads to impromptu portrait sessions where boundaries between artist, subject, and lovers become blurred.
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THE SHINING
An unknown, monstrous force corrupts a patriarch, leaving his family vulnerable to unspeakable violence during their winter stay at the Overlook Hotel.
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WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY
An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and a misunderstood, life-changing encounter befall the lives of three women in Hamaguchi’s beguiling triptych.
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