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STOP! THAT! TRAIN!
Two train stewardess BFFs switch from a dull railway to the luxurious Glamazonian Express. During a massive storm, they must work with snooty first-class crew and President Gagwell to prevent disaster in LA.
Sat, Jun 13 12:15 PM2:30 PM4:45 PM7:00 PM9:15 PM
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DISCLOSURE DAY
If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to eight billion people. We are coming close to ... Disclosure Day.
Sat, Jun 13 12:30 PM3:30 PM6:30 PM9:15 PM
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OBSESSION
Official Selection of SpringFest 2026! After breaking the mysterious “One Wish Willow” to win his crush’s heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.
Sat, Jun 13 12:30 PM3:00 PM6:10 PM8:40 PM9:30 PM
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BACKROOMS
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
Sat, Jun 13 12:45 PM3:15 PM4:15 PM6:00 PM7:10 PM8:30 PM
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PROJECT HAIL MARY (Bourse)
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. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction… but an unexpected friendship means he may not have to do it alone.
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THE BOY AND THE BEAST
In this fantastic animated adventure from writer/director Mamoru Hosoda, a young boy discovers a secret world of beastly warriors in the back alleys of contemporary Tokyo.
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THE FURIOUS
Official Selection of SpringFest 2026! After the daughter of Wang Wei (Xie Miao) is kidnapped by a criminal network and he receives no help from the corrupt police, Wei sets out on a rampage to find her himself. His only ally is Navin (Joe Taslim) – a relentless journalist whose wife has mysteriously disappeared. Fueled by a furious vengeance, the unlikely duo ruthlessly fights against the kidnappers in this explosive martial arts showdown.
Sat, Jun 13 1:00 PM4:00 PM6:45 PM9:30 PM
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I LOVE BOOSTERS (BOURSE)
A crew of professional shoplifters take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven. It’s like community service.
Sat, Jun 13 1:15 PM4:00 PM6:40 PM9:10 PM
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THE QUEEN (1968)
Serving full beat and high glamour at the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant, 28 drag contestants compete for the crown, among them Philadelphia legend Rachel Harlow and ballroom’s founding mother Crystal LaBeija.
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THE TURIN HORSE
An apocalyptic windstorm batters a father, daughter, and their horse in the Hungarian countryside. Béla Tarr’s final testament is an unblinking stare into the abyss that finds only despair. A tribute to the master of slow cinema, who found beauty in the pitch darkness of existence.
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GREY GARDENS
High society’s most infamous cat ladies “Big Edie” and “Little Edie” Beale, who are also aunt and cousin to Jackie Kennedy, haunt their crumbling East Hampton mansion in search of memorabilia and kibble.
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DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS
An unsuspecting newlywed couple checks into a deserted seaside hotel where a seductive countess (Delphine Seyrig, JEANNE DIELMAN) prowls in this hypnotic tale of sapphic vampirism.
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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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D.E.B.S.
In Angela Robinson’s beloved cult classic, a pack of teenage spies faces their toughest mission yet when one of them falls for the target she’s trained to capture.
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MARTYRS
Horrifying, thought-provoking and, yes, bleak, the crown jewel of the New French Extremity films of the 2000s is not for the queasy, but underneath its shocking veneer is a heartbreaking, philosophically-charged story of two women seeking vengeance against their oppressors.
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BEANPOLE
Filmmaker Kantemir Balagov’s magnificent second feature, set in the aftermath of World War II, follows a shy woman with an unusual nickname who faces a bleak ultimatum when her female comrade returns to Leningrad demanding answers.
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AUNTIE MAME
Fabulous Manhattan socialite Auntie Mame (Rosalind Russell) takes her recently orphaned nephew under her wing and shows him what it means to be loud, proud, and fierce in this ode to aging glamorously.
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TIME OF THE HEATHEN
A “lost” marvel of independent filmmaking, TIME OF THE HEATHEN is set in the immediate shadow of the atomic bomb, yet narrativized through the groundbreaking aesthetics and shifting racial politics of the 1960s. Presented with Lightbox Film Center.
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CONTROL (35MM)
Directed by the band’s photographer Anton Corbijn and featuring stellar live performances by the actors, CONTROL traces the origins and tragically short life of one of the most impactful bands of all time, Joy Division, and their enigmatic frontman, Ian Curtis.
Special 35mm screening on the anniversary of “Unknown Pleasures” release!
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BREAKING THE WAVES
The definitive Lars von Trier film unleashes a masterful debut performance by Emily Watson as a devout churchgoer of the Scottish Highlands who believes the only way to heal her injured husband (Stellan Skarsgård) is through sexual encounters with unknown men.
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THELMA (2017)
Joachim Trier’s chilling thriller follows Thelma (Eili Harboe), a young woman whose sexual awakening precipitates a crisis of faith and an inexplicable supernatural power that poses devastating consequences.
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HAROLD AND MAUDE
In this romantic black-comedy drama, a death-obsessed young man, played by Bud Cort, unexpectedly discovers a joy for life through his unconventional romance with a care-free elderly woman, played by Ruth Gordon. This existential film captures what it means to live–even if unconventionally.
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RUSTIN
Colman Domingo delivers a commanding performance as Civil Rights Activist, Bayard Rustin, diligently organizing the historic March on Washington amid widespread political resistance and personal prejudice over his identity.
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ROAR
Doting father, and producer of THE EXORCIST, Noel Marshall has had it with how humanity treats endangered species and relocates a bunch of big cats to his home with wife Tippi Hedren and step-daughter Melanie Griffith. Chaos ensues.
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MANNEQUIN (35MM)
She’s dated Christopher Columbus. She’s been rejected by Michelangelo. So when an ancient Egyptian princess (Kim Cattrall) is reincarnated as a mannequin in 1980s Philadelphia and falls in love, she declares it the greatest place on earth. We agree!
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SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS
A seductive city woman disrupts the sanctity of a family when she begins an affair with a farmer, soon convincing him to murder his wife (Philadelphia’s Janet Gaynor and the first Best Actress winner!). American cinema was never the same.
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PRINCESS CYD
When 16-year-old Cyd spends the summer with her novelist aunt, their unique cohabitation challenges both of their assumptions about life, love, faith, and sex in one of this century’s sweetest films about blooming sapphic love.
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A STAR IS BORN (1937)
Long before Gaga and Cooper (and Babs and Kristofferson), Philly's own Janet Gaynor and Fredric March headlined Hollywood’s classic drama, where the birth of a star coincides with the fading of another.
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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine are Karen and Martha, headmistresses whose lives unravel after a vicious rumor spreads throughout the school. William Wyler’s searing drama confronts the cruelty of slander and the terrifying speed at which it destroys.
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PHILLY FILM SHOWCASE
Celebrate our talented local filmmakers each month during the Philly Film Showcase. PFS turns the Philadelphia Film Greenfield Screening Room into a venue for up-and-coming filmmakers of all ages, levels, and backgrounds. Each Showcase is followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and talent to elicit feedback from the audience.
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SHOWGIRLS
Ambitious Nomi Malone (Elizabeth Berkley) drifts through the Vegas strip in hopes of becoming somebody. But not all that glitters is gold, and no one knows the life of a showgirl quite like Nomi in Paul Verhoeven’s cult classic.
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MAYBE THIS YEAR
An ode to Philadelphia’s Eagles fans, this film captures one of the most die-hard fan bases in the NFL as they finally see years of disappointment vanish with one Philly Special.
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MAGIC MIKE XXL
Throw on some Ginuwine, pour a glass of wine, and get lost in the abs of Tatum, Bomer, Manganiello and more as the crew goes on a road trip to the mecca of the male exotic dancer industry: Myrtle Beach.
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SPLIT
M. Night Shyamalan shows the many sides of James McAvoy and Philly in this nail-biting thriller about a very special man imprisoning three women instead of going to therapy.
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DAYS OF HEAVEN
Terrence Malick’s poetic period drama follows a scheming couple (including Philly's Richard Gere) who manipulate a dying farmer’s affections in hopes of securing a better future.
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QUEER CARIBBEAN SHORTS
Celebrate life and resilience at the intersection of identities in this short film screening hosted in partnership with Caribbean Community in Philadelphia and the Philly Queer Book Club.
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CREED
Training under a reluctant Rocky Balboa, Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) enters the ring with hopes to establish his own legacy, while battling the crushing weight of his legendary father’s name in Ryan Coogler's excellent kick start to a new trilogy.
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LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR
Diane Keaton radiates in this controversial adaptation of the Judith Rossner novel that finds an independent woman discovering her own autonomy and sexuality through her encounters at dive bars with dubious men.
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FOOTLOOSE (1984)
Kevin Bacon is magnetic as Ren McCormack, a rebellious newcomer ready to shake things up and empower the youth in a town where dancing and rock’n’roll are forbidden.
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DOWNHILL RACER
Robert Redford is David Chappellet, a cocky skier going for Olympic gold with an underdog team led by their coach Eugene Claire (Gene Hackman) in Michael Ritchie's debut classic sports film.
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THE WIZ
Diana Ross is Dorothy. Michael Jackson is the Scarecrow. Richard Pryor is the titular man behind the curtain. Ease on Down the Road to the city that never sleeps in Philadelphian Sidney Lumet’s one and only musical, featuring a sensational all-Black ensemble!
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CHOCOLATE BABIES
Stephen Winter’s incisive dramedy chronicles a group of HIV-positive, queer activists in New York as they take on oppressive structures and challenge the outdated politics prolonging the AIDS crisis.
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HIGH NOON
Director Fred Zinnemann takes the classic American “oater” and imbues it with a notably revisionist approach. Starring Gary Cooper as town marshall, and Grace Kelly as the marshall’s wife, the marshall must choose between confronting a vicious outlaw vs. fleeing with his wife and morals.
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ATLANTICS
Mati Diop’s ethereal, Cannes-winning, socio-political drama merges romance with the supernatural as vanished laborers resurface through the bodies of the living.
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HIGH SOCIETY
Grace Kelly, in her final act before becoming Princess of Monaco, stars as a Newport socialite caught between her jazz-musician ex husband, Bing Crosby, and news reporter, Frank Sinatra, in this jazzy remake of the 1940 screwball, The Philadelphia Story.
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THE DEGENERATE: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF ANDY MILLIGAN
The story behind the infamous, complicated filmmaker of low-budget, ghastly grindhouse flix is told through those who lived it in this bloody, fascinating romp into the life of one of the most unheralded, transgressive filmmakers of the 20th century.
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FLESHPOT ON 42ND STREET
One of his greatest grindhouse melodramas (but maybe with a softer side?), Andy Milligan captures Time Square in all of its ‘70s sleaze, following a street-smart sex worker navigating the grime to find love.
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SUMMER OF SOUL
One year after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival served as a healing balm for a grieving nation. Questlove’s Sundance-winning documentary unearths forgotten footage, molding it into a lyrical critique of systemic racism and a joyous celebration of Blackness, vibrant and defiant of the odds.
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INVINCIBLE
Lifelong football fan Vince Papale (Mark Wahlberg) sees his wildest dreams come true when he becomes a member of the Philadelphia Eagles.
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MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO
River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves star in director Gus Van Sant’s loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry IV: a haunting image of poverty and unrequited love in this cornerstone of New Queer Cinema.
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NATIONAL TREASURE
Nicolas Cage stars as Benjamin Franklin Gates, a historian on an explosive mission to find a centuries-old treasure by decoding a hidden map on the back of America’s most sacred document. When life gives you lemons, steal the Declaration of Independence!
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MEAN GIRLS
It may not be October 3rd, but you can definitely sit with Cady Heron as her attempt to sabotage the plastics from the inside begins to unravel when she starts to enjoy being Queen Bee in Tina Fey's timeless and hilarious script.
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INDEPENDENCE DAY
Welcome to Earth! No. Welcome to ‘Merica. No wait, welcome to…the Commonwealth? The White House is rubble. Las Vegas is ash. An alien invasion is threatening human extinction. Lucky for the planet, Pennsylvania natives, Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum, are on the case.
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THE INVITE (35MM)
Comedy is funnier on film. Join us for a special sneak preview of The Invite, screening on 35mm. Pour wine. Stir the pot. See THE INVITE. It’ll be fun.
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THE ODYSSEY (35MM)
Presented exclusively on 35mm, Christopher Nolan's newest epic set after the Trojan War follows Odysseus on a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Calypso along the way.
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