SIDNEY LUMET | USA | 1975 | 125 MIN | R | ENGLISH 

On one sweat-drenched summer afternoon Al Pacino delivered the performance of a lifetime — a desperate man’s bank robbery attempt escalates into a hostage crisis, ripping through the veneer of 1970s New York and exposing the city’s boiling socioeconomic tensions.

Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Penelope Allen, Sully Boyar

Part of the Philadelphia Film Society's FILM ESSENTIALS series.

With Film Essentials at the PFS East, PFS is giving audiences the chance to experience some of cinema’s greatest treasures as they were meant to be seen

PFS Member 50 | #28

PFS Members were asked to select their top 5 films not included in the Sight and Sound 100 series. These are those films.

After an unforgettable year showcasing the greatest films of all time in our Sight and Sound 100 series, we asked PFS Members to chime in with their own picks for top five films not included in the countdown. Throughout 2024 we will reveal and screen PFS Members’ picks across our monthly programs and limited series.