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Blobfest, the Before Trilogy, and more
The BSR July 2024 repertory movie roundup
Stephen Silver
First, this column mourns the loss of a place frequently mentioned in past editions, the University of Arts’ Lightbox Film Center. We hope that Jesse Pires’ fantastic program can find new life elsewhere. But in the meantime, the month of July offers plenty of local film offerings of the older variety, including the Philadelphia Film Society’s Summer of Trilogies, four Hitchcock film seminars, and the 25th annual Blobfest.
The highlights
Before Sunrise
Saturday, July 6, 12:30pm
Saturday, July 27, 2:30pm
Before Sunset
Saturday, July 13, 4pm
Saturday, July 27, 5pm
Before Midnight
Saturday, July 20, 1:30pm
Sunday, July 27, 7:30pm
Philadelphia Film Center, 1412 Chestnut Street
The Philadelphia Film Society continues its Summer of Trilogies with all three movies in Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy, featuring many years of long conversations between Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celeste (Julie Delpy). A Before Series Bundle is available if you want to catch all three.
The 25th annual Blobfest
Friday, July 12 through Sunday, July 14
The Colonial Theater, 227 Bridge Street, Phoenixville
The annual celebration of the 1958 schlock classic The Blob is set for mid-July. This year, for the event’s 25th anniversary, the ritual “run out” will occur on both Friday and Saturday nights, after the Friday stage show and the Saturday showing of the original The Blob.
The event will also offer showings of the 1988 version of The Blob, 1972’s Beware! The Blob, and The Creature From the Black Lagoon in 3D.
Creed
Friday, July 19, 8:15pm
Awbury Rec Center, 6101 Ardleigh Street, Philadelphia
The best Philadelphia movie of the current century—Ryan Coogler’s 2015 film—is showing in East Germantown, just miles from the Rocky Steps. It’s part of the Philadelphia Film Society’s Movies on the Block series, sponsored by Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, EMIR Healing Center, and Northwest Action Alliance.
Four Hitchcock seminars in Bryn Mawr
The 39 Steps
Tuesday, July 9, 6:30pm
Foreign Correspondent
Tuesday, July 16, 6:30pm
Notorious
Tuesday, July 23, 7pm
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Tuesday, July 30, 6:30pm
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr
Each Tuesday in July, the Bryn Mawr Film Institute is presenting Cinema Classics Seminars on espionage-related movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock. BMFI describes it as “a month of conspiracies, false identities, secret agents, and suspense galore from the master of the form.”
More cinema showings
The Lady Eve with Cinema Classics Seminar
Monday, July 1
Bryn Mawr Film Institute
All About Eve
Wednesday, July 3
Ambler Theater
Top Gun Maverick
Wednesday, July 3
Sunset Social
Jaws
July 5-6
Philadelphia Film Center
Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
July 5-7, 11
The Colonial Theater
The Iron Giant
July 5-7, 11
The Colonial Theater
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Sunday, July 7
Wednesday, July 10
Fathom Events (various theaters)
Caddyshack
Monday, July 8
Monday, July 22
Bryn Mawr Film Institute
Wattstax
Tuesday, July 9
Ritz Five
Elemental
Wednesday, July 10
Dickinson Square Park
Nightmare on Elm Street
Friday, July 12
Hiway Theater
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Monday, July 15
Bryn Mawr Film Institute
The Song Remains the Same
Tuesday, July 16
Ritz Five
The Decline of Western Civilization trilogy
Saturday, July 20
Philadelphia Film Center
Yi Yi (A One and a Two)
July 20-21
Philadelphia Film Center
Flash Gordon
Sunday, July 21
WaterTower Cinema
Babylon
Wednesday, July 24
Philadelphia Film Center
Napoleon Dynamite
Friday, July 26
Philadelphia Film Center
Aladdin
Saturday, July 27
Mann Music Center, with the Philadelphia Orchestra
The Philadelphia Story
Wednesday, July 31
Philadelphia Film Center
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