The BSR September 2024 repertory movie roundup

The highlights

City of God
Sunday, September 8, 7pm
Colonial Theater, 227 Bridge Street, Phoenixville

HBO and Max just debuted a new sequel series called City of God: The Fight Rages On. But the original 2002 City of God movie, directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, is unavailable to stream on that service. Luckily, there’s a chance to see it on the big screen.

Blazing Saddles 50th anniversary
Sunday, September 15, and Wednesday, September 18
Various theaters

Mel Brooks’s famed satire of both Hollywood Westerns and American race relations marked its 50th anniversary earlier this year, and to celebrate, Fathom Events is presenting special screenings on two nights in September. Contrary to popular belief, the film has not been canceled and probably never will be. With these showings, it’s less canceled than ever.

Wong Kar Wai: Heartbreak and Pineapple
Tuesday, September 24, 7pm
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 Lancaster Ave, Bryn Mawr

This fall, Paul Wright, PhD, of Main Line Classical Academy, will host a four-part seminar on the work of Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-wai, featuring four films he made between 1990 and 2000. It starts with Days of Being Wild on September 24 before continuing in October with Chungking Express, Happy Together, and In the Mood For Love.

Pros and Cons: Shaggy Dogs at Film Society Center
Various times
Film Society Center, 1412 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia

If you’re really into movies about Los Angeles-based private eyes, professional and amateur—and in one case, an undercover surfer—the Philadelphia Film Society is running a series throughout September on the pros and cons of shaggy dogs. It’s so overstuffed with great movies that there wasn’t enough room for everything: The Nice Guys, also showing at the Film Society Center at the end of the month, isn’t included in it.

Inherent Vice
Friday, September 6, 6:30pm
Thursday, September 19, 7pm

Point Break
Friday, September 6, 7pm
Saturday, September 14, 6:30pm

The Long Goodbye
Saturday, September 7, 12pm
Sunday, September 8, 6pm
Friday, September 20, 6pm

Under the Silver Lake
Saturday, September 7, 3pm
Friday, September 20, 8:30pm

Brick
Sunday, September 8, 6:15pm
Friday, September 13, 9:45pm
Saturday, September 14, 4pm

Chinatown
Friday, September 13, 7pm
Saturday, September 14, 1pm
Sunday, September 15, 3:30pm

More cinema showings

The Empire Strikes Back
Sunday, September 1
Ambler Theater

The Fall of the House of Usher
Sunday, September 1
Film Society Center

The Sound of Music
Wednesday, September 4
Sunday, September 8
Ambler Theater

Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Friday, September 6
Film Society Center

Dr. Strangelove
Saturday, September 7
Film Society Center

Booksmart
Monday, September 9
Bryn Mawr Film Institute

Gore Whore
Monday, September 9
PhilaMOCA

Young Frankenstein
Wednesday, September 11
Ambler Theater

Mo’ Better Blues
Thursday, September 12
Film Society Center

A Clockwork Orange
Saturday, September 14
Film Society Center

Wings of Desire
Sunday, September 15
Colonial Theater

The Plot Against Harry
Sunday, September 15
Bryn Mawr Film Institute

The Babadook (10th anniversary)
Thursday, September 19
Various theaters

A Goofy Movie
Thursday, September 19
Film Society Center

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Friday, September 20
Ritz Five

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Friday, September 20 and Saturday, September 21
Ritz Five

Samurai Cop
Monday, September 23
PhilaMOCA

The Nice Guys
Thursday, September 26
Philadelphia Film Center