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Tang Wei, looking tearful & defensive, faces Park Hae-il, who looks inquisitive, with distant mountains in the backdrop.

The Philadelphia Film Festival presents Decision to Leave, The Banshees of Inisherin, and Armageddon Time

PFF celebrates 31 years

Three films featured at this year’s Philadelphia Film Festival, which runs through Sunday, October 30, 2022, are headed to local cinemas soon. Stephen Silver reviews.

Stephen Silver

Oct 24, 2022 Reviews 5 minute read

Apple, auburn curly hair pinned up, leans smiling over Brannau, who gazes dreamily in a pocket mirror, one hand on her cheek

Arden Theatre Company presents Tennessee Willliams’s The Glass Menagerie

Broken glass

The Glass Menagerie is a delicate masterpiece, but falls flat due to misunderstanding in the Arden’s season opener production. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Oct 24, 2022 Reviews 4 minute read

30 lenses of various sizes, resembling bubbles, grouped together in front of a museum window, inviting a look through them

The Delaware Contemporary presents Through a Glass, Darkly

Stop taking glass for granted

This wandering, wide-ranging exhibition at the Delaware Contemporary is a rare extravaganza of diverse works all in one medium: glass. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Oct 17, 2022 Reviews 4 minute read

Dynamic boxing scene onstage, Amira’s pale muscled body flies back as if punched by Parker, who's in US-flag pattern shorts

The Walnut Street Theatre presents Rocky the Musical

Predictable entertainment

The short-lived Broadway musical adapted from the iconic film comes to the Walnut Street Theatre eight years after its limited Broadway run. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Oct 14, 2022 Reviews 5 minute read

Detailed black-&-white print of a large, low, run-down house by a tree in a barren landscape, & a tiny human figure outside

Arcadia University’s Spruance Gallery presents Proto-Feminism in the Print Studio

Women make their mark

A new exhibition of mid-20th-century woman printmakers at Arcadia University traces a burgeoning feminist movement at New York print studio Atelier 17. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Oct 14, 2022 Reviews 5 minute read

A pair of flamenco dancers in sevillana dresses perform with musicians behind them on stage.

Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca present Ni Bien ni Mal, Todo lo Contrario at Plays & Players

The power and passion of Flamenco

After previewing the show's workshop in the spring, Camille Bacon-Smith reviews this fall's new performance from Soledad Barrio and company.

Camille Bacon-Smith

Oct 11, 2022 Reviews 4 minute read

The three actors play elderly male fishermen, sitting on portable stools and holding large fishing poles between their legs.

The Wilma Theater presents Tall Order’s Those with 2 Clocks

Comfort and confrontation

More a work of theater than a play, Tall Order’s Those with 2 Clocks, now onstage at the Wilma, is funny, provocative, and beautifully designed. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Oct 11, 2022 Reviews 3 minute read

Photo of a performance in a community gym, with audience members wearing masks sitting around the two featured actors.

Delaware Shakespeare presents Twelfth Night, O Lo Que Quieras

This touring Shakespearean reinvention turns Twelfth Night into a winning bilingual musical, integrating script, songs, English, and Spanish into a uniquely accessible and timely performance. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Oct 11, 2022 Reviews 4 minute read

The floor of the police station: Kern, bruised and bleeding, reaches out to Romano, who bends over with his hands to his head

Hedgerow Theatre Company presents Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman

The stories we live on

Hedgerow’s production of Martin McDonagh’s disturbing and thought-provoking drama The Pillowman is a worthy Philly-area destination this October. C.M. Crockford reviews.

C.M. Crockford

Oct 10, 2022 Reviews 3 minute read

Sturtridge and Stoller, in orange flight jumpsuits, pose by a ladder in a room covered with media clippings and artwork.

Anastassia Vertjanova and Annemarie Branco present The Living Gallery at Launch Point and Unorthodox Methods of Cosmic Flight

Artful astronauts

The Living Gallery, an immersive, walk-through art installation, hosts Fringe performances of Unorthodox Methods of Cosmic Flight, a charmingly maximalist experience following a pair of wannabe cosmonauts. Jill Ivey reviews.