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Film Society takes over Roxy

Film Society takes over Roxy

I could hear the sighs of many from all the way over here in Chicago…and check out the wording of this press release!  Well, we wish them the best of luck! Philadelphia Film Society Revives Historical [...]

Philadelphia’s First Music Film Festival? UPDATED

Philadelphia’s First Music Film Festival? UPDATED

The Philadelphia Film Society just sent out a press release about their partnership with WXPN for “Philadelphia’s First Film Festival Dedicated Solely to Music”…but didn’t the Philly F/M Festival already do that this past fall?  Yes, [...]

INTERVIEW: <i>Resurrect Dead</i> director Jon Foy

INTERVIEW: Resurrect Dead director Jon Foy

In Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles, director Jon Foy follows a group of friends as they work to uncover the person who has, for over 20 years, been creating and placing tiles in [...]

Return of the Awesome Fest

Return of the Awesome Fest

Cinedelphia’s 2011 recipient of Philadelphia Film Personality of the Year has parted ways with the Philadelphia Film Society after four months of employment as Program Director.  I received the following e-mail from Josh earlier today: As [...]

Philadelphia Film Critics’ Top Films of 2011

Philadelphia Film Critics’ Top Films of 2011

Let’s take a look around to see what the Philadelphia-area’s film critics chose as their favorite movies of 2011, Cinedelphia’s can be viewed here… PRINT/RADIO The Philadelphia Inquirer:  Steven Rea 1. The Artist 2. [...]

2011: Josh Goldbloom, Philadelphia Film Personality of the Year, Part 2

2011: Josh Goldbloom, Philadelphia Film Personality of the Year, Part 2

Part 1.  Continuing on from Josh’s departure from the Philadelphia Cinema Alliance post-Cinefest… C: What were your motivations behind the Piazza-based Awesome Fest? JG: I wanted to demand an urgency with our film programs with Awesome [...]

2011: Josh Goldbloom, Philadelphia Film Personality of the Year, Part 1

2011: Josh Goldbloom, Philadelphia Film Personality of the Year, Part 1

Philly native Josh Goldbloom has had a hand in virtually every corner of the Philadelphia film community in 2011 having transitioned from Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Cinema Alliance’s Cinefest to the Founder/Programmer of the Piazza-based [...]

CONTEST: <i>Tucker & Dale vs. Evil</i> autographed Blu-rays

CONTEST: Tucker & Dale vs. Evil autographed Blu-rays

Tonight (Tuesday, 12/13) the Philadelphia Film Society present a Bloody Christmas double feature of Hobo with a Shotgun and Tucker & Dale vs. Evil at the Trocadero (they’ll also screen Hobo director Jason Eisner’s killer Christmas [...]

False claim from the Philadelphia Film Society…

False claim from the Philadelphia Film Society…

Brittany Bradford, Media Relations Assistant for the Philadelphia Film Society, recently sent an e-mail to local universities plugging the nonprofit’s ongoing (and strangely punctuated) filmadelphiaCLASSICS series (a name shared with Irv Slifkin’s Filmadelphia book as well [...]

Philadelphia Film Society upcoming screenings

Philadelphia Film Society upcoming screenings

The Philadelphia Film Society’s “filmadelphia CLASSICS” series marches on through the summer with some creative venue choices that may actually make you want to sit through Rocky or 12 Monkeys for the millionth time… MON May [...]