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Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival 2020
GPJFF is also proud to premiere two extraordinary documentaries that explore race relations in the United States. Both films were previously shown this summer in a special series titled SHARED STORIES: THE INTERSECTION OF BLACK AND JEWISH EXPERIENCES IN AMERICA. Viewers loved the movies so much, we're bringing two of them back!
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5 QUESTIONS FOR FILMMAKER LESLIE RIVERA ————— Papi Ramirez vs Giant Scorpions
Tinsel & Tine's 5 Questions Series continues with an old friend, Leslie Rivera, Les and I met at a screenwriting class, at the University of the Arts, a ways back, I'm not gonna say how long. We reconnected in the last 2 or 3 years on social media. Les is a Puerto Rico born writer/director/producer who has, since we met, made a number of low budget independent short films and documentaries,
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The Nest
I’m not seeing half the movies I used to see and I still can’t keep up with writing the reviews. Yet, to be fair, as much as I’d like to write a review for every film/movie I see, some I just need to see to be eligible to vote as a Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Member. THE NEST is one of the first films to play in the newly reopened Landmark Ritz 5 Theater in Center City Philadelphia, it opened second week of September. As of 9/30/20 it is still showing. However, I have not yet returned to live screenings, I saw the film as a screener. A narrative feature…
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BLACK OWNED MAKER SHOP TRUNC IN NORTHERN LIBERTIES REOPENS
Aversa PR News Philadelphia’s only black-owned, veteran owned and female-owned maker spaces and retail shops TRUNC (929 N. 2nd St), is back open for business and hosting a special fundraiser for The Colored Girls Museum. Hours Fridays to Sundays, from Noon to 5:00pm, with a ten person shopping limit, masks required, ample hand sanitizer on hand and other precautions. The store opened in 2018 and after a full year of sales in 2019, was set to have a record year in 2020 when the global pandemic shut down all retail shops in March. After months of being closed, retail shops like Trunc are back open and opening again in Northern…
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Free Philly Drive-In Halloween Themed Movies
Film Schedule Wednesday, September 30 5:30PM Hotel Transylvania (PG) Friday, October 2 5:30PM Hotel Transylvania (PG) 9:00PM Get Out (R) *LATE NIGHT SCREENING* Wednesday, October 7 5:30PM Edward Scissorhands (PG-13) Friday, October 9 5:30PM Edward Scissorhands (PG-13) —FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE 10/8 @ 10AM— Wednesday, October 14 5:30PM Hocus Pocus (PG) Friday, October 16 5:30PM Hocus Pocus (PG) 9:00PM Rocky Horror Picture Show (R) *LATE NIGHT SCREENING* Wednesday, October 21 5:30PM Ghostbusters (PG) Friday, October 23 5:30PM Ghostbusters (PG) —FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE 10/22 @ 10AM— Wednesday, October 28 5:30PM Beetlejuice (PG) Friday, October 30 5:30PM Beetlejuice (PG) 9:00PM Halloween II (1981, R) *LATE NIGHT SCREENING* REGISTER FOR TICKETS All tickets to…
