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cinedelphia film festival
by Eric Bresler
and friends
LOCATIONS:
Freeman’s
1808 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
PhilaMOCA
531 N. 12th Street
Independence Seaport Museum
211 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd.
International House
3701 Chestnut Street
Stoogeum
904 Sheble Lane
Ambler, PA 19002
Viva Video!
16 W. Lancaster Avenue
Ardmore, PA 19003
SPONSORS:
THANK YOU:
Bernadette Frawley, Intern
Dan Buskirk, Josh Carter (joshcartersuperartist.com), Samm Deighan, Miguel Gomez/Viva
Video!, Austin Jefferson, Marc Walkow, RJ White (fakecriterions.tumblr.com),
and the PhilaMOCA and Shooting Wall gangs.
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Cinedelphia Film Festival
Message from CFF organizer Eric Bresler:
The first time I attended a film festival in Philadelphia was as a volunteer for the short-lived Reject Film Festival
back in 1997. I remember thinking that the two guys who ran it (one of which is now a big-time filmmaker) must
have had great power and influence in order to operate their own film festival, albeit one that showcased work
that other festivals had denied (still a noble concept). It was during this experience that I learned that film
screenings didn’t need to be restricted to the confines of traditional movie theaters. Old City art galleries served
as the screening venues, each outfitted with equipment and seating, and the whole thing was conducted with
the utmost professionalism. These were eye-opening concepts for an 18-year-old movie-loving me who had just
recently relocated from upstate New York. I volunteered again the following year and I remember thinking, while
serving drinks to John Waters and a room full of weirdos, that someday I wanted to have my own film festival. I
just had to come up with a good gimmick…
Welcome to the Cinedelphia Film Festival! Take a look at this schedule! Local nonprofits, distributors, filmmakers,
organizations, all coming together under one masthead to celebrate Philly film’s rich past and present. A great
diversity of both aesthetics and practice exists in the Philadelphia film community, as is true for the city itself, and
I think that this program guide sums it all up beautifully.
Philly film is an exciting, stimulating, and often strange world, and I invite you into the center of it. Again,
welcome to the Cinedelphia Film Festival.
TICKETING
Advance tickets are available online for all CFF programs, visit cinedelphiafilmfestival.com. No
exchanges/refunds on advance tickets. Door admission for PhilaMOCA, Freeman’s, Stoogeum,
and Viva Video! programs is cash-only.
Admission for all CFF programs is $10 except:
4/4 ($9), 4/5 ($9), 4/8 ($8), 4/12 ($9), 4/15 ($8), 4/20 ($12), 4/22 ($8)
PhilaMOCA’s April Tuesday Tune-Out
Guest curator: Cinedelphia Film Festival
Tuesday, April 2 : SWEATHEART plus a surprise screening of an ‘80s teen film
Tuesday, April 9 : DIVINE HAND ENSEMBLE plus World Premiere of a documentary on them
Tuesday, April 16 : FARQUAR MUCKENFUSS play The Monkees plus HEAD (1968)
Tuesday, April 23 : LOUD! FAST! PHILLY! video history of Philadelphia hardcore punk
Tuesday, April 30 : PATTERN IS MOVEMENT new album listening/screening event
Tuesday Tune-Out is PhilaMOCA’s weekly music/movie series. A different guest curator
selects the bands, the bands select a film to screen post-live set.
Upcoming guest curators: May - yvynyl, June - Guild Shows
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MON
TUE
WED
THE WAY TO KEVIN
(p. 33)
24
HIGH SCHOOL (p. 22)
17
MASSACRE GUN (p. 14)
THE CRUMBLES (p. 13)
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3
CINEDELPHIA FILM FESTIVAL
SUN
2
8
1
7
FILMADELPHIA (p. 11)
16
9
GIRLS SCHOOL
SCREAMERS / BLADES
(p. 10)
15
DIVINE HAND
ENSEMBLE (p. 12)
14
THE MONKEES (p. 21)
30
PHILLY PUNK (p. 32)
23
ARMY OF WOLVES (p. 18)
29
REELBLACK (p. 31)
22
TLA ENTERTAINMENT
(p. 20)
VIVISECTIONS (p. 19)
21
LUBIN (p. 30)
PHILADELPHIA
EXPERIMENT (p. 29)
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THU
5
SAT
APRIL 2013
FRI
6
13
4
STOOGEUM (p. 7)
SCOTT AND GARY (p. 8)
12
VIDEO VIOLENCE (p. 17)
SECRET CINEMA (p. 6)
11
DAVID GOODIS (p. 16)
20
VIDEO PIRATES (p. 9)
EXHUMED FILMS (p. 15)
19
OPENING NIGHT
INTERNATIONAL
HOUSE (p. 5)
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26
POINT BREAK (p. 23)
THE LOST MAN (p. 36)
27
CLOSING DAY
CRAZINESS!
(p. 38-39)
VANISHING WAVES (p. 24) TERMITE TV (p. 26)
URBAN ARCHIVES (p. 27)
BURLESQUE (p. 28)
TLA VIDEO (p. 37)
DANGER AFTER DARK
(p. 25)
SLAUGHTER TALES (p. 34)
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BUNYIP (p. 35)
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THU April 4, 2013 at 7:00 PM
Hand Held Day (1975) by Gary Beydler. © Gary Beydler. Courtesy of Mike and David Beydler.
International House
In late 2012, the staff of International House
Philadelphia’s Arts program started a concerted
effort to begin examining and working through
their “archive,” a few rooms overstuffed with dusty
boxes that hadn’t been touched in years. Through
many hours of lugging, sorting and organizing, a
clearer picture has come through regarding the
legacy of film and video programming at IHP, a
legacy that reaches back to the mid-1970s.
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE
PHILADELPHIA PRESENTS
IHP 79-13 is the first of what we hope to be an
ongoing examination that brings our past into the
present and future. In the summer of 1979, IHP
welcomed the Neighborhood Film Project into the
building and organization. This partnership was
celebrated with “Rialto Bijou: Films for Summer
Nights,” a series of fun and interesting short films.
Our program for the Cinedelphia Film Festival will
bring together a number of animated, comedic and
experimental 16mm short films that were screened
in this series, including work by well-loved filmmakers George Kuchar, Robert Breer and Sally
Cruikshank. Audience members will receive a
reproduction of the series catalog and are encour-
aged to come early to view the exhibition of letters,
posters, photos and ephemera showcasing the
history of film at IHP in our east gallery.
IHP 79 - 13:
A SHORT FILM
PROGRAM
The program includes work by the following
filmmakers: Gary Beydler, Robert Breer, Jeff Carpenter & Mary Lambert, Sally Cruikshank, Al Jarnow, Jan
Krawitz and Thomas Ott, George Kuchar, Frank and
Caroline Mouris, and David Rimmer. (HS)
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Freeman’s
SECRET CINEMA PRESENTS
FROM PHILADELPHIA
WITH LOVE:
“BEST OF” EDITION
PLUS JAY SCHWARTZ HOSTS
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF
THE SECRET CINEMA.
There is a whole world of locally-made films that
have been forgotten -- the “ephemeral” short films
that were primarily made by small independent
companies for a once-booming non-theatrical
market. While most school districts, television
stations and traveling salesman have long ago
discarded their 16mm film projectors, the Secret
Cinema have not, and thus can properly present a
look back at these celluloid time capsules that
would otherwise not be seen again.
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FRI April 5, 2013 at 8:00 PM
The Secret Cinema is proud to present this "best of"
edition of From Philadelphia With Love: Industrial,
Educational and other Lost Local Films. We'll present
many of our favorite selections from the nearly 50
Philadelphia-related short films we've presented in
several volumes of this popular (if irregular) series -most of which we have not shown for at least seven
years.
Just a few highlights will include: Our Changing City
(1955), Philadelphia With Love (1972), The Story of
Bubblegum (1952), The Troc (1966), Modern Magazine Magic (1956), The Philadelphia Story of 1963
(1963), Friends in Philadelphia (1970), Date With a
Stranger (1950s), and The Philadelphia-Lancaster
Counterfeiters (1931). More program details will be
posted at www.thesecretcinema.com
The evening will also include an illustrated talk by
programmer Jay Schwartz on the 21-year history of
the Secret Cinema, which has presented many
hundreds of unique screenings, to date still always
shown using real film, "not video -- never ever!" (JS)
The Stoogeum
SAT April 6, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Gary Lassin, a life-long Philadelphia-area
resident/Three Stooges fan, opened the Ambler,
PA-based Stoogeum in 2004. The three story
complex displays nearly 4,000 of Gary’s 100,000+
item collection of Stooge artifacts, many of which
are one-of-a-kind. From vintage toys, comic books,
and LPs to Shemp Howard’s 1918 army discharge
papers (the oldest Stooges-related document
known to exist), the Stoogeum is a sight to behold
even for those with little or no interest in the
knuckleheads. (EB)
SPECIAL EVENT!
THE STOOGEUM
& LARRY FINE
SPEND THE AFTERNOON AT
AMBLER’S THREE STOOGES
MUSEUM.
As part of the Cinedelphia Film Festival, Gary Lassin
will host a presentation on Philly’s favorite Stooge,
Larry Fine. The presentation is free with Stoogeum
admission, but seating is limited and advance RSVP
is required to guarantee a seat:
http://cffstoogeum.brownpapertickets.com
The Stoogeum will be open from 10:00 AM - 3:00
PM with the discussion being held at 11:00 AM.
General admission is $10, $8 students/seniors.
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PhilaMOCA
VIDEO PIRATES PRESENTS
THE SCOTT & GARY SHOW:
30th ANNIVERSARY
RETROSPECTIVE
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS:
SCOTT LEWIS, GARY WINTER,
AND THE BEATOES
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SAT April 6, 2013 at 7:30 PM
From 1983 to 1989, The Scott and Gary Show served
as a lo-tech American Bandstand for the punks,
outsiders, and new wave kids of the 1980s. Over the
course of 19 episodes, public access audiences were
treated to confounding comedy, awkward
interviews, and early live performances from a host
of now legendary alternative musicians including
The Beastie Boys (pre-hip hop), Half Japanese,
Butthole Surfers, Velvet Monkeys, Shockabilly (the
singer played a modified lawn rake) and Philly local
Ben Vaughn.
To celebrate the show’s 30th anniversary, Video
Pirates will screen a “best of” the show with live
commentary from Scott and Gary. And then, here’s
the crazy part, the guys will be donning their old
costumes, handing out 3D glasses, and re-creating a
classic episode live in the Mausoleum complete with
a reunion performance from Baltimore’s The Beatoes.
Dancing and costumes are encouraged! (EB)
PhilaMOCA
For the uninitiated, VP is a live comedy show
centered around the presentation of original video
pieces that are made up of clips from hundreds of
VHS tapes. Highlights of VP’s previous live show
included a history of Beanie Babies, an insane
Christian anti-internet video, and the strangely
tragic story of Japanese game show prisoner
Nasubi.
This time around, it’s all about Philadelphia! Expect
a retrospective of a beloved local late night
infomercial, a heartfelt tribute to a much-loved local
fringe actor, dissections of the worst that independent Philly film has to offer, and a seemingly
endless montage of Philly-related clips from
throughout film history.
This event will also serve as the release party for the
first Video Pirates DVD, it’s gonna be a wild time!
(EB)
SPECIAL PREMIERE EVENT!
VIDEO PIRATES:
PHILADELPHIA
Philly-centric found footage
comedy craziness!
lifted from archaic home video formats. Since its
debut at the International House in July 2012, VP
has presented a 50 minute video history of Sparks
at the PhilaMOCA SPARKStacular, hosted a featurelength live show, and served as an opening act for
Everything Is Terrible! 2013 will see the debut of two
additional VP programs: an autobiographical show
and a feature-length career retrospective of one of
the most famous film actors in the world.
About:
CFF organizer Eric Bresler heads up Video Pirates, a
one-man collective that focuses on the preservation and presentation of found footage oddities
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PhilaMOCA
SUN April 7, 2013 at 7:00 PM
1980’S PHILLY HORROR
DOUBLE-FEATURE
GIRLS SCHOOL SCREAMERS
DIR. JOHN P. FINNEGAN, 1986, 80 MIN.
BLADES
DIR. THOMAS R. RONDINELLA, 1989, 101 MIN.
DIRECTOR THOMAS R. RONDINELLA
AND PRODUCER WILLIAM PACE
A double-feature of Philly-area ‘80s horror with
special guests Blades director/co-writer Thomas
Rondinella and associate producer/co-writer
William Pace.
A group of students from the Trinity School for Girls
are tasked with cataloguing the inventory of a vast
mansion. The bodies begin to pile up as a secret
family history is revealed in this Satanic-tinged
ghost story. Filled with lo-tech gore effects, tedious
banter, and a cast of amateurs that are shooting
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well below their actual ages, the Mount Airy-shot
Girls School Screamers is great fun for the low
budget horror-inclined.
Blades is the story of a killer lawnmower that stalks
its prey on a golf course in South Jersey. F’real.
Dismembered body parts begin appearing on the
grounds of the Tall Grass Country Club shortly after
the arrival of handsome golf pro Roy Kent. The only
one who can stop the murders is disgraced former
groundskeeper Deke Slade, a badass survivalist
type who shares a history with the menacing
machine. Filmed at a nine hole golf course in Rio
Grande, NJ, Blades succeeds in maintaining a
strange, Twin Peaks-like atmosphere of dark
comedy. Are the actors in on the joke? It’s tough to
tell, and that’s part of the fun.
John P. Finnegan recruited Thomas Rondinella and
William Pace to work on GSS while they were still
students at NYU, they each played multiple roles on
the crew. Finnegan then chose Rondinella to direct
his follow up film, Blades, which was co-written by
Rondinella and Pace with Finnegan acting as
producer. (EB)
PhilaMOCA
MON April 8, 2013 at 7:30 PM
Who says Philly film is limited to Rocky, Trading
Places or The Sixth Sense? Irv Slifkin, author of the
acclaimed book Filmadelphia: A Celebration of a
City's Movies, takes you through the wide world of
Philly films with this feature-length, clip-filled
presentation. Witness examples of silent films shot
in the Delaware Valley, early indie efforts, exploitation pictures, and lots more. From John Garfield in
Pride of the Marines (1945) to Jayne Mansfield in The
Burglar (1957); from the stark David and Lisa (1962)
to the wacky Disk-O-Tek Holiday (1966) with
Philly-based disc jockey Hy Lit, this 90 minute
showcase is sure to entertain and make you want a
soft pretzel with mustard at the same time. (IS)
SPECIAL EVENT!
FILMADELPHIA:
A CELEBRATION OF A
CITY’S MOVIES
HOSTED BY IRV SLIFKIN
Slifkin will be signing his book post-presentation.
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PhilaMOCA
TUE April 9, 2013 at 8:00 PM
WORLD PREMIERE! THE DIVINE HAND
ENSEMBLE PRESENTS
21st CENTURY
CLASSICAL MUSIC
DIR. SERGIO VALENTINO, 2013, 84 MIN.
PREMIERE OF A DOCUMENTARY
ON THE DIVINE HAND ENSEMBLE
FOLLOWED BY A LIVE PERFORMANCE
FROM THE GROUP.
Since 2010, local chamber ensemble The Divine
Hand Ensemble have been demonstrating that
classical music can still captivate audiences in these
modern technological times. Formed and led by
accomplished theremin pioneer Mano Divina, the
Divine Hand Ensemble have the distinction of
being the only group in the world who perform
serious classical work in which the theremin plays
the role of lead singer.
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21st Century Classical Music is a document of the
first year of this one-of-a-kind chamber ensemble’s
existence, filmed entirely in Philly. Director Sergio
Valentino was granted full access to the group’s
activities throughout 2010 with the result being a
film filled with interviews, rehearsal footage, press
junkets, a history of the theremin and plenty of live
performance footage that includes everything from
classical pieces to funerary music to covers of
classic horror and sci-fi theme songs. A quick
catch-me-up for the uninitiated and a behind-thescenes joy for the converted, 21st Century Classical
Music is an enjoyable portrait of one of
Philadelphia’s most valuable musical outfits
The film will be followed by a live performance from
the Divine Hand Ensemble that will feature new
material as well as current fan favorites.
Tuesday Tune-Out is PhilaMOCA’s ongoing weekly
series of local music/film that is programmed by a
different guest curator every month.
PhilaMOCA
WED April 10, 2013 at 7:30 PM
The Crumbles is an indie rock slice-of life
tragicomedy about Darla, an overly serious
musician whose stagnant life is shaken up when her
long lost best friend Elisa shows up and crashes on
her couch...indefinitely. Free-spirited Elisa has just
moved back to Los Angeles after a devastating
break-up, and no one else in her funky group of
friends is willing to help her out. She is charismatic
and musically gifted, making her the perfect
partner in the band that Darla has long wanted to
start up. But when the band gets rolling, obsession,
heartache, insecurity, and oversized egos all work
against them. While they both share dreams of
rocking the globe, it becomes a monumental
struggle getting their new band out of the garage.
PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE!
THE CRUMBLES (2012)
DIR. AKIRA BOCH, 2012, 75 MIN.
PRESENTED BY THE PHILADELPHIA
ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
(PAAFF) is the first event of its kind in Philadelphia:
an award winning film festival celebrating and
elevating the Asian American experience. In its five
years, PAAFF is proud to have presented dozens of
culturally relevant films and exciting programming
to broad and diverse audiences from Chinatown to
Center City to University City.
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PhilaMOCA
UNKNOWN JAPAN PRESENTS
MASSACRE GUN
DIR. YASUHARU HASEBE, 1967, 89 MIN.
WITH SPECIAL GUEST CURATOR
MARC WALKOW
Three brothers take on the mob in a hard-boiled,
doom-laden, little-seen gangster film from the
height of Nikkatsu’s period of “Borderless Action”
productivity. Eldest brother Ryuichi Kuroda is a
hitman for the Akazawa gang who, at the whim of
his stern boss, is forced to eliminate a woman he
loves.
One of three monochrome hitman movies Nikkatsu
B-idol Joe Shishido made in 1967 for Nikkatsu —
the others being Seijun Suzuki’s Branded to Kill and
the iconic proto-Western A Colt is my Passport.
Alternatively known as The Slaughter Gun or
Ruthless Gangster, Massacre Gun was director
Hasebe’s third film at Nikkatsu, and he would later
do other notable gangster films, three-fifths of the
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Stray Cat Rock series, and some very politically
incorrect Roman Pornos. But Massacre Gun finds
him in full-on dark noir mode, and the heavy
atmosphere of the film foreshadows many of the
rough subjects he tackled in later films. Hasebe
manages to enliven the gloom with a jazzy milieu
and some colorful minor characters. Action scenes
are relegated to the film’s second half, but they
more than make up for the wait, from one
character’s execution by headlight to the final
showdown on a deserted road. Don’t miss your
only chance to discover a new classic of 1960s
Japanese genre cinema! (MW)
The film was selected by guest curator Marc
Walkow (Sushi Typhoon, New York Asian Film
Festival), Marc will be in attendance to introduce
the screening.
Unknown Japan is a biannual, six-week series of
rare Japanese films presented by Cinedelphia.com
and the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia. Additional info: unknown-japan.com.
PhilaMOCA
Currently celebrating their 16th year of Philly-area
genre film programming, Exhumed Films will be
making their PhilaMOCA debut with a special
16mm presentation of The Mutations aka The
Freakmaker (1974).
Legendary Oscar-winning cinematographer Jack
Cardiff (Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes) directs this
story of a rogue biologist (Donald Pleasence,
Halloween, Wake in Fright) who specializes in
creating genetic plant/animal hybrids with the
assistance of Doctor Who’s Tom Baker. Featuring a
cast of real-life oddities and obvious nods to Freaks
(1932) and Eyes Without a Face (1960), The Mutations
is must-see viewing for connoisseurs of the bizarre.
EXHUMED FILMS PRESENT
THE MUTATIONS
DIR. JACK CARDIFF, 1974, 92 MIN., 16MM
PLUS A SPECIAL Q&A WITH THE
EXHUMED GANG.
Prior to the screening, Exhumed Films members will
take the stage and subject themselves to a Q&A
with audience members regarding the highs and
lows of their 16 years worth of film programming,
the effort that goes into independently screening
films, and the reasoning behind their booking of
prog rockers Asia back in 2003. The Q&A will be
moderated by Exhumed superfan/Colonial Theatre
programmer Nick Lombardo. (EB)
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International House
DAVID GOODIS AND
THE BURGLARS ON 35MM
DIR. HENRI VERNEUIL, 1971, 120 MIN.
WITH A SPECIAL PRE-SCREENING
DISCUSSION FEATURING AN
IMPRESSIVE PANEL OF LOCAL GOODIS
EXPERTS AND ADMIRERS.
Though he spent a stint living and working in New
York and L.A., noir novelist David Goodis (1917 1967) was born and raised in Philadelphia. The city
left an indelible stamp on his work, and his fixation
with Philadelphia’s poor urban areas and criminal
life, as well as his tendency to sympathize with the
city’s outsiders and outlaws, often show up in his
fiction. His novels such as The Burglar, Of Tender Sin,
The Wounded and the Slain and Down There focus on
criminals, fugitives, hard luck cases and lives gone
wrong. These compelling stories attracted filmmakers, many of them French, where Goodis’ work
is more popular than the U.S., and a number of his
novels were adapted into well-known films, such as
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Truffaut’s Shoot the Piano Player (1960).
French director Henri Verneuil made the second
adaptation of Goodis’ novel The Burglars (1971) aka
Le Casse, which was also partly a remake of a ’57
version of the film scripted by Goodis, shot in
Philadelphia, directed by Philadelphian Paul
Wendkos and starring Jayne Mansfield. Verneuil’s
version stars Omar Sharif and Jean-Paul Belmondo.
A dirty police inspector purses a gang of burglars
who are seeking out a cache of emeralds. This
Euro-crime film is relatively obscure within the U.S.,
but became known for a famous car chase
sequence through the streets of Athens, some
impressive cinematography from the prolific Claude
Renoir, and a great score from composer Ennio
Morricone. This stunt heavy, noir tinged heist film is
an entertaining look at Goodis’ Philadelphia by way
of Europe.
There will be a pre-screening panel discussion on
Goodis' work and life moderated by local film writer
Samm Deighan and featuring Inquirer film critic
Steven Rea, writer and Poe expert Edward Pettit,
NoirCon founder Lou Boxer, and crime novelist
Duane Swierczynski. (SD)
Viva Video!
Director Gary P. Cohen will be on hand to introduce
this new mash-up of the two Video Violence films.
Trust me, the result is fantastic...
One of the great cinematic time capsules of the
golden age of the brick and mortar video rental
store, 1987's Video Violence (full title: Video
Violence...When Renting is Not Enough) remains one
of the most fun and charming no-budget horror
films of the 1980s. Filmed in Frenchtown, NJ with a
cast of non-actors and a never-ending supply of
imaginative homemade gore effects, VV tells the
story of a video store proprietor who unknowingly
sets up shop in the most dangerous of small towns.
Video Violence 2 (also 1987) continues the storyline
within the format of a public access television show
complete with fake commercials and an even
darker sense of humor than its predecessor.
Both films are filled with disturbing deaths, nasty
nudity, and a scathing self-awareness that brings to
mind the current widespread outcry against violent
entertainment. Cohen’s new feature-length combo
of the films eliminates some of the superfluous and
WORLD PREMIERE!
VIDEO VIOLENCE:
REDUX DELUXE
DIR. GARY P. COHEN, 2013, 92 MIN.
WITH SPECIAL GUEST:
DIRECTOR GARY P. COHEN
redundant footage, resulting in an entirely new
experience that, in my humble opinion, outshines
both of the originals. (EB)
About Viva Video!:
From the ashes of the Bryn Mawr location of TLA
Video came Ardmore's VIVA VIDEO! THE LAST
PICTURE STORE, the Philadelphia area's last remaining arthouse/foreign/genre-oriented video rental
shop.
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PhilaMOCA
WORLD PREMIERE!
ARMY OF WOLVES
DIR. MARK & JOHN POLONIA AND JON
MCBRIDE, 2013, 79 MIN.
Deep behind enemy lines, a new war has begun…
As the story goes, the Nazis turned to occult-based
experiments during the waning years of WWII in an
effort to thwart the Allied forces through unorthodox means. The successful Lycanthropy Experiment
was one such experiment, an attempt to breed an
army of gun-toting werewolves, but the whole
thing went horribly wrong as a group of American
soldiers will soon discover.
Filmed amongst the rugged landscape of Central
PA (Germania, Ansonia, and Morris to be precise)
back in 2005 by the Polonias alongside frequent
collaborator Jon McBride (Woodchipper Massacre),
additional footage has since been shot and the film
has been re-edited into its current and final incarnation. Filled with regional actors, strange visual
effects, and inventive camera work (wolf-cam!),
Army of Wolves is a real treat for low-budget horror
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fans and the cinematic adventurous.
Wellsboro, PA-born twin brother filmmakers Mark
and John Polonia are known for their no-budget
approach towards genre filmmaking. Their first
commercial release came in the form of 1986’s
Splatter Farm (they were 18-years-old at the time)
and they have since established themselves as the
leaders of homegrown horror with cult favorites
including The House That Screamed, Splatter Beach,
and the Feeders films. John passed away in 2008 at
the age of 39, but Mark continues to carry the
family’s filmmaking torch. (EB)
Guest speaker Brian Langan will introduce the
screening.
PhilaMOCA
VIVISECTIONS:
INTERNATIONAL HORROR
SHORTS BLOCK
Voyeurism, snuff, cinema and sex collide in Red, a
provocative slow-burn shocker from Montreal
horror maven, Maude Michaud (Hollywood Skin). In
Rafael De Leon Jr’s Birthday Boys, teenaged Riley
turns to dark forces in order to bring back her lost
love. Cinematic madman Sam Walker (Tea Break)
LOCAL FILMMAKER MATT GARRETT PRESENTS A PROGRAM
presents his short film/music video hybrid Bite
OF NINE SHORT HORROR FILMS, ALL PHILADELPHIA
Horse, the first chapter of a multi-media collaboraPREMIERES, WITH SELECT FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE.
tion with the Southern Gothic band Mississippi
Matt O’Mahoney, director of the Fantastic Fest
Witch. Next is Doll Parts and Stained director Karen
award-winning Electric Fence, returns with Adjust
Lam’s The Stolen, a dark fairy tale about a young girl
Tracking, a lovingly meaty homage to the Golden
with a big heart who is forced to strike a bargain
Age of VHS Horror. And finally, from the delightfully
with beings from another world. The more serious
twisted minds of Greg Hanson & Casey Regan (Thy
portion of our program concludes with the stopKill
Be Done) comes the definitive argument against
motion animated nightmare, Crépuscule, from
USDA-approved cannibalism, Meat Me in Plainville.
visionary director Éric Falardeau
Think
Soylent Green meets I Drink Your Blood with a
(Thanatomorphose). A young woman, bound at the
healthy dose of Father Knows Best thrown in for
wrists, attempts to escape her demented redneck
good measure. Human Meat Is Murder
captors in screenwriter Josh MacDonald's (The
Corridor) beautifully photographed and wickedly
Every film in this program is a Philadelphia
funny directorial debut, Game. Aussie director Dave
Premiere, having previously played such festivals as
Wade’s slick, sick and hilariously crude A Tale of
Cannes, Fantasia, PiFan, Sydney Underground, and
Obsession follows an overweight teen goth as she
Fantastic Fest. (MG)
attempts to curb her hunger to win the heart (and
body) of the perpetually shirtless school hunk.
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SPECIAL EVENT!
FOR THE LOVE OF FILM:
THE HISTORY OF TLA
FROM REPERTORY CINEMA TO
VIDEO STORES AND BEYOND.
Join Ray Murray, President of TLA Entertainment
Group, as he recounts his work with TLA (Theater of
the Living Arts), from its birth as a South Street
hippie cinema in the early 1970s through its
morphing into video stores and now streaming
films on the internet.
Older film fans fondly remember the days of
repertory and art cinema: from Germantown’s
Bandbox, the Lane on Broad Street, Sansom Street’s
Academy Screening Room, Market Street’s New
World Cinema and many more, but arguably the
most well-known and popular was TLA Cinema on
South Street where, pre-instant access of film,
people from all walks of life ventured to the
ramshackle cinema to see all kinds of
non-Hollywood film: from cult classics (The Rocky
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Horror Picture Show, Pink Flamingos), to international discoveries (The Discreet Charm of the
Bourgeoisie, 8 1/2, Alphaville) and even to the surreal
(Eraserhead, El Topo). When the videocassette
revolution changed the way people watched film,
TLA also changed, by opening video stores that
continued the tradition of highlighting international cinema and which happily catered to Philadelphians’ famously eclectic tastes.
Murray, as well as several long-time TLAers, will be
on hand with posters and a video to walk the
audience through the last 40 years of Philadelphia’s
alternative cinematic history.
After the discussion, there will be a screening of
John Waters’ classic Female Trouble (which had its
premiere at TLA on November 6, 1974).
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As part of PhilaMOCA's Tuesday Tune-Out series,
Philly's own Farquar Muckenfuss perform a full set of
Monkees covers followed by a screening of The
Monkees' feature film Head (1968).
Farquar Muckenfuss is what results from mixing
classic instrumental surf rock with skate punk,
rockabilly, exotica, and circus music. To keep the
attention of a confused audience awaiting vocals,
the trio found it important to be engaging in other
ways so they developed confrontational, garishlycostumed stage antics. They also crowded the
stage with antiquated laboratory equipment,
biological oddities, and surplus military gear. In
1998, with the help of The Dead Milkmen’s Joe Jack
Talcum, they recorded the album They Grow Their
Own Meat: Grade 'E' (but Edible) (Burnt Toast Vinyl,
1999). The band disappeared in October of 2000 and
waited twelve years before announcing their next
show.
PHILAMOCA’S TUESDAY
TUNE-OUT
FARQUAR MUCKENFUSS
PERFORM A FULL SET OF MONKEES COVERS
FOLLOWED BY A SCREENING OF
HEAD
DIR. BOB RAFELSON, 1968, 86 MIN.
free-format head trip of a feature has garnered a
loyal cult following and a montage of songs from
the soundtrack were met with cheers throughout
2012's Monkees reunion tour. Reportedly (and
understandably) conceived and written with the aid
of psychedelic drugs, co-writers Jack Nicholson and
Bob Rafelson (who also directed) pillage the depths
of cinema to represent all genres and tropes as they
send Peter, Davy, Micky, and Mike on an existential
adventure of self-awareness. Wild stuff!
Head was The Monkees' attempt at both summarizing and distancing themselves from their television
career. The film's success is debatable, but this
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45th ANNIVERSARY SCREENING
HIGH SCHOOL
DIR. FREDERICK WISEMAN, 1968, 75 MIN.
One of the pioneers of direct cinema (not that he’d
admit to it), acclaimed filmmaker Frederick
Wiseman has been documenting a wide variety of
social institutions since 1967. From the “criminally
insane” hospital inmates of Titicut Follies (1967) to
the struggling, high-end Parisian dancers in Crazy
Horse (2001), Wiseman has always approached his
subjects from the perspective of a fly on the wall,
unobtrusive yet deeply penetrating.
High School (1968), Wiseman’s second feature as
director/producer, focuses upon the students and
faculty of Philadelphia’s Northeast High School. It
was filmed during a turbulent time when Americans were questioning the validity of the Vietnam
War, which was escalating towards a ground war
thanks to Lyndon Johnson’s Operation Rolling
Thunder, and riots were breaking out following the
assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968 was
the year in which the first season of The Wonder
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Years was set, though High School eschews heartwarming life lessons in favor of hard-nosed reality.
From the classroom to the gymnasium, the
principal’s office to the schoolyard, Wiseman
provides a valuable glimpse into the era when
students began standing up to both teachers and
conformity.
High School wasn’t shown in Philadelphia until
2001, the result of vague threats from the schoolboard that Wiseman heeded in an effort to avoid
legal action (he was already involved in a lawsuit
from the state of Massachusetts concerning his
previous film, Titicut Follies). Stories surrounding
this “banned film” circulated throughout Philadelphia for decades as it gained a The Day the Clown
Cried-like mystique. No longer relegated to bootlegs or the occasional PBS screening, Philly has
embraced this masterpiece of documentary
filmmaking and the CFF is proud to celebrate its
45th anniversary. (EB)
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Patrick Swayze is the charismatic Bohdi (One word,
Like Cher), leader of a gang of fun loving Buddhist
surfers who dress as ex-presidents and rob banks to
finance their adrenaline-soaked misadventures.
Keanu Reeves is Johnny (greatest name in cinema
history) Utah, square, former college football hero
turned FBI agent who goes undercover in the L.A.
surf community to catch the gnarly bandits.
When Kathryn (Zero Dark Thirty) Bigelow, working
at her loosest, directs, and Jim (James Cameron)
Cameron produces, action and stunts rule the day.
Highlights include sun kissed surfing footage, jaw
dropping skydiving sequences and a truly
outstanding foot chase where a dog is used as a
projectile weapon. Whether the movie is like that
on purpose (it is) or not, awesomeness abounds.
(Chris Ludovici)
SPECIAL EVENT!
POINT BREAK (1991)
WITH A LIVE ORIGINAL SURF
SCORE FROM BETHLEHEM, PA’S
GREAT WHITE CAPS.
apparent in their live performance. Montag the
Magnificent (lead guitar and instigator) has these
words: “This was a labor of love. From my first VHS
copy of this movie, to the many hungover Sundays
catching it on TV, to having now performed in front
of this movie well over a hundred times, it never
stops being fun. Simple as that.”
In 2011, Bethlehem, PA’s Great White Caps set to
work on re-imagining the score to Point Break, the
greatest surf/spy/extreme sports/cop drama of all
time. And the (unreasonable?) passion that these
four musicians feel for the film is immediately
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VANISHING WAVES
DIR. KRISTINA BUOZYTE, 2012, 124 MIN.
PRESENTED BY
ARTSPLOITATION FILMS
Vanishing Waves is a bold, visionary work of science
fiction cinema that recalls the genre in its cerebral
1960s and ’70s golden age, just as it simultaneously
forges new territory with its unique fusion of
emotional melodrama and hallucinatory widescreen spectacle. The second solo feature from
Lithuanian director Kristina Buozyte, following her
acclaimed 2008 debut The Collectress, Vanishing
Waves is a science fiction romance that is equally
occupied by the erotic as well as the fantastic.
Lukas (Marius Jampolskis) is assisting a scientific
research team by functioning as a patient in a series
of monitored (and medicated) sensory deprivation
experiments wherein he is attempting to make
some form of contact with the subject, Aurora
(Jurga Jutaite), a young woman who has been
locked in a comatose state for some time. Doctors
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initially hope for just a vague reaffirmation of
consciousness, but the experiment takes an
unexpected twist when Lukas and Aurora actually
develop a strong psychic link in their mutually
altered forms of consciousness…and their link
quickly evolves into a romantic, sexually charged
relationship. As Lukas hides this data from his
researchers, he and Aurora meet secretly and
passionately in a series of surreal dream-scapes
created by their collective minds, but their union is
tragically doomed to collapse around them.
Vanishing Waves swept all the major awards – Best
Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best
Actress (Jurga Jutaite) – at 2012’s Fantastic Fest in
Austin, Texas. It also won Best Film at the Rio Grind
Film Festival in Vancouver and has played at the
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Palic
European Film Festival, Neuchatel International
Fantastic Film Festival and Sitges Film Festival. (TC)
Travis Crawford, Acquisitions Consultant for
Artsploitation Films, will introduce the screening.
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DAD
When I started Danger After Dark in the Philadelphia Film Festival (then still named the Philadelphia
Festival of World Cinema) back in 2001, I had no
idea if the concept would really connect with
audiences – I remember walking to a Ritz theater
for our first screening, the Japanese classic Female
Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41, and expecting to find
a dozen or so friends…only to see a packed,
sold-out house filled with the type of adventurous,
enthused cinephiles that have continued to make
up the core DAD audience over time. Throughout
those dozen years, the program has seen highs:
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance gave Park Chan-wook
one of his first U.S. festival awards during its
premiere here, we’ve bestowed tributes on Alex de
la Iglesia and Tobe Hooper, held retrospective
screenings on everything from Shaw Bros. martial
arts classics to lost Catherine Breillat films and
collections of silent French porn reels to…well,
Gone with the Pope. And there have been lows too:
for example, if you’ve ever put on 3D glasses before
a screening, then please grade those films’ artistic
merits on a curve. The last few years have been
rocky ones – I was not involved with Danger After
Dark in 2008 and ’09 while the two film societies
SPECIAL EVENT!
DANGER AFTER DARK
DAD PROGRAMMER TRAVIS CRAWFORD RECOUNTS
12 YEARS OF THE MUCH-LOVED GENRE FILM
PROGRAM FOLLOWED BY A SPECIAL SURPRISE
SCREENING OF A PAST DAD FILM!
and festivals experienced their division, and when I
returned to program in ’10 and ’11, the series was
shifted to July to function alongside that season’s
QFest instead. Last year, Danger After Dark had to
take a complete hiatus while I worked to help
establish the new, Philly-based distributor Artsploitation Films, but this summer, the program will be
returning…in a new, expanded form that will also
serve as a taste of even greater things to come next
year. So, if you’ve appreciated this series in years
past, please join us for a look back at a dozen years
of Danger After Dark, its ups and downs, and enjoy
a secret film that represents the program at its
wildest. While we won’t reveal the surprise film in
advance, I’ll tell you that it was one of my favorite
films I ever programmed, and that it also never
received any sort of U.S. release (theatrical or video)
after we screened it that year. So begin guessing!
(TC)
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TERMITE TV:
RETROSPECTIVE AND
SURVEILLANCE SHOW
PREMIERE
Termite TV (www.termite.org) is a video collective
that has been producing experimental and activist
media for over 20 years in Philadelphia and beyond!
Termite TV produces, distributes and facilitates the
creation of media that challenges the status quo
and provides an alternative to corporate media.
Termite work has been broadcast nationally on
television and screened at festivals and museums
worldwide.
Their work has been described as "video jazz" and
"cubist television." Termite TV’s continued experimentations with media have led them to facilitate
community/youth media projects and, most
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recently, to explore the field of locative, placebased media with their "Walk Philly" project. In an
environment filled with corporate ads and commercial interests, Termite TV introduces works of art
that have the potential to create social change, to
connect people and communities
As part of the CFF, Termite TV will present a short
retrospective of its work over the last 20 years,
including video clips (excerpts from Desert Storm
1992, Violent 1999 and Terror 2005), installation
("Life Stories", 1999 -2012) and Q&A with Termite
Members.
Termite TV will also premiere a new 30-minute
compilation video program on the theme of
“Surveillance”. Overheard conversations, animal
cams, spam mail and security systems are some of
the themes that will provoke you to consider the
ways we are increasingly observed and monitored
by both technology and one another.
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Temple University Libraries' Special Collections
Research Center presents selections from the Urban
Archives collection. Footage spans the late 1940s
through early 1980s and highlights the last year of
preservation work, research requests, and digitization as part of our Civil Rights in a Northern City
web portal. Selections are a mix of unedited news
footage and produced public affairs documentaries
that offer glimpses of both exceptional and everyday moments in the Philadelphia region’s history.
Temple University Libraries’ Special Collections
Research Center holds rare and archival materials
documenting the history of the university and the
region. We share the content to stimulate, enrich,
and support research, teaching, and learning and to
engage with the larger community of scholars and
the general public. Established in 1967, our Urban
Archives documents the development of an urban
region through a wide variety of organization
records including local businesses such as the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company and nonprofits and
community organizations including the Friends
Neighborhood Guild and the Housing Association
of Delaware Valley. The millions of clippings and
FREE EVENT!
UNEDITED PHILADELPHIA:
ARCHIVAL NEWS FOOTAGE
FROM TEMPLE U. LIBRARIES
images from the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, the
Philadelphia Inquirer, and Daily News as well as
scores of other images collections provide a
comprehensive view of life in our region. Here we
feature our extensive holdings of local TV newsreel
footage from KYW and WPVI which add to our rich
record of the social, economic, political, cultural,
civic, and physical development of Philadelphia.
(JP)
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Photo by Claire Horvath
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New from Philadelphia’s founder of filmlesque
comes the ideal spring-time show featuring a
collusion of color and quirk in a sea of ecdysiast
homage. Join the ladies and gents of Miss Rose’s
Sexploitation Follies as they pull out all the stops
and every color rhinestone in the rainbow to bring
you an evening of Wes Anderson Burlesque. Come
see that flower you’d love to pluck, Miss Rose, as she
presents a night of sexy skits and fascinating strips
that even the director of The Max Fischer Players
would love. Hosting the evening of film fantasy is
Philadelphia’s own female farce duo, a spectacle of
side notes and sass, Sidetracked!
The evening features performances in tribute to Wes
Anderson’s films, including a wondrous watery
vision from Ruby Solitaire’s tribute to The Life Aquatic
with Steve Zissou, Hayley Jane will take you to a
far-off whimsical land with her mysterious Darjeeling
Limited number, Philadelphia boylesque stars Mr.
Fahrenheit and Brettzo team up to bring you some
brotherly love straight out of The Royal Tenenbaums,
Miss Mary Wanna promises to shake that tail of hers
in honor of Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Miss Rose herself
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MISS ROSE’S SEXPLOITATION
FOLLIES PRESENTS
AN EVENING OF
WES ANDERSON-THEMED
BURLESQUE
will be honoring the life works of young Max Fischer
with her strip portrayal of Rushmore.
Miss Rose’s Sexploitation Follies is director-based
burlesque, incorporating memorable cult film
characters, large scale set dressings and props, and
handpicked performers. Miss Rose brings a little
movie magic to each Sexploitation Follies show, a
night of film fantasy that’s sure to please. (MR)
Admission: $12
Seaport Museum
“In 1943, the U.S. Navy conducted a series of tests to
render allied ships invisible to enemy radar. The
results of these tests have never been made public.
The final test, which resulted in the project’s
termination, has come to be known as...The
Philadelphia Experiment.”
SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY SCREENING!
THE PHILADELPHIA
EXPERIMENT
Dir. Stewart Raffill, 1984, 102 min.
Philadelphia’s favorite urban legend turns 70 this year
and we’re celebrating the anniversary with a familyfriendly film screening at the Independence Seaport
Museum featuring a special introduction from
novelist Paul Malmont.
So begins this tale of time displaced Navy sailors
David (Michael Paré) and Jim (Bobby Di Cicco),
victims of a military experiment that tears a hole in
the space time continuum. Sure, it’s your average
fish-out-of-time story complete with puzzlement
over the devices and fashions of the mid-80s, but
the special effects common to the era are great fun
and the film’s mounting sense of danger is actually
rather effective (a remarkable feat from the director
of Mac and Me and Tammy and the T-Rex). But the
real attraction here is the hometown connection...
have broadened the initial incident to include
elements of time travel and atom-smashing that
resulted in sailors’ bodies being fused with their
vessel. It’s interesting stuff despite the implausibility of it all, and special guest speaker Paul Malmont
will be on hand to separate the fact from the fiction,
the myth from the merit. (EB)
Now regarded as a hoax by most, but not by any
means all, South Philly’s Naval Shipyard (now home
to that local clothing giant) was supposedly the site
of a military experiment that successfully turned a
battleship invisible back in 1943. The legend has
grown over the decades thanks to conspiracy
theorists and open-minded academic types who
Admission to the 1:00 PM screening is free with
Museum admission. The Independence Seaport
Museum will be open from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM;
admission is $13.50 for adults, $10 children
/students/seniors. Museum attractions include
interactive exhibits, the Workshop on the Water,
and two historic ships, the Olympia and the Becuna.
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SPECIAL EVENT!
SIEGMUND LUBIN
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
JOSEPH P. ECKHARDT HOSTS
AN OVERVIEW OF LUBIN’S CAREER
PLUS LOCAL MUSICIANS PERFORM
LIVE SCORES TO 16MM FILMS.
Joseph P. Eckhardt, author of the Lubin biography
The King of the Movies, hosts a career overview of
Philadelphia’s moviemaking pioneer. Secret
Cinema will project 16mm Lubin films accompanied by original live scores from local musicians
including Jesse Kudler, Monique Canniere, Keith
Birthday, and Birdie Busch & Carl Cheeseman.
In 1897, an immigrant optician named Siegmund
Lubin began experimenting with a new photographic technology called Life Motion Pictures.
With a crude camera he built himself, he outraged
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his neighbors by filming circus, vaudeville and
burlesque acts in his backyard on North 15th Street.
From these humble beginnings, Lubin went on to
create one of the worlds’ largest and most successful film production, distribution, and exhibition
enterprises. His studios in Philadelphia made the
city a major hub of film production in the first
decade of the twentieth century. Branching out,
Lubin built a motion picture empire with studios in
Florida, Arizona, and California. As he amassed a
fortune and achieved worldwide fame and celebrity, Lubin bestowed upon himself the title of “King
of the Movies.” His reign was short lived, however.
By 1916, Lubin’s empire had collapsed, forcing him
to declare bankruptcy and return to his optical
shop. He died in 1923, impoverished and nearly
forgotten.
This program is in celebration of both Lubin’s 161st
birthday and the 90th anniversary of his passing.
(JE)
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EARLY WORK features films by Reelblack Founder
Mike D, Chinonye Chukwu (AlaskaLand), Rel
Dowdell (Changing The Game), Tanya Hamilton
(Night Catches Us) and Nadine Patterson (Tango
Macbeth). All have gone on to make feature films
and will be on hand to discuss how film school and
short filmmaking proved to be an integral step in
their development. Most of these films have not
been shown on the big screen since their original
festival runs and are not available on YouTube.
The program will feature: The Hardest Part (1994,
NYU, Dir. Michael Dennis, 11 min, 16mm)
The Killers (1995, Columbia University, Dir. Tanya
Hamilton, 20 Minutes, DVD)
Train Ride (1996, Boston University, Dir. Rel Dowdell,
30 min, 16mm)
Release (2005, London Film School, Dir. Nadine
Patterson, 13 min, DVD)
The Dance Lesson (2010, Temple U., Dir. Chinonye
Chukwu, 14 min, DVD)
Reelblack is a full-service film and video production
company dedicated to creating and promoting
SPECIAL EVENT!
REELBLACK PRESENTS
EARLY WORK
A COMPILATION OF STUDENT FILMS BY
PHILLY-BASED FILMMAKERS
OF COLOR, CURATED BY REELBLACK.
“good movies ’bout Black Folks.” Based in Philadelphia, it was founded in 1999 by award-winning
filmmaker Michael Dennis (a.k.a. Mike D.), a graduate of both NYU Film School and The American Film
Institute in Los Angeles. In addition to writing,
producing and directing, Mike curates and hosts a
monthly screening series at International House
called REELBLACK PRESENTS, which promotes
“discoveries and rediscoveries in African-American
film.” DINNER AND A MOVIE is a more intimate
event that takes place at Cafe Mills; MOVIE MEETUPS are designed to show financial support to
targeted films. For more info, visit
www.reelblack.com. (MD)
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JOSEPH A. GERVASI PRESENTS
LOUD! FAST! PHILLY!
A VIDEO HISTORY OF
PHILADELPHIA’S PUNK SCENE.
1-2-3-Go!
Loud! Fast! Philly! explores Philadelphia’s hardcore
punk underground with a clear-eyed view that
eschews golden-hued nostalgia and instead brings
into sharp focus (and blurry VHS) the true ugly
beauty of the scene. Featuring rare footage of local
bands playing basements, churches, bars, crappy
clubs, and warehouses throughout the city, the
program captures what it was like living in a
moment but without the pervasive reek of b.o.
Loud! Fast! Philly! has selected footage dating from
the early 1980s to the now, much of which has
never been seen and has been assembled,
digitized, and edited for this program. Special
guests will be in attendance to introduce clips and
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talk about Philly’s vibrant underground, back then
and today.
Nearly forty years on, punk continues to inspire
with its DIY ethos and vibrant, creative aggression.
This is not a post-mortem.
This is a celebration.
Featuring McRad, Decontrol, Ruin, Policy of 3, Bleed,
R.A.M.B.O., Sickoids, F.O.D., 2.5 Children, Atom and
His Package, Franklin, Violent Society, The Ghouls,
The More Fiends, Big Hate, Partysaurus Wrecks, The
Dead Milkmen, Dissystema, Lord Humongous,
Brutal Truth, and many others. (JAG)
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The documentary The Way to Kevin focuses upon a
year and a half in the life of Philadelphia-born
minister/mime/gay urban thug porn star Kevin
Mines as he attempts to move beyond acting with
the establishment of his own pornography-centric
production company.
Kevin, or “Venom” as he’s known in the movies, grew
up in impoverished North Philadelphia where he
attended church with his mother from a very early
age. He started preaching at the age of 13 and his
ministry expanded through numerous Christian
singing groups and Christian-themed mime performances. singing groups and Christian-themed mime
performances.
Kevin was 18 when he realized his sexual preference,
his entry into the world of pornography followed
shortly thereafter. Kevin was ostracized from his
church once word spread about his new profession
yet he remained dedicated to his Christian roots
while exhibiting a spirituality and social awareness
that continues to touch those around him.
THE WAY TO KEVIN
DIR. ERIN DAVIS & NATHAN EDMONDSON, 2012, 62 MIN.
DIRECTORS ERIN DAVIS AND NATHAN EDMONDSON,
PRODUCER JIM DATTILO, COMPOSER ERIC ZRINSKY,
AND DOCUMENTARY SUBJECT KEVIN MINES.
The Way to Kevin is a celebration of the life of a
unique individual and his lively lifestyle. Viewers are
introduced to his loyal family (both symbolic and
blood-related), his controlling parent-like manager,
and the somewhat strange world of gay pornography where audition sessions include casual orgies
and production qualities are as lo-tech as they can
get. The filmmakers succeed in presenting their
subject in a fair, almost tender light, a welcome
approach in these modern times of exploitative
documentary filmmaking. (EB)
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SLAUGHTER TALES (2012)
WITH DIRECTOR JOHNNY DICKIE
IN ATTENDANCE.
Gloriously-sustained teenage mayhem as Philadelphia filmmaker Johnny Dickie, writes, directs and
stars in a bloody homage to the shot-on-video
micro-budget horrors of the 1980s. In Slaughter
Tales “Larceny Never Pays” as a shoplifted videotape
wreaks supernatural havoc on a young man's life.
This foul-mouthed, gross-out horrorfest overflows
with five stories in which the real and unreal blur in
our increasingly-addled protagonist's mind, leading
to hatchet attacks, repeated vomiting and
attempted slug impregnation. Dickie completed
this, his first feature, before the age of 15, and it
plays like an adolescent take on Fellini's 8 ½, an
autobiographical mind-fuck of boredom, repressed
violence, gallows humor and sublimated lust,
filtered through Raimi, Henenlotter and Cronenberg. Making the most of its $65 budget, this
sharply-paced and fluently-edited film has a
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wonderfully confident and charming performance
from its adolescent auteur, who also designed the
film's oozing array of practical effects. Slaughter
Tales was shot primarily in the confines of Mollie's
Books in the heart of the Italian Market and its
grimy, video-cam imagery gives this ultimate
teenage freak-out an unmistakably down-home
Philly flavor. (DB)
“I was utterly endeared to this film from start to
finish.“ - Ain't-it-Cool-News
The screening will be projected from videotape
with the filmmaker in attendance for a postscreening Q&A hosted by Phawker.com critic/WPRB
Radio Host Dan Buskirk
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Filmed while conducting a scientific research
expedition in the expansive outback of Australia,
Bunyip the Movie is engulfed in both prevailing
political debate and historic legend. Funded by a
government grant, Dr. Nick Jenson and Bunyip
enthusiast Lindsay Farland search the continent far
and wide for the elusive and possibly dangerous
creature. Trailing them with camera in hand is a
rather eccentric and not always reliable assistant
who has been generously bestowed upon the team
by the Australian Minister for Environment. Their
journeys take them from the wild forests of Tasmania to the magnificent Ningaloo Reef of Western
Australia and what they discover may be more than
they ever bargained for. Dr. Jenson and his team's
efforts to finally prove the existence of the mythical
Bunyip is a twisted tale filled with beauty, tragedy,
and adventure.
WORLD PREMIERE!
BUNYIP THE MOVIE
DIR. GAVIN HECKER, 2013, 95 MIN.
WITH DIRECTOR GAVIN HECKER
IN ATTENDANCE.
The soundtrack for Bunyip the Movie features
Philly-area musicians Michael Trillions, The
Armchairs, Thom McCarthy, Banned Books, and
former Beaver Avenue member Aaron Radder as
well as music by The Mattoid.
bunyipthemovie.com
Footage contained in this film was originally never
intended to be seen by or distributed openly to the
public. Its release is in large part due to a lawsuit
brought forth by the Australian Zoological Society
and the Freedom of Information Act.
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SPECIAL EVENT!
THE LOST MAN
DIR. ROBERT ALAN AURTHUR, 1969, 122
MIN. RARE SCREENING OF A PHILLY-SHOT
CLASSIC WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY IRV SLIFKIN.
Sidney Poitier, wearing sunglasses with a dour look
on his face, stars in this reworking of Carol Reed's
classic Irish Republican Army thriller Odd Man Out.
Here Poitier is Jason Higgs (sounds a little like Tibbs
from In the Heat of the Night, doesn't it?), a cool-asa-cucumber black revolutionary, who tries to swipe
$200,000 from the payroll of a factory reputedly
owned by racists. The heist goes bad when a cop
and Higgs are shot, forcing Higgs to try to elude the
fuzz in the wilds of North Philly. In support of his
cause are a former partner (Al Freeman, Jr.) and a
white widowed social worker (Joanna Shimkus,
soon-to-be Mrs. Poitier). While dodging the law
amidst burned-out houses, abandoned cars, unruly
foliage, and an ugly rural landscape close to Temple
University, it's revealed that Higgs, in fact, really
wants the money to go to the kids of black revolutionaries in prison
A valuable peek at Philadelphia’s urban blight in the
late 1960s, The Lost Man is a must-see Philly film. (IS)
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PhilaMOCA
Join us for a casual gathering of ex-TLA Video store
clerks who will share humorous and heartwarming
stories of their time spent working for the Philadelphia movie rental institution. The panel will be
followed by a surprise screening of a film that
embodies the “TLA aesthetic”.
For nearly three decades, the TLA Video stores were
Philadelphia’s most valuable resource for art house,
foreign, and hard-to-find films. The first location
(South Street, 1985) opened as a response to the
VHS format’s impact on repertory theater screenings, and the final location (Bryn Mawr) closed in
2012 as a result of the evolution of movie delivery
methods (streaming, OnDemand, etc). But for
those intervening decades, the TLA stores were a
second home for movie obsessives, film students,
and the cinematic adventurous. TLA employees
were required to pass a film trivia exam in order to
gain employment, and they were always quick to
utilize their knowledge in order to help customers
find “that movie with that guy in it”. Sure, the clerks
could be intimidating, maybe even downright rude
at times, but that was really just part of the fun.
FREE EVENT!
TLA VIDEO FOREVER
REFLECTIVE REMINISCENCES
FROM EX-TLA VIDEO STORE
EMPLOYEES.
So join us as we lament the fall of the video rental
industry and share stories of problem customers,
strange co-workers, and the typical craziness that
occurred in-store after hours. Former customers are
invited to participate with their own tales from the
other side of the counter.
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PhilaMOCA
SAT April 27, 2013
CLOSING DAY / ERIC’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
I think we’ve mined the most valuable corners of the Philadelphia film community through the preceding 23
days worth of programs, so let’s celebrate my birthday with a full day’s worth of crazy film happenings that
illustrate the kind of programming we showcase here at PhilaMOCA year-round.
1:30 PM
ROLLERCOASTER (1977)
IN SENSURROUND!
Sure, replicating the 1970s theatrical gimmick is near impossible
without massive resources, but that’s not stopping us! Local audio
experts recently descended upon PhilaMOCA with subwoofers, amps,
and audio meters to replicate the Sensurround effect as accurately as
possible, and it kinda worked! So prepare to feel the rumbles, crashes,
and explosions of one of the four films that utilized the bass-heavy
format. WARNING: the decibal levels may cause nausea and discomfort.
A psychopathic bomber (Timothy Bottoms) rages war on the rollercoaster tracks of California’s amusement parks and it’s up to ride
inspector Harry Calder (George Segal) to stop him. Rollercoaster
features the only film appearance of Sparks, Eric’s favorite band, so that
explains that.
LIQUID SKY (1982)
WITH A LIVE SCORE BY
CHEAP DINOSAURS
Highly fashionable new wave youths fight aliens, drug habits, and social
pariahs throughout Manhattan’s avante garde underground of the
early 1980s. Sure, Russian director Slava Tsukerman’s much-loved cult
favorite is a tough film to describe, adjectives such as “insane”,
“disturbing”, and “weird” immediately spring to mind, but it’s must-see
stuff for the cinematic adventurous and it will be presented with a live
score from Philly’s own electronic-heavy psychedelic prog rock outfit
Cheap Dinosaurs. It’s gonna be loud, strange, and memorable.
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4:00 PM
PhilaMOCA
SAT April 27, 2013
CLOSING DAY / ERIC’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
7:30 PM
WE HATE MOVIES present
LADY IN THE WATER (2006)
The We Hate Movies gang rolls back into Philadelphia for this special
presentation of M. Night Shymalan’s notorious Lady in the Water, the
local filmmaker’s infamously wrong-headed fantasy about the relationship between a handyman (Paul Giamatti) and the sensitive creature he
finds in an apartment complex’s pool. Competently composed by
Director of Photography Chris Doyle, Lady in the Water has nevertheless
garnered a reputation as one of the most deliriously stupid films
released in the ‘00s, and We Hate Movies will be on hand to provide live
commentary on one of Shymalan’s greatest disasters.
Come on out for a night of big, wildly profane laughs as the gang goes
toe-to-toe with one of the worst films ever shot in the Philadelphia
area.
I couldn’t be more excited to
present the Philadelphia Premiere
of the sequel to one of the greatest
American independent films since
2003’s The Room, and with the
director, producer, and star in
attendance!
2010’s Birdemic: Shock and Terror
was an environmentally conscious
Hitchcockian thriller that wowed
audiences worldwide and became
a midnight movie sensation. And
now director James Nguyen is back
alongside members of the original
film’s cast and a bevy of completely
unpredictable threats, both new
and old.
Sequels can be tricky, but I guarantee you that Birdemic 2 is every bit
as enjoyable, unpredictable, and
sincere as its predecessor.
10:00 PM
BIRDEMIC 2: THE RESURRECTION
Director James Nguyen, Producer Jeff Gross,
and star Alan Bagh in attendance.
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