Month: April 2013

CFF: WE HATE MOVIES present LADY IN THE WATER (2006)

CFF Closing Day / Eric’s Birthday Celebration

Saturday, April 27, 2013, 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 Shyamalan’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 composted 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 Shyamalan’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.

Advance tix are $10, no refunds or exchanges.

Additional Closing Day activities:

1:30 PM ROLLERCOASTER (1977) in SENSURROUND!
http://cffrollercoaster.brownpapertickets.com

4:00 PM LIQUID SKY (1982) with a live score by CHEAP DINOSAURS
http://cffliquidsky.brownpapertickets.com

10:00 PM BIRDEMIC 2: THE RESURRECTION Philadelphia Premiere with Director, Producer, and Star in attendance!
http://cffbirdemic2.brownpapertickets.com

The Cinedelphia Film Festival is a Philly-centric celebration of Philly film running from April 4-27, 2013.

http://www.cinedelphiafilmfestival.com

(via CFF: WE HATE MOVIES present LADY IN THE WATER (2006))

forkadelphia:

4th Annual Fruit Beer Event

Public · By The Institute

June 1 at 11:00am until June 2 at 2:00am

Our annual fruit beer event features all beers, ciders, sours and of course lambics with fruit in them as well as a fruit inspired food specials for the day. We will also have our new outdoor tap tour pouring for those of you who wish to enjoy the outdoor seating.

(via 4th Annual Fruit Beer Event)

We’re preparing our Inch by Inch Garden so children in AAU’s Summer Program and in FACT Charter School can help green their environment and in the process learn important lessons about nature and growing things.

On Saturday, May 4, we will haul wood chips, rebuild part of a wall, dig up some old raised beds, weed, mix dirt, and plant some seeds. It’s a chance to work side by side with other AAUers (including our Chinese Youth Organizing Project) to make positive change. RSVP to [email protected]. — with Ellen Somekawa, Wei Chen, Xu Lin, Lai Har Cheung, Betty Lui, Maxine J Chang, Alice Vuong, Masaru Edmund Nakawatase, Mia-lia B Kiernan and Helen Gym.

(via Asian Americans United)

HOT TEA Opening Event
11th and Wood Streets

Learn about upcoming HOT TEA events in Chinatown North/Callowhill throughout Spring and Summer 2013 at http://hotteacart.tumblr.com/

 

HOT TEA is a project by Laura Deutch, Katya Gorker, Kathryn Sclavi and Lee Tusman

(via Asian Arts Initiative’s Social Practice Lab)

We sampled three pizzas and three appetizers and were quite impressed with the food.  It is definitely a recommended venue in center city.  It is also a good BYOB for all of you BYOB aficionados.

(via And Angus Was All Like / iAngus: Bufad Pizza (Spring Garden, Philadelphia))

CFF: THE LOST MAN (1969) Special Rare Screening

THE CINEDELPHIA FILM FESTIVAL presents

Friday, April 26, 2013, 7:30 PM
THE LOST MAN (1969)
Rare screening of this Philly-shot film 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-as-a-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.

Advance tix are $10, no refunds or exchanges.

The Cinedelphia Film Festival is a Philly-centric celebration of Philly film running from April 4-27, 2013.
http://www.cinedelphiafilmfestival.com

(via CFF: THE LOST MAN (1969) Special Rare Screening)