Philadelphia Historic District Partners with 250th Committee for 52 Weeks of Firsts January 3 – December 26, 2026 The 52 Weeks of Firsts is a citywide, yearlong celebration honoring Philadelphia’s legacy of innovation produced by the Philadelphia Historic District 250th Committee. Not only was Philadelphia the birthplace of the country, but it was also the backdrop for many other … Continue reading
NUREMBERG (2025) Starring Rami Malek, Russell Crowe, Leo Woodall, John Slattery, Mark O’Brien, Colin Hanks, Wrenn Schmidt, Lydia Peckham, Richard E. Grant, Michael Shannon, Lotte Verbeek, Andreas Pietschmann, Steven Pacey, Paul Antony-Barber, Jeremy Wheeler, Wolfgang Cerny, Dan Cade, Donald Sage Mackay, Dieter Riesle, Wayne Brett, Mesterházy Gyula and Sam Newman. Screenplay by James Vanderbilt. Directed … Continue reading
Real Estate, Trace Mountains, Matt Maltese & Cornelia Murr – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA – October 8, 2025 Photos by Cecilia Orlando © 2025. All rights reserved. Continue reading
Filmmaker Beth Lane Celebrates her Family As Holocaust Survivors in the Documentary UnBroken by Brad Balfour In light of all the attention on antisemitism and the Jewish people since the October 7th massacre by Hamas terrorists, there’s been a desire for a story of triumph in the face of bloodshed and slaughter. So when filmmaker … Continue reading
Matt Dillon In the French Film Being Maria, Veteran Actor Brings the Legendary Marlon Brando Alive by Brad Balfour Of all the features in Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema (held March 6 – 16, 2025), Being Maria was the one that really piqued my interest. Freely adapted from Vanessa Schneider’s 2018 memoir … Continue reading
David Glover and Caroline Marsden Changing What We Know About Vietnam By Jay S. Jacobs All of these decades later, Americans still have strongly conflicting views on the war in Vietnam. The conflict has been the subject of films, TV shows, books, documentaries, even songs. Yet, other than certain iconic images, many people do not … Continue reading
Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary My colleague Zach and I took a trip through the veil, into a world of monsters and mysteries, and loved every second of it. Starting in 1991, Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary (formerly known as Terror Behind the Walls) has frightened and thrilled visitors and created adoring fans … Continue reading
FREUD’S LAST SESSION (2023) Starring Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Goode, Liv Lisa Fries, Jodi Balfour, Jeremy Northam, Orla Brady, David Shields, Stephen Campbell Moore, Rhys Mannion, Pádraic Delaney, Tarek Bishara, Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey, Emmet Kirwan, Gary Buckley, Nina Kolomiitseva, George Andrew-Clarke, Anna Amalie Blomeyer, Annette O’Shea, George Lenz and Peter Warnock. Screenplay by Mark St. Germain and … Continue reading
DOLORES (2017) Featuring Dolores Huerta, Curtis Acosta, Barbara Carrasco, Camila Chavez, Juana Chavez, Maria Elena Chavez, Ricardo S. Chavez, Hillary Clinton, Angela Davis, Lori de Leon, Wendy Greenfeld, Raul M. Grijalva, Ramona Holguin, Emilio Huerta, Roberto Lovato, Eloy Martinez, Eliseo Medina, Nancy Pelosi, Rick Rivas, Randy Shaw, Gloria Steinem, Art Torres and Luis Valdez. Written … Continue reading
Roots (Lionsgate Home Video-2016) In 1976, the original Roots miniseries was a defining cultural event. It was not the first of the miniseries – or “novels for television,” as they dubbed the form at the time. A 1974 version of Leon Uris’ QB VII was the first miniseries to be filmed by the American networks. … Continue reading
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