Tonight at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Darren Aronofsky’s highly-anticipated Black Swan will kick off 10 days of geeky cinema appreciation. Here’s a preview of the impressive line-up, which spans from intimate dramas to hardcore torture porn. Theaters all over the city will be participating in the event, and to view the full line-up and purchase tickets visit filmadelphia.org.
OSCAR BAIT
Blue Valentine Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling play a couple whose marriage slowly and painfully deteriorates into a living hell. 10/15 – 7:30 p.m. and 10/16 – 5 p.m.
Hesher Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a perpetually shirtless Jesus lookalike who torments yet acts as a savior to a boy who has recently lost his mother. 10/15 – 10:10 p.m. and 10/16 – 10 p.m.
Night Catches Us Directed by Philly native Tanya Hamilton, the film, set in 1976, focuses on the relationship between two former Black Panther members in a racially charged Philadelphia. 10/22 – 7:30 p.m. and 10/23 – 12:30 p.m.
SEXY TIME Room in Rome This female-empowered erotic film follows two women who form a bond in a foreign country and spend the night making love and reflecting upon their lives. 10/18 – 5 p.m., 10/20 – 10:00 p.m. and 10/24 10:10 p.m.
Sex Magic A major playboy tries to get a girl back by practicing “Sex Magic,” or engaging in tantric sex to reach the divine. 10/22 – 10:15 p.m. and 10/23 – 10:15 p.m.
CRAZY SHIT A Serbian Film This political and highly controversial film about the sadism within the Serbian porn industry is apparently more disturbing than Antichrist (don’t say we didn’t warn you). 10/16 - 9:45 p.m. and 10/19 - 9:45 p.m.
Rubber An abandoned car tire goes on a violent, highway–killing spree in this WTF horror comedy. 10/17 - 9:55 p.m. and 10/23 - 10:15 p.m.
Mutant Girls Squad The hit of the New York Asian Film Festival is a blood–soaked tale about a race of mutants battling an oppressive government. 10/18 – 9:50 p.m. and 10/19 -9:30 p.m.
PAS D'ANGLAIS
Certified Copy A Before Sunset-inspired conversation piece following two people who may or may not have a long history together. 10/16 - 2:15 p.m.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives This bizarre Palme d’Or-winning Thai film follows a dying man who is visited by his wife’s ghost and his son, who has somehow become a monkey spirit. 10/21 - 7:05 p.m. and 10/23 - 2:15 p.m.
THEATER LOCATIONS
Ritz Five 214 Walnut St. Hesher, Uncle Boonmee, Certified Copy, Rubber (10/17), Room in Rome
Prince Music Theater 1412 Chestnut St. Blue Valentine, A Serbian Film, Rubber (10/23), Night Catches Us
RAVE 4012 Wanut St. Mutant Girl Squad
Annenberg Center 3680 Walnut St. Black Swan, Sex Magic
