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It only took me forever to compile this list. It wasn't because of any apathy or spiritlessness about my film going experience last year. The problem is that Philly isn't like LA and NYC: films, for the most part, don't screen here early. Films that are released in NYC and LA in order to make the early December awards season deadlines often don't open in Philly until 2-3 months later, at the earliest.

2014 wasn't the strongest year cinematically, especially with the relative paucity of features films…Read more

I see at least one new film a week in theaters, often two, a mix of art house and blockbuster HW fare. A darkened movie theater is a refuge for me. I’ve had a love affair with the capaciousness of the room and the grandeur of that big screen in front of me since I was a kid. I would head into center city by myself and spend my entire allowance on a Saturday matinee (with popcorn and a coca cola of course). Films showed me places I had yet to visit, provided me with a bird’s eye view of people I might not…Read more