The Colonial Theatre

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Directed by John Madden. UK. 2011. PG-13. Running time: 124 min.

“In “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” the director John Madden (“Shakespeare in Love”) exhibits a respect for characters in their sixties and seventies. A group of pensioners are drawn to India by a Photoshopped brochure, and wind up in a ramshackle old hotel run by an ebullient young man (Dev Patel).

Showing:

• Fri, May 25, 7:30 pm
• Sat, May 26, 4:15 pm
• Sat, May 26, 7:00 pm
• Sat, May 26, 9:40 pm
• Sun, May 27, 4:15 pm
• Sun, May 27, 7:00 pm
• Tue, May 29, 7:30 pm
• Wed, May 30, 2:00 pm
• Wed, May 30, 7:30 pm
• Thu, May 31, 7:30 pm

Michael Boudewyns presents Once Upon a Time

Tickets: $8.50 Buy tickets online. Ages 4+. Running time: 60 min.

You’re invited to Once Upon A Time: a vaudeville-inspired, playfully presented, plucky performance of picture books, performed by Michael Boudewyns; actor, storyteller, fan of Butser Keaton and Harold Lloyd, but most of all, an avid reader and life-long lover of kids books. For 15 years, Michael’s solo storytelling has been a hit. The Philadelphia Inquirer calls him “a great storyteller,” and praises his signature style: “…simplicity as a form of genius.”

Showing:

• Tue, Jul 17, 10:30 am

The Blackboard Jungle

Directed by Richard Brooks. US. 1955. NR. Running time: 101 min.

A young Sidney Poitier also has a featured role in this earlier (1955) rendering of the theme of dedicated teachers dealing with delinquent kids in a tough school environment; only this time Poitier is a student in a violent New York City school, and Glenn Ford plays the role of the put-upon, earnest teacher.

Showing:

• Sun, May 27, 2:00 pm

Point Entertainment presents Tommy Emmanuel

Tickets: $25 - $45. Buy tickets online.

Second show added on Jun 8! After a 3 year absence, we’re excited to welcome Tommy back to Colonial Theatre for an Intimate Evening with Tommy Emmanuel. Two-time Grammy nominee Emmaneul has a professional career that spans over four decades and continues to intersect with some of the finest musicians throughout the world. A household name in his native Australia, Tommy has garnered hundreds of thousands of loyal fans worldwide. Tommy’s unique style – he calls it simply “finger style” – is akin to playing guitar the way a pianist plays piano, using all ten fingers. Don’t miss this incredible night of Tommy’s guitar genius and keen sense of humor in the truly intimate Colonial Theatre.

Showing:

• Thu, Jun 7, 8:00 pm
• Fri, Jun 8, 8:00 pm

Shorty’s Amateur Film Contest Submission Deadline

The Shorty Contest is our way of paying homage to the late, great Shorty Yeaworth, Jr., director of The Blob. This year is our 6^th annual contest and the films just keep getting better and better! To enter the contest just round up some willing victims, er friends and neighbors, and make a short film that is centered on The Blob, Blobfest, and/or sci-fi in general. Use your imagination and have fun making your very own movie! The winning films in each age group will be shown at the 13^th Annual Blobfest at The Colonial Theatre on July 13, 2012. What could be better than watching your own creation come to life on the big screen in a theatre filled with sci-fi / monster movie fans?!?!?!

Showing:

• Fri, Jun 22, 11:59 pm

Popcorn

Directed by Mark Herrier. US. 1991. R. Running time: 91 min.

“Nice twist on the crazed killer genre, where a horror film festival is the setting for a killer stalking members of the audience who believe his escapades are all just a part of the show.” (TLA Film & VIdeo Guide)

Showing:

• Fri, Jun 1, 9:45 pm

The 10 Room Bizarro

Tickets: $5 available at the door. No one under 18 permitted.

A warm summer night in July welcomes you out of your Saturday night slumber into the top floor of the legendary Colonial Theater. On this night you will enter 10 rooms of the unknown and the mysteriously unsettling. Each room is a short film. Each short film is something unique… sometimes horrific, sometimes dramatic, sometimes disturbing, sometimes surreal, sometimes philosophical, sometimes erotic, but all the while BIZARRE.  The independent film company Apartment 1014 Films invites you to view 10 of their short films in an event they would like to call THE 10 ROOM BIZARRO. 8pm to Midnight. $5 admission. Tickets available at the door. Seating is limited to 50. No one under 18 permitted.

Showing:

• Sat, Jul 21, 8:00 pm

Dogtown and Z-Boys

Directed by Stacey Peralta. US. 2001. PG-13. Running time: 91 min.

“A dazzlingly crafted documentary about the ’70s surf punks of lower Los Angeles who singlehandedly turned skateboarding into an extreme sport.

Showing:

• Sun, Jun 3, 4:30 pm

TEDxPhoenixvilleSalons

Tickets: $5. Buy tickets online.

As we gear up for our third annual live TEDxPhoenixville event on October 6, 2012 we’d like to introduce you to the TED format and share some of our favorite TEDTalks with you. Join us each month for a different program of compelling and inspiring talks. Each evening’s program will consist of pre-recorded TEDTalks plus one live performance curated by our TEDxPhoenixville organizing committee. The salons will take place on the third Tuesday of the month April thru August in the Colonial Theatre’s third floor screening room. Seating is limited to 50 people.

Showing:

• Tue, Apr 17, 7:00 pm
• Tue, May 15, 7:00 pm
• Tue, Jun 19, 7:00 pm
• Tue, Jul 17, 7:00 pm
• Tue, Aug 21, 7:00 pm

The Loving Story

Directed by Nancy Buirski. US. 2011. NR. Running time: 77 min.

“The improbably named Lovings, Mildred and Richard, make a compelling couple, and not just because she is half-black, half-Native American and he is good ol’ boy white. In a rich collection of 16-millimeter film, old news clips and still photographs, the Lovings don’t look like two people caught up in a cause, they seem like two people caught up in each other. The Lovings became civil rights activists by default: victims of the times, the color of their skin and a willful, wrongheaded judge in Virginia. By accident, more than design, they made history.

Showing:

• Sun, May 20, 4:30 pm

MST3K: The Beast of Yucca Flats

Directed by Coleman Francis. US. 1961/1995. NR.

We’re very excited to announce that accompanying this show will be the RiffTrax short “The Calendar: How to Use It.” Spread the word as you don’t want your friends to miss this double bill!

Join us again for more hijinks aboard the Satellite of Love as we accompany Mike, Crow and Tom Servo into the bleak, strangely narrated world of director Coleman Francis. The Beast of Yucca Flats follows the misadventures of former professional wrestler Tor Johnson as a defecting Russian scientist who strays onto a nuclear bomb testing site at just the wrong moment and is transformed into more of a monster of a man, with a predilection for strangling women.

Showing:

• Fri, Jun 15, 9:45 pm