Young Audiences
Our Young Audiences Series on Saturdays at 2PM begins in October — all the shows are posted below.
Age recommendations and/or ratings are noted but please use your own best judgment — you know yourself and your children best. For relatively unbiased reviews of all types of media and help figuring out what’s appropriate for your kids check out Common Sense Media.
Silent Comedy Classics
Presented by The Theatre Organ Society of the Delaware Valley
- Sun, Oct 10, 4:00 pm
The Theatre Organ Society of the Delaware Valley presents a collection of classic silent shorts including such silent greats as Charlie Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd. Organist Wayne Zimmerman will accompany on our newly restored Wurlitzer! This show will run approximately 2 hrs. More »
The Goonies
Directed by Richard Donner. US. 1985. PG. Running time: 114 min.
- Sat, Oct 16, 2:00 pm
“A bunch of kids, led by a diminutive Sean Astin (Sam the Hobbit in The Lord of the Rings) let their overactive imaginations run riot when they find an antique treasure map. More »
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Directed by Ken Hughes. US. 1968. Ages 6+. Running time: 144 min.
- Sat, Oct 23, 2:00 pm
“This justly celebrated and ever-faithful kids movie works so well because it possesses a good deal of everything: light, catchy musical numbers; madcap technology; fairy-tale kingdoms; cheeky, adult-mocking comedy; and genuine scariness. More »
Annual Kiwanis Halloween Party
Free!. All ages.
- Sat, Oct 30, 2:00 pm
Costumes are welcome and encouraged at this annual Halloween party hosted by the Phoenixville Kiwanis Club. Program details TBA.
A Night at the Opera
Directed by Sam Wood. US. 1935. Ages 5+. Running time: 96 min.
- Sat, Nov 13, 2:00 pm
“A Night at the Opera contains some of the most unforgettably classic Marx Brothers scenes ever: the `Party Of the First Part’ contract scene, the backstage bed-switching, the opera house chase scene, the stateroom scene, Harpo’s Tarzan impression and Chico in a virtuoso turn proving once and for all that in his hands the piano is a very, very funny instrument. More »
Bringing Up Baby
Directed by Howard Hawks. US. 1938. Ages 6+. Running time: 102 min.
- Sat, Nov 20, 2:00 pm
“The definitive screwball comedy and one of the funniest films ever made. Cary Grant gives his best comic performance as a befuddled, bespectacled anthropologist who becomes mixed up with daffy, but determined heiress Katharine Hepburn. More »
Billy Kelly and the Blah Blah Blahs
Ages 4+. Running time: 60 min.
- Sat, Nov 27, 2:00 pm
Billy Kelly is a guy with a guitar and shoes and a nose and a new CD called “Thank You for Joining the Happy Club” and a couch and other stuff. His songs are humorous as well as funny. Speaking of his songs, his song “People Really Like Milk” went to #1 on the SIRIUS/XM Satellite Radio channel “Kids Place Live”! (Please don’t mention this to his other songs.) More »
A Christmas Story
Directed by Bob Clark. US. 1983. Ages 6+. Running time: 98 min.
- Sat, Dec 11, 2:00 pm
“A Christmas Story grasps the full scope of childhood injustice and obsession. Amid the comically cranky Santa Clauses and tree-lighting mishaps, the movie’s key moment is a Billingsley crying jag, prompted by a fight with the neighborhood bully and the fear that his dad will clobber him. The affection audiences feel for A Christmas Story is related to the holiday spirit, yes, but specifically to director Bob Clark and writer Jean Shepherd’s awareness of how the true meaning of Christmas manifests in the real world, where a warm meal on a cold, dark day–and a surprising moment of parental grace–can ease a troubled mind.” (Noel Murray, The Onion A.V. Club)