City Paper grade: B+ If you’re freaked out by heights, you should probably skip Sunshine Superman, Marah Strauch’s visually arresting chronicle of daredevil Carl Boenish and his role in inventing BASE jumping. But then you’d miss out on the first-time director’s…

City Paper grade: C Though its special effects have aged worse than an uncorked bottle of Yellow Tail Shiraz, 1982’s Poltergeist has stuck around, mostly thanks to auspicious timing. Along with The Amityville Horror, it set the basic template for…

ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, 215-299-1000, ansp.org The Fly (1986, U.S., 96 min.): The Academy’s Mega-Bad Movie Night series, in conjunction with its new Animal Grossology exhibit, screens David Cronenberg’s metamorphosis classic. Featuring an expert panel of…

City Paper grade: B- Though it’s far less gun-shy than its direct competitor, Jalil Lespert’s Yves Saint Laurent, Bertrand Bonello’s YSL biopic is only a moderate upgrade from that trite tribute to the celebrity designer — and an inability to…

City Paper grade: B Given the deadpan chit-chat, sardonic sight gags and shots filled with stylized bric-a-brac straight out of the spring 2015 Free People lookbook, it’s tempting to file John Maclean’s debut under “Wes Anderson Western.” But that would…

BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, 610-527-9898, brynmawrfilm.org Ivan the Terrible (2012, Russia, 135 min.): The fourth Ivan’s complicated reign comes to life in this theatercast of Yuri Grigorovich’s adaptation, performed by the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow.…

via Facebook Get ready for some serious South Philly vibes — the long awaited reopening of the Triangle Tavern (1338 S. 10th St.) is finally here. The latest endeavor from Khyber/Cantina/Royal impresarios Dave Frank and Stephen Simons opened up shop…

ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, 215-299-1000, ansp.org Jurassic Park Movie Marathon Ahead of this summer’s highly anticipated Jurassic World, the Academy will screen the three previous Jurassic films back-to-back-to-back. Sat., May 9, 10 a.m., free (with museum admission).…

[0]  The Wanamaker building is put up for sale and is expected to go for $200 million or more. Attention prospective buyers: The place is basically infested with sentient mannequins. [0]  The World Meeting of Families says it needs 10,000…