There’s more to Philadelphia movies then “Rocky,” “Trading Places” and “The Sixth Sense”! Join Irv Slifkin, author of “Filmadelphia”: A Celebration of a City’s Movies,” for a talk supplemented with illustrations and film clips focusing on movies set and shot in the Delaware Valley. You’re sure to be surprised at the films and the familiar and not-so familiar locations featured in this entertaining, information-packed program.   

Irv Slifkin has had a lifelong love for movies and popular culture. A native Philadelphian, Irv teaches film and journalism classes at Temple University and Rowan College. He is the author of the books Filmadelphia: A Celebration of a City’s Movies and Groovy Movies: Far-Out Films of the Psychedelic Era. In addition to writing for such publications as the Philadelphia Inquirer, Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, Irv has lectured on film and popular culture, in person and on Zoom, for libraries, organizations and institutions throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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