Philly Film Fest Boasts Packed Line-Up

Last month I wrote a discussion piece asking if there were too many film festivals, and as some commenters pointed out, festivals are the only way some folks can get a gander at indie films that might not ever be released, or see movies that will have a limited release and take quite a while to make it back to their town.

Philadelphia is sharing some brotherly film love with its own international film festival, which takes place from October 15th through the 19th. The festival will kick off with the premiere of Law Abiding Citizen and end with Precious, with plenty of good stuff in between, from international indies like Fish Tank to the rabble-rousing Antichrist. Other notables include The Men Who Stare at Goats, Serious Moonlight (a sweet and funny film written by the late Adrienne Shelley and directed by Cheryl Hines), The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Chris Rock's documentary Good Hair, and lots of other great stuff. Check the full line-up after the jump, and to buy tickets or get more information, visit the official website.

Ajami (Scandar Copti & Yaron Shani, Germany/Israel)

Antichrist (Lars von Trier, Denmark)

Bronson (Nicolas Winding Refn, UK)

Dare (Adam Salky, USA)

Dear Lemon Lima (Suzi Yoonessi, USA)

District 13: Ultimatum (Patrick Alessandrin, France)

The Eclipse (Conor McPherson, Ireland)

A Film With Me In It (Ian Fitzgibbon, Ireland)

Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, UK)

Good Hair (Jeff Stilson, USA)

Law Abiding Citizen (F. Gary Gray, USA)

The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (Jodie Markell, USA)

Louise-Michel (Gustave de Kervern & Benoît Delépine, France)

Mammoth (Lukas Moodysson, Sweden)

The Men Who Stare at Goats (Grant Heslov, USA)

The Messenger (Oren Moverman, USA)

Oh My God (Peter Rodger, USA)

The Overbrook Brothers (John Bryant, USA)

P-Star Rising (Gabriel Noble, USA)

Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (Lee Daniels, USA)

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (Rebecca Miller, USA)

Red Cliff (John Woo, China)

The Red Riding Trilogy: Red Riding 1974 (Julian Jarrold, UK), Red Riding 1980 (James Marsh, UK) and Red Riding 1983 (Anand Tucker, UK)

Rembrandt's J'accuse (Peter Greenaway, Netherlands/Germany/Finland)

Ricky (François Ozon, France)

Serious Moonlight (Cheryl Hines, USA)

Shadow Billionaire (Alexis Spraic, USA)

Shameless (Jan Hrebejk, Czech Republic)

The Silence Before Bach (Pere Portabella, Spain)

Stingray Sam (Cory McAbee, USA)

Tenure (Mike Million, USA)

A Town Called Panic (Stéphane Aubier & Vincernt Patar, Belgium)

We Live in Public (Ondi Timoner, USA)

Wonderful World (Joshua Goldin, USA)

The Young Victoria (Jean-Marc Vallée, UK)