Mark Llobrera

Phoenixville, September 2025

Published in #film, #photos
A theater marquee for the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville, PA.

In late September we hopped over to Phoenixville for a midday movie — the girls went to see Superman (2025) while Jordan and I went to a 25th anniversary screening of In the Mood For Love. It’s a movie I’ve seen multiple times, but this was my first time seeing it in a theater since its original release.

We dropped the kids off at the Colonial Theatre for their screening, then Jordan and I walked around downtown Phoenixville until our movie started.

A person browses the racks in a record store. The brick wall is decorated with posters.
A rainbow crosswalk.
A view from inside a shop window. The upper third of the window is decorated with stained glass in a square pattern. Hanging from a hook is a large peace sign.
A small plant with a sculpted frog sitting on the edge of the pot.
A quartet of cat figurines in human clothing sit in camp chairs, roasting marshmallows around a sculpted fire.

The Colonial Theatre is great — the programming is led by Dan Santelli, one of the former clerks from our now-closed video store, Viva Video. This was our first time actually seeing anything there.

Movie poster for In the Mood for Love.
Movie poster for The Blob.
Staircase decorated with pink balloons.
Colonial Theater logo.
I like how the logo matches their neon marquee.
Plaque for the Isaac Hayes elevator, in honor of his role in "Shaft" (1971).
Grade-A pun, here.
A high-ceilinged concession stand bathed in natural light.
A hallway lit by small chandeliers.
Theater entrance marked “White Rabbit Theatre”.
A trompe-l'œil mural of a gas station on the wall of a gas station.
[Theme from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg plays in the background]

More photos on Flickr.