FOR YOUR SAFETY, PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE HANDBAGS OR PERSONAL ITEMS ON THE FLOOR WHILE THE FUNERAL IS IN PROGRESS: Ramon Posel, founder of Philadelphia's Ritz Theaters artsy-film-empire, has passed away at the age of 77. No man has contributed more to the moviegoing possibilities of urbane Philadelphians; he was bringing us indie films well before Miramax et al turned them into a phenomenon.
Our friend Carrie Rickey has the details. Thing I didn't know: his first movie theater was the Leo (at the Leo Mall, which he developed) -- the theater right by my house where I spent countless hours in the 1980s. It was named for his father.
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