Also this issue: City of the Future Restored after 75 years, Metropolis still leads the way. -Sam Adams Neo Metro Restoring Metropolis. -Sam Adams Like Grandfather, Like Son A detective whose father was executed for murder investigates his stepson for the same crime. -Cindy Fuchs After Life An aging thespian copes with loss in I’m Going Home. -Sam Adams Screen Picks new continuing Showtimes

September 5-11, 2002

repertory film

repertory film

Send repertory film listings to lori@citypaper.net.

THE BALCONY

1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE

Apocalypse Now (Redux)

(1979, U.S., 153 min.)

Director's cut, with never-before-seen footage of Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen and Robert Duvall doing Joseph Conrad filtered through Francis Ford Coppola.

Mon., Sept. 9, 8 p.m.

CHESTNUT HILL FILM GROUP AT THE CHESTNUT HILL LIBRARY

8711 Germantown Ave., 215-901-3771,

www.armcinema25.com/chfg.html The Lineup

(1958, U.S., 86 min.) Eli Wallach and Robert Keith trying work their way up the hit-man social ladder in San Francisco. Tue., Sept. 10, 7:30 p.m.

Empire

(1964, U.S., 485 min.) Andy Warhol's chronicle of the Empire State Building, in one shot over the course of one day. To be screened for eight hours with musical accompaniment from WPRB DJ Dan Buskirk. Wed., Sept. 11, 3-11 p.m.

HOYT’S THEATER

Route 38 and Route 70, Pennsauken, N.J., 856-910-2340, www.exhumedfilms.com

Japanese Cult Movie Night

Uzumaki (a.k.a. The Spiral)

(2000, Japan, 90 min.) A small town in Japan, led by an old man's fascination with a snail, becomes obsessed with spirals, leading to strange and horrific events.

Dead or Alive

(1997, Japan, 105 min.) A small group of dealers and thugs attempt a total takeover of the drug underworld from the mafia kings in Japan.

Fri., Sept. 6, 10:30 p.m.

JAMAICAN JERK HUT

1436 South St., 215-545-8644

Frankenstein

(1931, U.S., 71 min.)

Boris Karloff as Colin Clive's monster in this classic adaptation of Mary Shelley's gothic novel.

Def by Temptation

(1990, U.S., 95 min.) James Bond III and Samuel L. Jackson (in a small role) in this Troma horror tale of a monster preying on promiscuous men in New York City. Thu., Aug. Sept. 5, 7 p.m.

MARATHON GRILL

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839 Spruce St., 215-731-0800

Tampopo

(1985, Japan, 114 min.) A widowed noodle chef gets assistance in setting up a fast-food restaurant from an unlikely source in this movie about food and its relationship to birth, sex, death and everything in between. Wed., Sept. 11, 9 p.m.

PRINCE MUSIC THEATER

1412 Chestnut St., 215-569-9700, www.princemusictheater.org. Sing-A-Long

Grease

, hosted by Jeff Conaway (³Kenickie²). Sept. 6-8. Call for showtimes.

STREET MOVIES

215-735-3785, www.scribe.org

Scribe Video Center's

free outdoor film and video screenings.

Loqueesha-Ashley-Franklin-Jose-Brown

Spoken-word artist Ursula Rucker voices this movie about Philly kids, filmed by Nadine Patterson. Also showing:

Fighting for Our Schools

, a film about school reform created by high school students in the Philadelphia Student Union. Fri.,

Sept. 6, 8:30 p.m. (rain or shine) at Wingohocking Park, Old York Rd. and Wingohocking St. in Logan.

Kiss It Up to God

Philly filmmaker Caran Hartsfield won the Spike Lee Fellowship for this film about a young African-American woman struggling amid family misunderstandings. Also showing:

Black Soul

, in which a woman teaches her grandson about the African diaspora.

Sat., Sept. 7, 8:30 p.m. (rain or shine) at Chester Fine Arts East, East Seventh and Sproul sts. in Chester.

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