Also this issue: Daddy Dearest Father and son reunite but don't bond in the calculating How I Killed My Father. -Sam Adams Screen Picks New Continuing Showtimes

September 12-18, 2002

repertory film

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THE BALCONY 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE The Muppet Movie (1979, U.S., 97 min.) Kermit, Miss Piggy and the gang head for Hollywood, accompanied by chipper Paul Williams songs and tons of big-star cameos. Mon., Sept. 16, 8 p.m.

CHESTNUT HILL FILM GROUP AT THE CHESTNUT HILL LIBRARY 8711 Germantown Ave., 215-901-3771, www.armcinema25.com/chfg.html Les Vacances de M. Hulot (Mr. Hulot’s Holiday) (1953, France, 114 min.) Accident-prone Mr. Hulot innocently goes on vacation to a seaside resort, inadvertently wreaking havoc all over the hotel. Tue., Sept. 17, 7:30 p.m.

COUNTY THEATER 20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789, www.countytheater.com Orphée (Orpheus) (1949, France, 112 min.) Jean Cocteau's take on the mythological musician who could soothe wild beasts with his beautiful lyre, but could not save his Eurydice. Wed, Sept. 18, 4:15 and 9:15 p.m.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3701 Chestnut St., 215-895-6542 La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) (1946, France, 96 min.) Cocteau creates a surreal 17th-century world for the old folktale, with cinematography, sets and makeup heavy with symbolism. Newly restored print from the original negative. Fri., Sept. 13, 8 p.m. and Sat., Sept. 14, 2 p.m.

JAMAICAN JERK HUT 1436 South St., 215-545-8644 Dancehall Queen (1997, Jamaica, 98 min.) A single mother struggles to support her family and decides to work by day and try to become Dancehall Queen of Kingston by night. The Harder They Come (1973, Jamaica, 120 min.) Jimmy Cliff stars in this story of a singer trying to make it in the reggae music business, but, disillusioned by the corruption, finds himself struggling to stay on the right side of the law. Based on a true story. Thu., Sept. 12, 7 p.m.

MARATHON GRILL 1839 Spruce St., 215-731-0800 Manhattan (1979, U.S., 96 min.) Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway and Meryl Streep star in Allen's tale of a tortured and neurotic (of course) divorced man who is simultaneously dating a high schooler and falling in love with his best friend's mistress. Wed., Sept. 18, 9 p.m.

PRINCE MUSIC THEATER 1412 Chestnut St., 215-569-9700, www.princemusictheater.org Chumley & Carlota's Movie Night: Valley of the Dolls (1967, U.S., 123 min.) Three girls get eaten alive by showbiz in the big city, and Chumley & Carlota subject their dramas and traumas (fashion-related and otherwise) to their Mystery Science Theater-esque schtick. With Patty Duke, Barbara Parkins and Sharon Tate. Fri., Sept. 13, 7:30 p.m. Two Towns of Jasper (2002, U.S., 90 min.) Documentary about the murder of an African-American man, James Byrd Jr., in Jasper, Texas, in June 1998 by three white men with ties to white supremacist groups. Two camera crews -- one white, one black -- interviewed residents of this racially mixed town forever impacted by the crime. Fri., Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m. (Directors Marco Williams and Whitney Dow in person.)