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September 26-October 2, 2002
repertory film
Send repertory film listings to lori@citypaper.net.
THE BALCONY 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE Barfly (1987, U.S., 100 min.) Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway in a Charles Bukowski-scripted paeon to the love and poetry of a life lived inside a bar. Mon., Sept. 30, 8 p.m., free.
CHESTNUT HILL FILM GROUP AT THE CHESTNUT HILL LIBRARY 8711 Germantown Ave., 215-901-3771, www.armcinema25.com/chfg.html Buchanan Rides Alone (1958, U.S., 78 min.) Comedy/western about a cowboy who gets mixed up in a family feud in a California town. Directed by Budd Boetticher. Tue., Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m., free.
COUNTY THEATER 20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789, www.countytheater.com Fire and Ice: A Film Forum on Fellini and Bergman. Led by film professor Dr. Warren Day. Mon., Sept. 30, 7 p.m. The Seventh Seal (1957, Sweden, 96 min.) Max von Sydow stars in Ingmar Bergman's tale of a knight returning from the Crusades as the plague strikes Europe. Mon. Sept. 30, 4:15 p.m.; Wed., Oct. 2, 7 p.m. (followed by discussion with Warren Day); Thu., Oct. 3, 9:15 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 6, 4:15 p.m., $4-$7.50. La Strada (1954, Italy, 108 min.) Federico Fellini's story of a young woman sold to a circus wrestler and their travels on the road. Starring Anthony Quinn. Thu., Oct. 3, 4:15 p.m., $4-$7.50.
HOYT’S CINEMAS Rtes. 38 and 70, Pennsauken, N.J., 856-910-2340, www.exhumedfilms.com The Viy (1967, Russia, 78 min.) Film based on Nikolai Gogol's story about a rural priest charged with protecting the corpse of a witch for three nights. Near Dark (1987, U.S., 95 min.) Kathryn Bigelow's film concerns a farm boy who joins the ranks of the undead when he falls in with a group of hard-livin', hard drinkin' vampires. Sat., Sept. 27, 11 p.m. (See Screenpicks p. 30)
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3601 Chestnut St., 215-895-6542 Three by Frankenheimer Seven Days in May (1964, U.S., 118 min.) John Frankenheimer's political thriller, with screenplay by Rod Serling, about an attempted overthrow of the President of the United States by members of his own cabinet. Starring Burt Lancaster, Fredric March, Kirk Douglas and Ava Gardner. Thu., Sept. 26, 8 p.m., $6. The Train (1964, U.S./France/Italy, 133 min.) Burt Lancaster stars as a stubborn French railway official pushed over the edge by an art-smuggling Nazi. Fri., Sept. 27, 8 p.m., $6. Seconds (1966, U.S. 107 min.) A bored middle-aged man takes the opportunity offered by an underground organization to fake his own death and, with brainwashing and plastic surgery, disappear into a new life. Starring Rock Hudson. Sat., Sept. 28, 8 p.m., $6.
JAMAICAN JERK HUT 1436 South St., 215-545-8644 Black Love Night Love Jones (1997, U.S., 104 min.) Larenz Tate and Nia Long star in a love story about a poet and a photographer in Chicago. Mahogany (1975, U.S., 110 min.) Diana Ross plays a young fashion designer working her way to the top and Billy Dee Williams is her leading man. Directed by Berry Gordy. Thu., Sept. 26, 7 p.m., $3.
FUTURE MINIMA SHOWROOM 47-49 N. Second St., www.mixedgreens.com Questioning Faith A first-person documentary by a gay seminary student who takes it upon himself to interview a cross-section of people about faith, suffering and loss. Q&A with the interviewer/director Macky Alston after the screening. Tue., Oct. 1, 8 p.m., free. (See Screenpicks p. 30)
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PRINCE MUSIC THEATER 1412 Chestnut St., 215-569-9700 Group (2002, U.S., 90 min.) Eight women from all walks of life gather for group therapy sessions where they reveal, hide, laugh, cry and yell at each other for 21 weeks. Could have been a disaster, but turns out to be funny, full of character and honest, mostly due to the improvisation and concentration of the actresses, including Carrie Brownstein, from the band Sleater-Kinney. Thu., Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m.; Fri., Sept. 27, 9 p.m.; Sat., Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m.; Tue., Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m.; Wed., Oct. 2, 9 p.m., $5-$8.50. American Mullet (2001, U.S., 52 min.) Our mullets, ourselves: the story of a national hairstyle that cuts across cultural, gender and occupational lines. Thu., Sept. 26, 9:30 p.m.; Fri., Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Sept. 28, 9:30 p.m.; Tue., Oct. 1, 9:30 p.m.; Wed., Oct. 2, 9 p.m., $5-$8.50.
SPACE 1026 1026 Arch St., www.peripheralproduce.com Lucky Bum Film Tour A collection of short films and "film-based installations" from a couple of Portland, Ore., artist/filmmakers. Sat., Sept. 28 and Sun., Sept. 29, 8 p.m., $5-$10. (See Screenpicks)
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA David Rittenhouse Labs, Room A-5, 209 S. 33rd St., 215-735-3785 Issues in Black Independent Cinema: The Documentary A six-week, Tuesday-night series from Scribe Video Center and the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Filmmaker Louis Massiah (Scribe's founder) screens two new works, Louise Alone Thompson Patterson, an oral history of the Harlem Renaissance activist, and A is for Anarchist, B is for Brown, about young activists in Philadelphia. Tue., Oct. 1, 7 p.m., free (advance registration required). (See Screenpicks)
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY 800 Lancaster Ave., Villanova, 610-519-4750, www.culturalfilms.villanova.edu You Can Count on Me (2000, U.S., 111 min.) In this quiet but memorable film, Laura Linney was nominated for an Academy Award for her stunning performance as a single mother whose wayward brother (Mark Ruffalo) comes for her support. As a bonus, Matthew Broderick plays Linney's boss and eventual love interest, a married, over-regulating bank manager. Sat., Sept. 28, 7 p.m.; Sun., Sept. 29, 3:30 and 7 p.m.; Mon., Sept. 30, 7 p.m., $4. (Monday night speaker: Susan Mackey-Kallis.)
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