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October 24-30, 2002
repertory film
Send repertory film listings to lori@citypaper.net.
THE BALCONY 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE E.T. (2002, U.S., 115 min.) Drew Barrymore hides in a closetful of stuffed animals to get away from one scary but lovable extraterrestrial. Mon., Oct. 28, 8 p.m., free.
CHESTNUT HILL FILM GROUP AT THE CHESTNUT HILL LIBRARY 8711 Germantown Ave., 215-901-3771, www.armcinema25.com/chfg.html Psycho (1960, U.S., 109 min.) Anthony Perkins terrorizes Janet Leigh with his taxidermy and shower games. Tue., Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m., free.
COUNTY THEATER 20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789, www.countytheater.com A Guide to French New Wave: Film Forum with Judith Switzer Local film scholar Judith Switzer screens clips from filmmakers such as Truffaut, Godard, Chabrol and Rivette in a look at the late '50s-early '60s cinematic movement. Wed., Oct. 30, 7 p.m., $4-$7.50. Shoot the Piano Player (1960, France, 85 min.) Former concert pianist gets gig in a Paris café, gets caught up with the wrong element. Based on the pulp novel by Philadelphian David Goodis. Wed., Oct. 30, 4:15 p.m., $4-$7.50.
EXHUMED FILMS Note special venue: International House, 3701 Chestnut St., 215-895-6542 www.exhumedfilms.com Funhouse (1981, U.S., 96 min.) Double-daters decide to spend the night in a carnival funhouse and witness a murder. Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural (1973, U.S., 80 min.) A young girl visiting her dying father is drawn into a world of witchcraft and vampirism. Wed., Oct. 30, 8 p.m., $8.
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3701 Chestnut St., 215-895-6542 Middle East Week A weeklong festival of film and other arts events celebrating Middle Eastern culture. All screenings are free. See Screenpicks p. xx for more details. Gaza Strip (2002, U.S., 74 min.) Thu., Oct. 24, 8 p.m. The Destiny (1997, Egypt, 135 min.) Fri., Oct. 25, 8 p.m. Friendly Persuasion: Iranian Cinema After the 1979 Revolution (2000, U.S., 113 min.) Sat., Oct. 26, 1 p.m. Seven Days in Tehran (2002, France/Iran, 106 min.) Sat., Oct. 26, 5 p.m. Blackboards (2000, Iran, 85 min.) Sat., Oct. 26, 8 p.m. A Trumpet in the Wadi (2001, Israel, 97 min.) Sun., Oct. 27, 7 p.m.
PRINCE MUSIC THEATER 1412 Chestnut St., 215-569-9700 Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror (1922, Germany, 94 min.) Silent, unauthorized adaptation of Stoker's novel that depicts the vampire as a strange creature with bulbous head and taloned claws. Accompanied by live organ music for extra spookiness. Fri., Oct. 25, 8 p.m. $10-$12. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (2001, Canada, 73 min.) Director Guy Maddin used the Winnipeg Ballet's version of Dracula and turned it into this stylized, silent (with music) film shot in black and white (and red). Sat., Oct. 26, 8 p.m. and Sun., Oct. 27, 7 p.m., $5-$8.50 The Hunger (1983, U.K., 100 min.) A great cast (Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon) illuminates this film about an ageless vampire who mixes her blood with that of her lovers to slow the aging process. Fri., Oct. 18, 2 and 7 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 19, 2 and 7 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 20, 12 p.m., Sat., Oct. 26, 10 p.m., $5-$8.50.
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SECRET CINEMA at the Print Center, 1614 Latimer St., 215-735-6090 Halloween Scream-O-Thon Special "Emergo" process screening of William Castle's House on Haunted Hill (1958, U.S., 75 min.), starring Vincent Price as one of five people invited to a "haunted house party" in which they stay overnight at a house with a terrifying past to win $10,000. Also screening, scary short cartoons: Options to Live, a 1979 driver's ed film meant to scare people into safe driving with its gory, bloody car wreck scenes, and Non-Syphilitic Venereal Disease, a 1950s medical education film with close-ups of the effects of various venereal diseases. Frightening, indeed. Fri., Oct. 25, 8 p.m., $6.
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY 800 Lancaster Ave., 610-519-4750, www.culturalfilms.villanova.edu Two English Girls (1971, France, 130 min.) Truffaut film about a love triangle involving two sisters and a Frenchman at the turn of the century. Sat., Oct. 26, 7 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 27, 3:30 and 7 p.m.; Mon., Oct. 28, 7 p.m., $4. (Monday night guest speaker: Philadelphia Inquirer movie critic Desmond Ryan.)
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