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October 31-November 6, 2002
repertory film
Send repertory film listings to lori@citypaper.net.
THE BALCONY 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE Pretty in Pink (1986, U.S., 96 min.) Everything's been said about this movie's underdog/geek-empowerment spirit, but let's just appreciate for a moment the utterly adorable performance of Harry Dean Stanton as Andie's dad. Mon., Nov. 4, 8 p.m., free.
COUNTY THEATER 20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789, www.countytheater.com 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. Thu., Oct. 31, 4:15 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 3, 4:15 p.m.; Mon., Nov 4, 7 p.m., $4-$7.50. (Discussion after Monday's screening with Dr. Judith Switzer.) Band of Outsiders (1964, France, 97 min.) Jean-Luc Godard directs Anna Karina as a young woman who falls in with a couple of small-time criminals. Wed., Nov. 6, 4:15 and 9:15 p.m., $4-$7.50.
EXHUMED FILMS Note special venue: Cinemark Theatre, Lions Head Plaza, 711 Evesham Road and White Horse Pike, Somerdale, N.J., www.exhumedfilms.com Italian Horror All-Nighter Pt. III Enjoy classics such as Dario Argento's Deep Red (1975, Italy, 98 min.) and Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970, Italy, 98 min.) and Umberto Lenzi's Paranoia (1969, Italy, 94 min). Fri., Nov. 1, 11 p.m. (doors at 10:30), $12.
GERSHMAN Y 401 S. Broad St., 215-545-4400, www.gershmany.org Last Dance (2002, U.S., 84 min.) The story of the collaboration between Maurice Sendak and modern dance company Pilobolus on a dance-theater production about the Holocaust. Sendak and documentary director Mirra Bank will attend Saturday night's screening. Part of the ongoing Jewish Film Festival of Greater Philadelphia. See Screenpicks, p. 37. Sat., Nov. 2, 8 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 3, 2 p.m.; Mon., Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m., $7-$12.50.
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MARATHON GRILL 1839 Spruce St., 215-731-0800 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986, U.S., 102 min.) See this Matthew Broderick film if only for Alan Ruck's "Let My Cameron Go" performance and the Sausage King of Chicago bit. But there's so much more. Wed., Nov. 6, 9 p.m., free.
PRINCE MUSIC THEATER 1412 Chestnut St., 215-569-9700 Drcula (1931, U.S., 104 min.) Rare print of a Spanish cast version of the novel, directed by George Melford. With introduction by David Skal, author of Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen. Fri., Nov. 1, 8 p.m. $10-$12. (Preceded by a Day of the Dead altar-building event in the lobby at 6:30 p.m.) The Lost Boys (1987, U.S., 97 min.) The Joel Schumacher teenage vampire classic gets the Chumley & Carlota treatment. Sat., Nov. 2, 8 p.m., $10.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA David Rittenhouse Labs, Room A-5, 209 S. 33rd St., 215-735-3785 Issues in Black Contemporary Cinema: The Documentary Filmmaker Manthia Diawara screens his film Bamako Sigi-kan, the first in his series of films about African capitals, in which the city's youth discuss sexuality. Tue., Nov. 5, 7 p.m., free. Museum of Archeology and Anthropology 3260 South St., 215-898-4000 Gladiator (2000, U.K./U.S., 155 min.) Ancient Roman slave Russell Crowe battles the Emperor for a little respect and a lot of glory and spectacle. Part of the Ecco Roma film series. Sat., Nov. 2, 2 p.m., free with museum admisstion, $2.50-$5.
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY 800 Lancaster Ave., 610-519-4750, www.culturalfilms.villanova.edu Sisters of the Gion (1936, Japan, 95 min.) Two sisters working as geishas try to balance the Japanese concepts of giri (devotion to tradition) and ninjo (devotion to self). Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Sat., Nov. 2, 7 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 3, 3:30 and 7 p.m.; Mon., Nov. 4, 7 p.m., $4. (Monday night guest speaker: Masako Hamada and John O'Leary on "Women in Pre-War Japan: Social and Artistic Considerations.")
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