Also this issue: Dark Grey Even for a Holocaust movie, The Grey Zone is bleak. -Cindy Fuchs The Wrong Song 8 Mile tells Eminem's story, but not as well as his music. -Elisa Ludwig New Continuing Screen Picks -Sam Adams Showtimes firstlook The Bridge -Sam Adams

November 7-13, 2002

repertory film

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THE BALCONY 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE Creature From the Black Lagoon (in 3-D)(1954, U.S., 79 min.) Scientists on an expedition to the Amazon come across the "Gill-Man," who falls in love with one of their fiancees and kidnaps her. 3-D glasses provided for $2. Mon., Nov. 11, 8 p.m., free.

CHESTNUT HILL LIBRARY 8711 Germantown Ave., 215-901-3771, www.armcinema25.com/chfg.html La Femme Infidle (Unfaithful Wife) (1969, France/Italy, 98 min.) Thriller about a man who hires a private detective to prove his suspicion about his wife's infidelity. Original version of the 2002 Richard Gere/Diane Lane film, Unfaithful. Tue., Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m., free.

COUNTY THEATER 20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789, www.countytheater.com 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. Thu., Nov. 7, 4:15 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 10, 4:15 p.m.; Mon., Nov. 11, 7 p.m., $4-$7.50. My Night at Maud’s (1969, France, 110 min.) A devout Catholic falls in love with a woman he sees in church, but ends up spending the night with a sexy divorcee. Wed., Nov. 13, 4:15 and 9:15 p.m., $4-$7.50.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3701 Chestnut St., 215-387-5125 Esther Kahn (2000, France/U.K., 163 min.) Summer Phoenix plays the introverted daughter of Russian-Jewish tailors; in an attempt to escape her 19th-century London slum, she discovers the theater as a form of personal expression and salvation. Wed., Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m., $5-$6. Destiny (2001, U.S., 106 min.) The story of lovers torn apart by the violence and destruction of the Khmer Rouge in late 1970s Cambodia. Fri., Nov. 8 and Sat., Nov. 9, 7 and 9:30 p.m., $6 in advance, $7.50 at the door. (Filmmakers Sam and Kim Ung will be present for Friday night screenings, with a Q&A at 9 p.m.) See Screenpicks p. 34.

MARATHON GRILL 1839 Spruce St., 215-731-0800 L.A. Story (1991, U.S., 95 min.) Steve Martin stars in this story of an off-kilter television weatherman who finds himself listening to a billboard for advice on life and love in the big city. Wed., Nov. 13, 9 p.m., free.

PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART Van Pelt Auditorium, 26th St. and The Parkway, 215-684-7605 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. Sat., Nov. 9, 2 p.m., free with museum admission. See Screenpicks p. 34.

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PRINCE MUSIC THEATER 1412 Chestnut St., 215-569-9700 The Chinatown Files This documentary deals with the persecution of Chinese-Americans during '50s and '60s at the height of Cold War anti-communist sentiment in the United States. Director Amy Chen, who conducted first-hand interviews with those affected by the FBI and INS interrogations, will be present for the screening. Fri., Nov. 8, 7 p.m. $10. See Screenpicks p. 34. PIFVA Open Screening The Philadelphia Independent Film and Video Association presents its latest round of prize-winning short films by local filmmakers. Screening includes Heaven’s Crossroad (by Kimi Takesue), which documents a trip to Vietnam; Cradle (by Katherine Sender, Myra Bazell and Joe'l Ludovich), which follows a collaboration among five dancers; Pigeons (by Dorothea Braemer), about a 44-year-old drifter who can't quite stick with anything; City Light (by Lynn Denton), an experimental film dealing with architecture, light and sound, with a jazz score; and Twenty Questions (by Karen Carpenter), about a teenage girl living alone in the woods. Thu., Nov. 7, 7 p.m., free.

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA David Rittenhouse Labs, Room A-5, 209 S. 33rd St., 215-735-3785 Issues in Black Contemporary Cinema: The Documentary Filmmaker Stanley Nelson presents his The Murder of Emmett Till, about the 1955 murder of a 14-year-old African-American boy. Tue., Nov. 12, 7 p.m., free. Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, 3260 South St., 215-898-4000 Roma (1972, Italy, 128 min.) Federico Fellini's homage to his adopted city in an impressionistic format, through stories from past and present-day life in Rome. Sat., Nov. 9, 2 p.m., free with museum admission, $2.50-$5.

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY 800 Lancaster Ave., 610-519-4750, www.culturalfilms.villanova.edu Big Night (1996, U.S., 107 min.) Two brothers struggle to keep their Italian restaurant in business -- and risk everything for one large feast for a famous jazz musician and an eager audience. Directed by (and starring) Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci. Sat., Nov. 9, 7 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 10, 3:30 and 7 p.m.; Mon., Nov. 11, 7 p.m., $4. (Monday night guest speaker: Steve McWilliams on "Blood Is Thicker Than Water... and Marinara Sauce.")

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