Also this issue: On the Ball Gurinder Chadha on making “the ultimate girl-power movie.” -Cindy Fuchs On the Line A phone-wielding psycho stalks a semi-sleazy publicist. -Cindy Fuchs Screen Picks -Sam Adams New Continuing Showtimes

April 3- 9, 2003

repertory film

Send repertory film listings to lori@citypaper.net.

THE BALCONY 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE “Trailers Trashed or Perfect Preview” Presentation of the Festival of Independents. Mon., April 7, 8 p.m., free.

THE BRIDGE 40th and Walnut sts., 215-386-3300 Second Fiddle (1939, U.S., 85 min.) Tyrone Power, Sonja Henie and Rudy Vallee star in this Irving Berlin musical comedy love triangle set in Hollywood. Tue., April 8, 1 p.m., $1 (includes popcorn and a soft drink).

BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Room 257, Penn Hall, 275 Swamp Rd., Newtown, 215-968-8169 Hawks and Sparrows (Uccellacci e Uccellini) (1966, Italy, 88 min.) Pier Paolo Pasolini's comic allegory about poverty in Rome. Music by Ennio Morricone. Also features a talking crow. Fri., April 4, 7 p.m., free.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3701 Chestnut St., 215-387-5125 Philadelphia Film Festival April 3-16. See cover story, p. XX and www.phillyfests.com for details.

MARATHON GRILL 1839 Spruce St., 215-731-0800 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975, U.S., 133 min.) Jack Nicholson in Milos Forman's wicked look at one man's life in a mental hospital. Wed., April 9, 9 p.m., free.

N. 3RD 801 N. Third St., 215-413-3666 Flix @ N. 3rd Local filmmakers screen their short films at this Northern Liberties watering hole. Tue., April 8, 7 p.m., free.

PRINCE MUSIC THEATER 1412 Chestnut St., 215-569-9700 Philadelphia Film Festival April 3-16. See cover story p. XX and www.phillyfests.com for details

URSINUS COLLEGE Olin Auditorium, 601 Main St., Collegeville, Pa., 610-409-3000 Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981, Australia, 91 min.) Mel Gibson stars in this sequel about a post-apocolyptic world. Wed., April 9, 8 p.m., free. Chef! (1999, Cameroon, 61 min.) Jean-Marie Téno's documentary about corruption and social injustice in contemporary Africa. Thu., April 10, 7:30 p.m., free.

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY 800 Lancaster Ave., Villanova, 610-519-4750, www.culturalfilms.villanova.edu To Be or Not to Be (1942, U.S., 99 min.) Jack Benny stars in director Ernst Lubitsch's comedy about a theater troupe turned spy organization set in Nazi-occupied Poland. Sat., April 5, 7 p.m., Sun., April 6, 3:30 and 7 p.m.; Mon., April 7, 7 p.m., $3-$4. (Monday speaker: John O'Leary, "Bridging the Abyss Between Laughter and Horror.")

WISE WOMEN CENTER 735 S. 50th St. Hot and Bothered (2002, U.S., 37 min.) In case you missed this documentary on feminist pornography during Ladyfest, here's your chance to make up for it. Sun., April 6, 8 p.m., $5.