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New Shorts

Continuing Shorts

Showtimes

May 22-28, 2003

repertory film

Send repertory film listings to helen@citypaper.net.

ARM CINEMA, Five Spot, 5 Bank St., 215-574-0070, http://www.armcinema25.com/featuresatthefive.html Bachelor Party: Overexposed -- The Unknown Variable in Love (2001, U.S., 62 min.) A deep-seated secret that comes out at a wild bachelor party in a film by Philadelphia writer/director Gideon; An Immoral Incident (2001, U.S. 110 min.) A tale involving alcohol, passion and sexual obsession in a film by Philadelphia writer/director Paul Roberts. Mon. May 26, 8 p.m., $5.

THE BALCONY 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE Adaptation (2002, U.S., 114 min.) Spike Jonze's film about a frustrated writer (haggard-looking Nicholas Cage) who tries to turn a book about a flower lover and his stalker into a screenplay. Mon., May 26, 8 p.m., free.

BROADWAY THEATRE 4

3 S. Broadway, Pitman, N.J., 856-589-7519, www.exhumedfilms.com

Drive-In Theater Sundays Calibre Nine, an offshoot of Exhumed Films, is screening cult horror films on Sunday nights. The Losers (1970, U.S., 95 min.) CIA-backed American bikers raise hell in Nam in this 1970s action/war flick. Sun., May 25, 7:30 p.m., $6.

MARATHON GRILL 1839 Spruce St., 215-731-0800 Amélie (2001, France, 122 min.) A corny film about a quirky French waitress who decides to bring love and joy to everyone around her. Her mission involves kidnapping a troll from her father's garden. Wed., May 28, 9 p.m., free.

N3rd RESTAURANT 801 N. Third St., 215-413-3666 Flix @ N3rd Local filmmakers screen their short films at this Northern Liberties watering hole. This week N3rd presents Pushing the Envelope, short films from the Festival of Independents. Tue., May 27, 9 p.m., free.

PRINCE MUSIC THEATER 1412 Chestnut St., 215-972-1000 Scribe Video Center presents The Broad Street Project, a series of oral history documentary films about Broad St. and the changing social fabric centered around the thoroughfare. Thu., May 29, 7 p.m., free.

SECRET CINEMA Moore College of Art, 20th and Race sts., 215-568-4515 ext. 4099, www.users.voicenet.com/~jschwart/ Hollywood vs. Hitler: Cinematic Spoofs of the Third Reich featuring The Strange Death of Adolph Hitler (1943), That Nazty Nuisance (1941), I’ll Never Heil Again (1941) and Russian Rhapsody (1944). Fri., May 23, 8 p.m., $6. (See screenpicks on p. 27.)

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS Philadelphia Museum of Art, Van Pelt Auditorium, 26th St. and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, 215-763-8100 www.philamuseum.org/events/wednesday/2003-5.shtml Songcatcher (2000, U.S., 112 min) In this film directed by Maggie Greenwald, a musicologist visits her sister who runs a school deep in the Appalachian Mountains and discovers the fascinating culture where Scotch-Irish ballads are preserved and passed down through the generations. Starring Janet McTeer and Aiden Quinn. Wed., May 28, 7:10 p.m., free with museum admission of $7-$10.

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