May 25-31, 2006
Movies : Repertory Film
Send repertory film listings to tami.fertig@citypaper.net.
AMBLER THEATER 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, 215-345-7855, www.amblertheater.org. Diamond Screen Film Festival 2006 Temple University's Department of Film and Media Studies presents this year's best in documentary, narrative, experimental and animation student films and videos. Thu., May 25, 7 p.m., $4.50-$8.
THE CINEMA 3925 Walnut St., www.shermanarts.org. The Late Night Video Tech presents Bruce Kung Fu Girls (1977, Taiwan) Campy martial arts film involving an invisible thief. Sat., May 27, 2 p.m., $3. Surreal and Trippy Shorts Short films by Man Ray shown with The Cube (1969, U.S., 48 min.) In this Jim Henson television show, a guy wakes up inside a cube. Fuses (1967, U.S., 22 min.) Carolee Schneemann's "feminist" sex flick. Followed by Flash Gordon (1980, U.K., 111 min.) A football player saves Earth from destruction. Sat., May 27, 9 p.m., $5 for one screening, $7.50 for both.
CLIVEDEN HISTORIC MANSION 6401 Germantown Ave., 215-222-4201, www.scribe.org. Street Movies! Scribe Video Center and West Oak Lane Jazz Festival present live jazz (Tony Williams, Monnette Sudler and Jeannie Brooks) and short videos by local filmmakers. Sat., May 27, 1-7 p.m., free.
COLONIAL THEATRE 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville, 610-917-0223, www.thecolonialtheatre.com. The Wizard of Oz (1939, U.S., 101 min.) Dorothy takes an exciting walk with a lion, tin man, scarecrow and tiny doggy Toto in everyone's favorite fluffy, colorful musical. And let's not forget this most exclamatory tag line of the week: Gaiety! Glory! Glamour! Sat., May 27, 2 p.m., $4 (all kid attendees get complementary ice cream at Brown's Cow Ice Cream Parlor following the film). Adam's Rib (1949, U.S., 101 min.) As husband-and-wife lawyers on opposing sides of a marital murder case, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn engage in loveable verbal jousts in and out of the courtroom. Aw. Sun., May 28, 2 p.m., $4-$7.
JOE COFFEE BAR 1100 Walnut St., 215-592-7384. Our Oil and Other Tales (2005, Venezuela, 83 min.) This documentary looks at the good and bad aspects of Venezuela's oil and coal industries. Presented by the local Red and Anarchist Action Network (RAAN). Fri., May 26, 7 p.m., free.
N. 3RD 801 N. Third St., 215-413-3666, www.norththird.com. Fancypants Cinema Weekly open screening for shortsbring your own VHS or DVD. Tue., May 30, 9 p.m., free.
PAINTED BRIDE ART CENTER 230 Vine St., www.firstglancefilms.com. FirstGlance Fest Philly Festival runs through Sun., June 4. You Did What? (2006, U.S., 87 min.) His brother proposed to a stranger, so why doesn't Charlie pop the question to his longtime sweetie? It's a comedy. Preceded by Dot Your Eyes (2006, U.S., 7 min.) A disturbing red laser follows around a young guy. Seed (2005, U.S., 6 min.) Bennett Cain's claymation about a boy and his discovery of a strange room. Van Stone: Tour of Duty (2006, U.S., 25 min.) A group of aspiring rockers tours Afghanistan. Starring Scott Baio! Til Death (2005, U.S., 14 min.) A bored housewife (Jennie Garth) hires a charming assassin (Joe Mantegna) to murder her hubby (Tim Dutton). Thu., June 1, 8 p.m., $15.
THE ROTUNDA 4014 Walnut St., www.foundationarts.org. Fat Girl Film Fest A screening for plus-size gals and the folks who love them. BYOP (bring your own pillow) if ya feel like it. Real Women Have Curves (2002, U.S., 90 min.) Proud-to-be-plump Ana gets a full scholarship to Columbia University, but her unhappy-to-be-heavy mom pressures her to stay and work at her older sister's dressmaking factory. Tue., May 30, 7:45 p.m., $5 suggested donation.