Repertory Film

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Published: May 9, 2007

Send repertory film listings to tami.fertig@citypaper.net.

AMBLER THEATER 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, 215-345-7855, www.amblertheater.org. Italian Neorealism Rosemont College film professor Maurizio Giammarco chats and screens clips of Italian neorealist films from the 1940s and '50s by Visconti, Rossellini, De Sica and more. Thu., May 10, 7 p.m., $6-$8. The Big Lebowski (1998, U.S., 117 min.) Tagline of the week: Her life was in their hands. Now her toe is in the mail. Thu., May 17, 7 p.m., $6-$8.

ANDREW'S VIDEO VAULT The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., www.armcinema25.com. Pirates of Capri (1949, U.S., 94 min.) Louis Hayward plays a court dandy by day and a swashbuckling revolutionary by night. Shown with Dead Calm (1989, U.S., 95 min.) An Australian couple (Nicole Kidman and Sam Neill) pick up a shipwrecked man (Billy Zane) who turns out to be nuts. Shown with The Impostors (1998, U.S., 102 min.) This Marx Brothers-esque slapstick comedy stars Stanley Tucci and Oliver Platt as out-of-work actors turned stowaways on a cruise ship. Thu., May 10, 8 p.m., free.

BALA THEATER 157 Bala Ave., Bala Cynwyd, 610-688-4695. Some Like It Hot (1959, U.S., 120 min.) See Marilyn Monroe at her bombshell best in this screwball farce co-starring Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, cross-dressing and on the run from the mob. Thu., May 10, 7:15 p.m., $6-$8.75.

THE BALCONY 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE, www.thetroc.com. Pan's Labyrinth (2006, Mexico/Spain/U.S., 112 min.) A young girl escapes fascist Spain by creating her own fantasy world. Tue., May 15, 7:30 p.m., $3 includes a drink or snack.

BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, 610-527-9898, www.brynmawrfilm.org. Parting Words (2005, U.S., 110 min.) The lives of three dudes, their wives and their dying friend. Followed by discussion with the film's director Stan Schofield and actor Nicholas Giordano. Wed., May 16, 7 p.m., $8-$10.

THE CAFE 2011 Walnut St., 215-568-5603, www.thecafe2011.com. Thunderball (1965, U.K., 130 min.) Sean Connery's fourth Bond film has a killer underwater fight scene. Sun., May 13, 7:30 p.m., a la carte menu.

COLONIAL THEATRE 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville, 610-917-0223, www.thecolonialtheatre.org. Beauty and the Beast (1946, France, 93 min.) A pretty girl tames a man-beast in Jean Cocteau's dreamy treatment of this well-loved fairy tale. Sun., May 13, 2 p.m., $4-$7.

COUNTY THEATER 20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789, www.countytheater.org. The Big Lebowski (1998, U.S., 117 min.) "The Dude abides." Mon., May 14, 7 p.m., $6-$8.

GERMAN SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA 611 Spring Garden St., 215-627-2332, www.germansociety.org. The Inheritors (1998, Austria/Germany, 95 min.) A group of Austrian peasants inherit their master's farmland after his murder. Chaos ensues. Fri., May 11, 6:30 p.m., $10-$15 includes a light meal.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3701 Chestnut St., 215-895-6555, www.ihousephilly.org. Community Visions Local videos from Scribe Video Center. Thu., May 10, 7 p.m., free. Karamoja (1954, U.S., 63 min.) California dentist William B. Treutle's "shockumentary" shows the primitive people of Karamoja (a territory in Uganda) eating raw bull intestines and walking around naked. Thu., May 17, 7 p.m., $5-$7.

MASCHER SPACE CO-OP 155 Cecil B. Moore Ave., www.mascherdance.com. Mascher Movie Night Bring your dance videos and "filmpoems" to share. Followed by Beau Travail (1999, France, 90 min.) Claire Denis' film exploring the connection between masculinity and movement. Fri., May 11, 8 p.m., $5 suggested donation.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell, 610-718-1800, faculty.mc3.edu/jeckhard/betzwood.htm. Sandy Burke at the U-Bar-U (1919, U.S.). Sandy the "Smilin' Cowboy" searches for a cattle thief with the help of his trusty horse Pie. Shown at the Eighteenth Annual Betzwood Silent Film Festival. Fri., May 11, 8 p.m., $8.

N. 3RD 801 N. Third St., 215-413-3666, www.norththird.com. Fancypants Cinema Weekly open screening for shorts — bring your own VHS or DVD. Tue., May 15, 9 p.m., free.

THE ROTUNDA 4012 Walnut St., www.pocketmyths.com. The Odyssey: An Epic Night of Film and Readings Filmmakers, writers, poets and artists — most of them queer, trans, female or some combination of the three — recount Odysseus' adventures through live performances and film. Sun., May 13, 6:30 p.m., free. (See p. 46.)

SCRIBE VIDEO CENTER 4212 Chestnut St., third floor, 215-222-4201, www.scribe.org. Storyville Eugene Martin's presents his work in progress, for which he gave local eighth-graders video cameras and asked them to record their lives at home and school. Fri., May 11, 7 p.m., free.

THE SECRET CINEMA Moore College of Art & Design, 20th and Race streets, 215-965-4099, www.thesecretcinema.com. The Monitors (1969, U.S., 92 min.) Bowler-hatted aliens are out to control the human race in this sci-fi obscurity. Shown with A Session With the Committee (1969, U.S., 90 min.) This performance film features rare footage of the titular improv comedy troupe, shot during their prime in the late '60s. Sat., May 12, 8 p.m. (The Monitors) and 10 p.m. (A Session), $6 for one or both films.

THE SEDGWICK THEATER 7147 Germantown Ave., 215-247-3020, www.filmsatthesedgwick.com. Searching for Angela Shelton (2004, U.S., 93 min.) Filmmaker Angela Shelton sets off across America to find other Angela Sheltons, and discovers 24 of 40 of them have been sexually abused — leading her to confront her own molester, her dad. Thu., May 10, 7 p.m., $5. Dreamgirls (2006, U.S., 131 min.) Fri.-Sat., May 11-12, 8 p.m.; Sun., May 13, 7 p.m., $5. OutFoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004, U.S., 75 min.) Robert Greenwald's expose on the reported conservative bias of Fox News. Thu., May 17, 7 p.m., $5.

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY STUDENT CENTER 1755 N. 13th St., 215-204-7131, www.diamondscreenfestival.com. Diamond Screen Film Festival The best docs, animated films, experimental videos and more from Temple's film students. Fri.-Sat., May 11-12, 7-9 p.m., free.

WOODEN SHOE BOOKS 508 S. Fifth St., 215-413-0999, www.woodenshoebooks.com. Plan Colombia: Cashing in on the Drug War Failure (2002, U.S., 58 min.) Ed Asner narrates this doc on U.S. involvement in the Colombian drug trade. Sat., May 12, 7:30 p.m., free.

 

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