Repertory Film

Your weekly guide to local film events, festivals and under-the-radar screenings.

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ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 19th Street and Ben Franklin Parkway, 610-649-5220, www.geographicalsociety.org. Inside Ireland (2005, U.S., 80 min.) Filmmaker Clint Denn narrates this travelogue through the Emerald Isle. Wed., Oct. 24, 2 and 7:30 p.m., $6-$12.

AMBLER THEATER 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, 215-345-7855, www.amblertheater.org. The Seventh Seal (1958, Sweden, 92 min.) Max von Sydow stars in Ingmar Bergman's tale of a knight returning from the Crusades as the plague strikes Europe. Thu., Oct. 18, 7 p.m., $4.50-$8. Day of Wrath (1943, Denmark, 110 min.) Carl Dreyer's much-acclaimed movie about witch hunting in 17th-century Denmark. Thu., Oct. 25, 7 p.m., $4.50-$8.

BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, 610-527-9898, www.brynmawrfilm.org. Salute to the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival Natural-history films with a theme of "The Living Seas." Visit Web site for details. Runs through Oct. 27, various dates and times, $4.50-$9.25 per film screening. Robots (2005, U.S., 91 min.) Young robot struggles in the big city. Sat., Oct. 20, 11 a.m., $3.50-$4.50. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975, U.K./U.S., 98 min.) Hosted by Transylvania Nipple Productions. Sat., Oct. 20, mid., $4.50-$9.25. Day of Wrath (1943, Denmark, 110 min.) See listing under Ambler Theater. Wed., Oct. 24, 7 p.m., $4.50-$9.25.

CHESTNUT HILL FILM GROUP Free Library, Chestnut Hill Branch, 8711 Germantown Ave., 215-248-0977. Scream of Fear (1961, U.K., 81 min.) A mentally unstable woman sees her dead dad around the house. Or does she? Tue., Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m., free.

COLLINGSWOOD LIBRARY 771 Haddon Ave., Collingswood, N.J., 856-858-0649. Seven Days in May (1964, U.S., 118 min.) John Frankenheimer's follow-up to The Manchurian Candidate. Sun., Oct. 21, 1 p.m., free.

COLONIAL THEATRE 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville, 610-917-0223, www.thecolonialtheatre.com. The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear (2002, Denmark/France, 75 min.) A boy must decide who he loves more: his human parents or the polar bears that stole and raised him as one of their own. Sat., Oct. 20, 2 p.m., $4. The Fall of the House of Usher (1960, U.S., 79 min.) Roger Corman's big, brash adaptation of the titular Poe story, starring Vincent Price. Sun., Oct. 21, 2 p.m., $4-$7.

COUNTY THEATER 20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789, www.countytheater.org. The Seventh Seal (1958, Sweden, 92 min.) See listing under Ambler Theater. Mon., Oct. 22, 7 p.m., $4.50-$8.50.

DENNIS FLYER MEMORIAL THEATRE Camden County College, Blackwood, N.J., 856-216-2170. Prisoners Among Us (2004, U.S., 110 min.) Director Michael Angelo DiLauro shows his doc on Italian-American identity during WWII. Thu., Oct. 18, 7 p.m., free.

INDEPENDENCE SEAPORT MUSEUM 211 S. Columbus Blvd., 215-923-9101, www.independencestartshere.org. Children of a Lesser God (1986, U.S., 119 min.) A speech teacher for the deaf (William Hurt) falls for his student (Marlee Matlin). Followed by a deaf films and filmmakers mini fest. Fri., Oct. 19, 11 a.m., $5 suggested donation.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3701 Chestnut St., 267-765-9700, www.ihousephilly.org. Big Bang Film Festival Action, adventure, suspense and Asian-action cinema! Visit www.bigbangfilmfestival.com for details. Runs through Oct. 21, $8 per screening. Encounters at the End of the World (2007, U.S., 99 min.) Werner Herzog's latest doc explores life in Antarctica. Part of Penn's four-day Herzog symposium. Tue., Oct. 23, 7 p.m., free. (See Shaun Brady's interview with Herzog on p. 45.) The Movement: The Story of Philadelphia's Settlement Houses (2007, U.S., 20 min.) Scribe Video Center shows this local doc. Thu., Oct. 25, 7 p.m., free.

THE LITTLE THEATER 7141 Germantown Ave., 215-247-3020, www.mtairyvideolibrary.com. Away From Her (2006, Canada, 110 min.) A man discovers that his wife, who's in a hospital with Alzheimer's disease, has not only forgotten him — she's fallen for another patient. Fri.-Sat., Oct. 19-20, 8 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 21, 7 p.m., $5.

MOLLY'S BOOKSTORE 1010 S. Ninth St., 215-923-3367, www.mollysbooks.com. Mean Streets (1973, U.S., 110 min.) Harvey Keitel and Robert DeNiro play wise guys in NYC's Little Italy. Molly Russakoff introduces the Scorsese film with a poetry reading. Fri., Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m., free.

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., Oct. 22, 9 p.m., free.

PHILADELPHIA ETHICAL SOCIETY 1906 S. Rittenhouse Square, 215-569-9700, www.terrorfilmfestival.net. Terror Film Festival Gory, bloody shorts and features from around the world. Runs through Oct. 21, $8 per film screening.

PRINCE MUSIC THEATER 1412 Chestnut St., 215-569-9700, www.bigbangfilmfestival.com. Big Bang Film Festival See listing under International House. Runs through Oct. 21, $8 per screening.

THE ROTUNDA 4014 Walnut St., 267-259-2049, www.myspace.com/communitycinemaphilly. Miss Navajo (2007, U.S., 53 min.) Billy Luther's doc follows one girl's attempt at winning the Miss Navajo crown, which involves weaving a rug, baking bread and butchering a sheep. Tue., Oct. 23, 7 p.m., free.

ROXY THEATRE 2023 Sansom St., 215-569-9700, www.bigbangfilmfestival.com. Big Bang Film Festival See listing under International House. Runs through Oct. 21, $8 per screening.

SHOWCASE AT RITZ CENTER 900 Berlin-Haddonfield Road, Voorhees, N.J., 856-770-0600. House on Haunted Hill (1959, U.S., 75 min.) Rich guy offers five strangers $10,000 each if they can spend a night in a haunted house. Thu., Oct. 18, 7 p.m., $5. The Last Man on Earth (1964, U.S./Italy, 86 min.) Tagline of the week: By night they leave their graves, crawling, shambling, through empty streets, whimpering, pleading, begging for his blood! Shown with Devil Girl From Mars (1954, U.K., 77 min.) A female alien and a robot travel to Earth looking for men to use as breeding animals on their home planet. Thu., Oct. 25, 7 p.m., $5.

URSINUS COLLEGE Olin Auditorium, 601 Main St., Collegeville, 610-409-3000, ext. 2432. Pulse (2001, Japan, 118 min.) A group of young people living in Tokyo start seeing ghosts after one of their friends commits suicide. Thu., Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m., free.