Repertory Film

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

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AMBLER THEATER 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, 215-345-7855, amblertheater.org. Angel-A (2005, France, 88 min.) Girl jumps off bridge; guy jumps in river to save her; she ends up "saving" him by giving him hope and other life-affirming things. Like It's a Wonderful Life only not original and lacking Jimmy Stewart. Thu., Feb. 28, 7 p.m., $4.50-$8.50. Arctic Tale (2007, U.S., 96 min.) Queen Latifah narrates the real-life trials and tribulations of a polar bear family and a mother and baby walrus in this March of the Penguins-esque doc. Sat., March 1, 11 a.m., $3.50-$4.50. If You Break the Skin You Must Come In (2007, U.S.) Local guy David Kessler's doc about Philly photog Zoe Strauss' project to teach teenagers in foster care about art. Thu., March 6, 7 p.m., $4.50-$8.50.

THE BALCONY 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE, thetroc.com. 30 Days of Night (2007, U.S., 113 min.) When zombies attack an Alaskan town during their annual 30-day period of around-the-clock darkness, sheriff Josh Hartnett leads the charge to destroy them. Mon., March 3, 7:30 p.m., $3 goes toward food and drink.

THE BRIDGE 40th and Walnut streets, 215-386-3300, thebridgecinema.com. Easter in Bunnyland (2000, Australia, 50 min.) Flip Rabbit, Buck Bunny and Bitsy Bunny join forces to save the Easter Bunny, who has been kidnapped by an evil rat. Sat. and Sun., March 1 and 2, 10 a.m., $3.50.

BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, 610-527-9898, brynmawrfilm.org. The Secret of Nimh (1982, U.S., 82 min.) Pre-Ratatouille effort to make rats look like brainy cuties instead of hairy beasts. Sat., March 1, 11 a.m., $3.50-$4.50. Beaufort (2006, Israel, 132 min.) Joseph Cedar's film depicts the final tense days of Israel's occupation of the titular fortress in Lebanon. Sun., March 2, 7 p.m., $8-$10. (See Gary Kramer's preview on p. 35.) Into Great Silence (2005, France/Switzerland/Germany, 162 min.) This doc examines life inside a French monastery. Wed., March 5, 7 p.m., $4.50-$9.25.

CHESTNUT HILL FILM GROUP Free Library, Chestnut Hill Branch, 8711 Germantown Ave., 215-248-0977, armcinema25.com. Lancelot du lac (1973, France/Italy, 85 min.) Robert Bresson's take on the Arthurian legend. Tue., March 4, 7:30 p.m., free.

COLONIAL THEATRE 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville, 610-917-0223, thecolonialtheatre.com. Banff Mountain Film Festival Selected movies for outdoors-y folks and high-altitude-lovers. Fri. and Sat., Feb. 29 and March 1, 7:30 p.m., $13-$15. Dr. No (1962, U.K., 110 min.) Tagline of the week: 007. The double "O" means he has a license to kill when he chooses ... where he chooses ... whom he chooses! Sun., March 2, 2 p.m., $4-$7.

COUNTY THEATER 20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789, countytheater.org. Charlotte's Web (1973, U.S., 94 min.) A spider whose days are numbered helps a pig learn to love himself. Sat., March 1, 11 a.m., $3.50-$4.50. Angel-A (2005, France, 88 min.) Mon., March 3, 7 p.m., $4.50-$8.50.

GERSHMAN Y 401 S. Broad St., 215-446-3033, pjff.org. Family Hero (2006, France, 103 min.) When a nightclub owner dies, his scattered family must get reacquainted, and some hurtful secrets are revealed. Starring Catherine Deneuve. Sat., March 1, 8 p.m., $12; Sun., March 2, 2 p.m., $10. Bad Faith (2006, Belgium/France, 88 min.) A Muslim guy gets his Jewish girlfriend pregnant, forcing them to go public with their secret romance. Mon., March 2, 7 p.m., $10.

INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART 118 S. 36th St., 215-898-5911, icaphila.org. Puppet Films A Thunderbirds episode called "Attack of the Alligator!" and Ishiro Honda's 1954 Godzilla, King of the Monsters. Sun., March 2, 2 p.m., free with museum admission.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3701 Chestnut St., 215-895-6555, ihousephilly.org. The Music of Regret (2006, U.S., 40 min.) Photog Laurie Simmons' musical starring vintage hand puppets and ventriloquist dummies. Tue., March 4, 7 p.m., free. Contemporary Slovenian Cinema Two films by Slovenian director Jan Cvitkovic. Wed., March 5, 7 p.m., free. My Name Is Albert Ayler (2007, Sweden, 79 min.) Kasper Collin's doc on experimental jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler, who was mysteriously found dead in NYC's East River at the age of 34. Thu., March 6, 7 p.m., $5-$7.

THE LITTLE THEATER 7141 Germantown Ave., 215-247-3020, mtairyvideolibrary.com. American Gangster (2007, U.S., 157 min.) Denzel Washington is a charming heroin kingpin, and Russell Crowe is the detective who will bring him down (though he kinda starts to like him when he gets to know him). Fri. and Sat., Feb. 29 and March 1, 8 p.m.; Sun., March 2, 7 p.m., $5.

NATIONAL MECHANICS 22 S. Third St., philebrity.com/tlascreeningseries. Real Genius (1985, U.S., 108 min.) R5 Productions' Sean Agnew hosts a screening of his favorite goofy-genius '80s comedy starring Val Kilmer. Thu., Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m., free. The Cremator (1968, Czechoslavakia, 95 min.) Exhumed Films' Joseph Gervasi shows this obscure Czech horror flick. Thu., March 6, 7:30 p.m., free.

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE Science Center, Room 199, 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, 610-328-8143, freelibrary.org. Nanjing 1937 (1995, China) Ziniu Wu's film about the rape of Nanking, when Japanese soldiers killed more than 200,000 Chinese civilians in just six weeks in 1937. Fri., Feb. 29, 7 p.m., free.

WOODEN SHOE BOOKS 508 S. Fifth St., 215-413-0999, woodenshoebooks.org. North Country (2005, U.S., 126 min.) The story of the first big successful sexual harassment case in the U.S., involving a female miner (Charlize Theron). Sat., March 1, 7:30 p.m., free.