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. 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 Secret of Nimh (1982, U.S., 82 min.) Pre-Ratatouille effort to make rats look like brainy cuties instead of hairy beasts. Sat., March 8, 11 a.m., $3.50-$4.50. Lights in the Dusk (2006, Finland/Germany/France, 78 min.) A lonely nightwatchman get mixed up with some no-goodnik people. Thu., March 13, 7 p.m., $4.50-$8.50.

ANDREW'S VIDEO VAULT The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., armcinema25.com. Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (2006, Turkey, 122 min.) Billy Zane and Gary Busey play American villains in this Turkish actioner. Shown with Despair (1978, West Germany/France, 119 min.) In this Fassbinder film based on a Nabokov novella, a chocolatier hatches a sweet murder plan. Thu., March 13, 8 p.m., free.

THE BALCONY 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE, thetroc.com. The Breakfast Club (1985, U.S., 97 min.) Mon., March 10, 7:30 p.m., $3.

THE BRIDGE 40th and Walnut streets, 215-386-3300, thebridgecinema.com. Nanking (2007, U.S., 88 min.) Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman's doc about the rape of Nanking, when Japanese soldiers killed more than 200,000 Chinese civilians in just six weeks in 1937. Thu., March 6, 7 p.m., free. 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.-Sun., March 8-9, 10 a.m., $3.50.

BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, 610-527-9898, brynmawrfilm.org. Charlotte's Web (1973, U.S., 94 min.) A spider whose days are numbered helps a piglet learn to love himself. Sat., March 8, 11 a.m., $3.50-$4.50.

CHESTNUT HILL FILM GROUP Free Library, Chestnut Hill Branch, 8711 Germantown Ave., 215-248-0977, armcinema25.com. The Green Man (1956, U.K., 80 min.) Post-WWII black comedy starring Alastair Sim as an assassin and George Cole as the traveling vacuum cleaner salesman who thwarts his plans. Tue., March 11, 7:30 p.m., free.

COLONIAL THEATRE 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville, 610-917-0223, thecolonialtheatre.com. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971, U.S., 100 min.) The scrumdiddlyumptious original. Sat., March 8, 2 p.m., $4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969, U.K., 140 min.) Australian model George Lazenby takes his first stab at playing James Bond, but he's not cute enough so we never see him again. Sun., March 9, 2 p.m., $4-$7.

CONGREGATION OR SHALOM 835 Darby Paoli Road, Berwyn, iffphila.com. She's Got It (2006, Israel, 90 min.) A clever seamstress dupes some aspiring robbers. Sat., March 8, 8 p.m., $8-$10.

COUNTY THEATER 20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789, countytheater.org. The Iron Giant (1999, U.S., 86 min.) In Cold War-era America, a little boy protects his alien robot friend from the government. Sat., March 8, 11 a.m., $3.50-$4.50.

GIRARD COLLEGE 2101 S. College Ave., 215-740-7621, itavphilly.org. LunaFest Short films for, by and about women. Sat., March 8, 5-8 p.m., $30.

INDEPENDENCE SEAPORT MUSEUM 211 S. Columbus Blvd., 971-222-3500, flyfishingfilmtour.com. Fly Fishing Film Tour Films showing people fishing. Mon., March 10, 6:30 p.m., $10-$15.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3701 Chestnut St., 215-895-6555, ihousephilly.org. My Name Is Albert Ayler (2007, Sweden, 79 min.) Kasper Collin's doc on free-jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler. Thu., March 6, 7 p.m., $5-$7. (See Shaun Brady's interview with Collin on p. 46.) Don't Open the Window (1974, Spain/Italy, 85 min.) In this Night of the Living Dead-inspired flick, a farmer uses radiation as insecticide, inadvertently awakening some recently deceased people. Shown with Don't Go in the House (1980, U.S., 82 min.) A psycho construction worker does gross stuff to ladies in the comfort of his home. Fri., March 7, 8 p.m., $10. La Rebelle (2006, Haiti, 93 min.) Teenage girl revolts against her single dad's new girlfriend by drinking and having lots of sex. Tue., March 11, 7 p.m., $5-$7. On the Downlow (2007, U.S., 56 min.) Abigail Child's doc on the lives of four black bisexual men in Cleveland. Thu., March 13, 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. screening, $8-$10.

THE LITTLE THEATER 7141 Germantown Ave., 215-247-3020, mtairyvideolibrary.com. In the Valley of Elah (2007, U.S., 121 min.) Fri.-Sat., March 7-8, 8 p.m.; Sun., March 9, 7 p.m., $5.

NATIONAL MECHANICS 22 S. Third St., philebrity.com/tlascreeningseries. The Cremator (1968, Czechoslovakia, 95 min.) Exhumed Films' Joseph Gervasi shows an obscure Czech horror flick. Thu., March 6, 7:30 p.m., free. (See Shaun Brady's preview on p. 45.) Sexy Beast (2000, U.K./Spain, 89 min.) Tagline of the week: There's a bit of a beast in all of us. Thu., March 13, 7:30 p.m., free.

WOODEN SHOE BOOKS 508 S. Fifth St., 215-413-0999, woodenshoebooks.org. Camden 28 (2005, U.S., 82 min.) Anthony Giacchino's doc on 28 activists who broke into a Camden draft board office to protest the Vietnam War in 1971. Sat., March 8, 7:30 p.m., free.