Repertory Film

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

Published: Apr 9, 2008

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ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 19th Street and Ben Franklin Parkway, 610-649-5220, geographicalsociety.org. Worlds of the Maya: Guatemala and Belize (2007, U.S., 80 min.) Filmmaker Sandy Mortimer visits archaeological sites and out-of-the-way villages in Central America. Wed., April 16, 2 and 7:30 p.m., $6-$12.

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AMBLER THEATER 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, 215-345-7855, amblertheater.org. In the Shadow of the Moon (2007, U.S., 96 min.) Surviving crew members of NASA's Apollo missions get nostalgic in this Ron Howard-produced doc. Thu., April 10, 7 p.m., $4.50-$8.50. Shakespeare Film Forum Renew Theaters' programming coordinator Alice Bullitt chats and shows clips from film adaptations of the Bard's plays. Thu., April 17, 7 p.m., $4.50-$8.50.

ANDREW'S VIDEO VAULT The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., armcinema25.com. Nazarin (1958, Mexico, 94 min.) Luis Bunuel's film follows a wandering priest whose efforts to live a good life are thwarted by less-than-holy people he meets. Shown with The Rapture (1991, U.S., 110 min.) Mimi Rogers stops sinning and becomes a born-again Christian, but that doesn't make her any happier. Thu., April 10, 8 p.m., free.

THE BALCONY Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE, thetroc.com. Juno (2007, U.S., 96 min.) Mon., April 14, 7:30 p.m., $3.

THE BRIDGE 40th and Walnut streets, 215-386-3300, thebridgecinema.com. Philadelphia Film Festival Visit phillyfests.com for film screenings, discussions and parties galore. Runs through April 15, $7-$10. (See week-two reviews on p. 38.) Bob the Builder: On-Site: Roads and Bridges (2008, U.S., 60 min.) Little animated man and his crew put on hard hats and show you what goes on at a construction site, while singing the song "How Do You Do It." Sat.-Sun., April 12-13, 10 a.m., $3.50.

BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, 610-527-9898, brynmawrfilm.org. Philadelphia Film Festival Visit phillyfests.com for more. Runs through April 15, $7-$10. Spy Kids (2001, U.S., 88 min.) The world's greatest spies (Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino) fall in love and have kids who are pretty good spies, too. Sat., April 12, 11 a.m., $3.50-$4.50. Shakespeare Film Forum Bryn Mawr English prof Katherine Rowe chats and shows clips from film adaptations of the Bard's plays (a different program from the ones at Ambler and County theaters). Wed., April 16, 7 p.m., $4.50-$9.25.

CHRISTUS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 909 N. 26th St., Camden, N.J., 856-966-3241. Sicko (2007, U.S., 123 min.) Michael Moore shows how our health care system is crappier than most other places in the world. Fri., April 11, 6 p.m. dinner, 6:30 p.m. screening, donation requested.

COLONIAL THEATRE 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville, 610-917-0223, thecolonialtheatre.com. Brazil (1985, U.K., 132 min.) Tagline of the week: It's about flights of fantasy. And the nightmare of reality. Terrorist bombings. And late-night shopping. True love. And creative plumbing. Sun., April 13, 2 p.m., $4-$7.

COUNTY THEATER 20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789, countytheater.org. Shakespeare Film Forum See listing under Ambler Theater. Mon., April 14, 7 p.m., $4.50-$8.50.

DREXEL UNIVERSITY Bossone Auditorium, 3120 Market St., 215-895-1029, drexel.edu/westphal. The Comfort of Strangers (1990, U.S./Italy/U.K., 107 min.) Paul Schrader's adaptation of an Ian McEwan novel, in which a creepy stranger both disgusts and attracts an English couple vacationing in Venice. Followed by discussion with the director. Tue., April 15, 7 p.m., free.

FRANKLIN INSTITUTE 222 N. 20th St., 215-448-1200, fi.edu. War of the Worlds (2005, U.S., 116 min.) Steven Spielberg-ized alien film. Sat., April 12, 6:30 p.m., free with museum admission.

GERMAN SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA 611 Spring Garden St., 215-627-2332, germansociety.org. Deutschland. Ein Sommermarchen (2006, Germany, 108 min.) This doc follows Germany's soccer team during the 2006 World Cup, from training to playoffs. Fri., April 11, 6:30 p.m., $10-$15.

GERSHMAN Y 401 S. Broad St., 215-446-3019, pjff.org. Code Name: Bayonet (2006, Israel, 52 min.) The untold story of the Mossad's Bayonet unit, which retaliated against Palestinian terrorists who murdered 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Mon., April 14, 7 p.m., $10.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3701 Chestnut St., 215-895-6555, ihousephilly.org. Philadelphia Film Festival Visit phillyfests.com for more. Runs through April 15, $7-$10. An Evening with Jeff Krulik The director of 1986's Heavy Metal Parking Lot, a doc on scary-looking fans hanging out in the parking lot before a Judas Priest concert, will be in attendance. Thu., April 17, 7 p.m., $5-$7. (See Mary Wilson's Just Do It on p. 57.)



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THE LITTLE THEATER 7141 Germantown Ave., 215-247-3020, mtairyvideolibrary.com. There Will Be Blood (2007, U.S., 158 min.) Fri.-Sat., April 11-12, 8 p.m.; Sun., April 13, 7 p.m., $5.

PRINCE MUSIC THEATER 1412 Chestnut St., 215-569-9700, phillyfests.com. Philadelphia Film Festival Runs through April 15, $7-$10.

RITZ EAST 125 S. Second St., 215-925-4535, phillyfests.com. Philadelphia Film Festival Runs through April 15, $7-$10.

RITZ FIVE 214 Walnut St., 215-440-1184, phillyfests.com. Philadelphia Film Festival Runs through April 15, $7-$10.

WHITE DOG CAFE 3420 Sansom St., 215-386-9224, whitedog.com. A Dream in Doubt (2007, U.S., 56 min.) Tami Yeager's doc on the first reported post-9/11 hate-based murder. Tue., April 15, 7 p.m., free.

WOODEN SHOE BOOKS 508 S. Fifth St., 215-413-0999, woodenshoebooks.org. Arna's Children (2003, Israel/Netherlands, 84 min.) Juliano Mer's doc about his late activist mom, Arna, who founded a theater group for Palestinian kids in a refugee camp. Sat., April 12, 7:30 p.m., free.

 

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Main Line Film Festival
Saturday - April 26th, 2008

Clearview's Anthony Wayne Cinema
109 W. Lancaster Avenue
Wayne, PA 19087

Four Unique Short Film Programs:
1:30 PM - Student Films - Donation
4:30 PM - Program 1 - $8
7:00 PM - Program 2 - $8
9:30 PM - Program 3 - $8

Tickets available online or at the box office.

The mission of the Main Line Film Festival is to celebrate the art of the short film on the "big screen" to an audience that is hungry for unique visions shown through motion pictures.

www.mainlinefilmfestival.com

Mark Kochanowicz
Founder/Executive Director
by Main Line Film Festival on April 14th 2008 10:02 AM



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