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. Romeo + Juliet (1996, U.S., 155 min.) Baz Luhrmann updates Shakespeare with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes as the star-crossed hotties. Thu., May 15, 7 p.m., $4.50-$8.50. The Best of the Diamond Screen Film Festival Selected documentaries, animations, experimental films and more by Temple's senior and graduate film students. Thu., May 22, 7 p.m., $6.50-$8.50.

ATTIC YOUTH CENTER 255 S. 16th St., scribe.org. Street Movies! Undercover Short docs by and about LGBTQ youth, including Julie Joyce's autobiographical I'm Not a Boy and Dee Rees' Pariah, about the life of a 17-year-old closeted lesbian. Fri., May 16, 6:30 p.m., free.

THE BALCONY Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE, thetroc.com. Hard Candy (2005, U.S., 104 min.) A 14-year-old girl (Juno's Ellen Page) hits it off with a 32-year-old photographer (Jeff Kohlver), but when she finally goes over to his house, she makes him sorry he ever flirted with her. Mon., May 19, 7:30 p.m., $3 includes drink or snack.

THE BRIDGE 40th and Walnut streets, 215-386-3300, thebridgecinema.com. Sesame Street: Dinosaurs (2008, U.S., 40 min.) Amateur paleontologist Elmo digs up fun facts on dinos, including what they ate, how they moved and what they looked like. Sat.-Sun., May 17-18, 10 a.m., $3.50.

BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, 610-527-9898, brynmawrfilm.org. The Best of the Diamond Screen Film Festival Selected documentaries, animations, experimental films and more by Temple's senior and graduate film students. Different program from Ambler and County theaters. Wed., May 21, 7 p.m., $6.50-$9.25.

COLONIAL THEATRE 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville, 610-917-0223, thecolonialtheatre.com. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970, U.K., 125 min.) Billy Wilder paints the titular detective as a more easygoing guy, attempting to solve a mystery involving a beautiful lady, six midgets and the Loch Ness monster. Sun., May 18, 2 p.m., $4-$7.

COUNTY THEATER 20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789, countytheater.org. The Best of the Diamond Screen Film Festival Selected documentaries, animations, experimental films and more by Temple's senior and graduate film students. Different program from Ambler and Bryn Mawr theaters. Mon., May 19, 7 p.m., $6.50-$8.50.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3701 Chestnut St., 215-895-6555, ihousephilly.org. From Mambo to Hip-Hop (U.S., 58 min.) Henry Chalfant's doc chronicles the evolution of mambo into salsa, as well as the beginning days of hip-hop in the South Bronx. Followed by a live DJ set by DJ Rahsaan, B-Boy throwdown by Y-Not and hip-hop by Patty Dukes and Reph-Star. Thu., May 15, 7 p.m., $5-$7. Toyko Story (1953, Japan, 135 min.) Yashujiro Ozu's simple, depressing tale of elderly parents and their ungrateful children. Followed by coffee and discussion led by International House curator Robert Cargni, held in honor of the 30th anniversary of film at the I-House and the Janus Collection series. Sat., May 17, 7 p.m., $5-$7.

THE LITTLE THEATER 7141 Germantown Ave., 215-247-3020, mtairyvideolibrary.com. The Great Debaters (2007, U.S., 126 min.) In 1935 Marshall, Texas, college professor Denzel Washington (who directed the film and co-wrote the script) leads an all-black student debate team that goes up against the all-white Harvard team. Fri.-Sat., May 16-17, 8 p.m.; Sun., May 18, 7 p.m., $5.

THE SECRET CINEMA Moore College of Art & Design, 20th and Race streets, 215-965-4099, thesecretcinema.com. Bon Voyage II: More Vintage Travel Films Secret Cinema brings back this popular program, with a different selection of promotional and educational travel films from the first half of the century — including In Old New Orleans, made in the way-pre-Katrina 1930s; 1926's Hawaiian Islands, featuring Waikiki Beach surfers, the story of the Dole Pineapple cannery and an active volcano; and 1918's Sights of Suva, a rare short in which famed travel writer/photographer/filmmaker Burton Holmes explores the capital of Fiji and refers to the locals as "sons of Fiji cannibals." Fri., May 16, 8 p.m., $7.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF CHERRY HILL 401 N. Kings Highway, Cherry Hill, N.J., uncounted.bravenewtheaters.com/screening/show/10697. Uncounted (2008, U.S., 81 min.) David Earnhardt's wake-up-call doc examines fraud during the 2004 election, and what we can expect from the 2008 election. Fri., May 16, 7 p.m. potluck dinner, 8 p.m., screening, free.

WOODEN SHOE BOOKS 508 S. Fifth St., 215-413-0999, woodenshoebooks.org. The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006, Ireland, 127 min.) Ken Loach film in which two Irish brothers find themselves fighting each other in the early-20th-century anti-Brit rebellion. Sat., May 17, 7:30 p.m., free.