Repertory Film

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

Published: Feb 4, 2009

Send repertory film listings to molly.eichel@citypaper.net

AMBLER THEATER

108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, 215-345-7855, amblertheater.org. Open Season (2006 U.S., 86 min.): Ashton Kutcher and Martin Lawrence try to save their forest from evil hunters. Sat., Feb. 7, $4.75-$6.75. 

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Andrew's video vault

4014 Walnut St., 215-573-3234, armcinema25.com. I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957, U.S., 76 min.): Michael Landon (from Little House on the Prairie) is a rebel with a monster inside. Pets (1974, U.S., 103 min.): Candice Rialson, in states of undress for most of the movie, plays a nympho-hitchhiker. Thu., Feb. 12, 8 p.m., free.

THE BALCONY

Trocadero, 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE, thetroc.com. Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008, U.S., 101 min.): Kevin Smith returns to raunch with Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks as two buddies who get nasty to pay the bills. Mon., Feb. 9, 8 p.m., $3 goes to a drink or snack.

BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE

824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, 610-527-9898, brynmawrfilm.org. Mouse Hunt (1997, U.S., 98 min.): Two brothers (Nathan Lane and There's Something About Mary's Lee Evans) try to rid their inherited house of a pesky rodent. Sat., Feb. 7, 7 p.m., $3.50-$4.50.

CHESTNUT HILL FILM GROUP

8711 Germantown Avenue, 215-248-0977, armcinema25.com. Gilda (1947, U.K., 100 min.): Rita Hayworth plays a gangster's wife with a past. Worth it for Hayworth's legendary hair flip. Tue., Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m., free.

COLONIAL THEATRE

227 Bridge St., Phoenixville, 610-917-1228, thecolonialtheatre.com. Oldboy (2008, U.S., 82 min.): The second entry in director Chan-wook Park's revenge trilogy. Fri., Feb. 6, 10 p.m., $8. Sita Sings the Blues (2008, U.S., 82 min.): Animation queen Nina Paley sets the Indian legend Ramayana to the vocals of jazz singer Annette Hanshaw. Sat., Feb. 7, 2 p.m., $4-$6. Gone with the Wind (1939, U.S., 238 min.): During the Civil War, ultimate southern belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), tries to salvage her plantation, makes a dress out of curtains and falls in and out of love with Rhett Butler (Clark Gable). But in the end, he frankly doesn't give a damn. Sun., Feb. 8, 2 p.m., $4-$6.

 

COUNTY THEATER

 

20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789, countytheater.com. Horton Hears a Who (2008, U.S., 88 min.): Horton the elephant tries to save a civilization too small to see because, after all, a person is a person no matter how small. Sat., Feb. 7, 11 a.m., $3.50-$4.50 .

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE

3701 Chestnut St., 267-765-9700, ihousephilly.org. Dario Argento Double Feature Two from the master of Italian horror. Creepers (1985, Italy, 82 min.): A pre-Labyrinth Jennifer Connelly talks to bugs. Gross! But she solves murders. Sweet! Two Evil Eyes (1990, U.S./Italy, 120 min.): Zombie king George Romero collaborates with Argento for an anthology film based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe. Fri., Feb. 6, 8 p.m., $10. Selections from the Human Rights Watch Film Festival Features films that explore human rights conditions around the world. The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo (2007, U.S., 76 min.): Filmmaker Lisa Jackson talks to survivors of rape who live in remote villages in the Congo. Introduced by Arancha Garcia del Soto of Fordham University. Wed., Feb. 11, 7 p.m., $5-$7. Letter to Anna (2008, Switzerland, 84 min.): An intimate portrait of a pro-Chechnya Russian journalist who was suspiciously murdered in 2006. Narrated by Susan Sarandon. Thu., Feb. 12, 7 p.m., $5-$7.

LITTLE THEATER

7141 Germantown Ave., 215-247-3020, mtairyvideolibrary.com. The Dark Knight Returns (2008, U.S., 152 min.): Batman takes on the Joker, who loves chaos and anarchy as much as the Bat loves justice. Fri.-Sat., Feb. 6-7, 8 p.m., $6, includes popcorn.

N. 3RD

801 N. Third St., 215-413-3666, norththird.com. Fancypants Cinema: Weekly open screening for shorts — bring your own VHS or DVD. Tue., Feb. 10, 9 p.m., free.

PHILADELPHIA CITY INSTITUTE LIBRARY

1905 Locust Street, 215-685-6621. Day for Night (1973, France, 115 min.):

A backstage look at shooting a fictional film. Mon., Feb. 9, 2 p.m., free.

Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival

Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St., 215-446-3019, pjff.org. Documentary Weeekend. Glass: A Portrait in Twelve Parts (2007, U.S., 115 min.): A doc celebrating the avant garde composer's 70th birthday. Sat., Feb. 7, 8 p.m., $12. Holy Land Hardball (2008, U.S., 87 min.): A Boston baker tries to export baseball to Israel. Sun., Feb. 8, 2 p.m., $10. Refusenik (2007, U.S., 120 min.): A retrospective look at the 30-year-long movement to liberate Soviet Jews from Russia. Mon., Feb. 9, 7 p.m., $10.

WOODEN SHOE BOOKS

508 S. Fifth St., 215-413-0999, woodenshoebooks.org. Camden 28 (2007, U.S., 83 min.):

A group of peace activists are arrested for their plans to destroy records at the local draft board. Director Anthony Giacchino will be at the screening. Sat., Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m., free.

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