Repertory Film

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

Published: May 20, 2009

Repertory Film

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

941 THEATER

941 N. Front St., 215-235-1385, 941theater.com. Baby on Board (2009, U.S., 95 min.): My Date with Drew director Brian Herzlinger directs this story about a power couple (Jerry O'Connell and Heather Graham) who receive an unexpected bundle of joy. Through Fri., May 22, 7 p.m., $7.

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824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, 610-527-9898, brynmawrfilm.org. Pride (2007, Germany/U.S., 104 min.): Jim Ellis starts an all-black swim team in the Philadelphia Dept. of Recreation. Screenwriter Kevin Michael Smith will introduce the film. Wed., May 27, 7:30 p.m., $5-$9.50.

CINEMA 16:9

35 N. Lansdowne Ave., Lansdowne, Pa., 484-461-7676, cinema169.com. Slumdog Millionaire (2008, U.K., 120 min.): Best Picture Oscar-winner about a poor boy who reunites with his lady love on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Through Fri., May 22, call for showtimes. $5-$7.50.

Sita Sings the Blues (2008, U.S., 82 min.): A re-telling of the Ramayana, set to '20s jazz chantreuse Nina Paley. Through Mon., May 25, call for showtimes, $5-$7.50.

The Country Teacher
(2008, Czech Republic, 117 min.): A teacher with a secret leaves his job in the city for more rural environs. Sat., May 23-Fri., May 29, call for showtimes, $5-$7.50.

Babe (1995, U.S., 89 min.): A precocious pig wants to be a sheep dog. Sat., May 23-Fri., May 29, call for showtimes, $5-$7.50.

COLONIAL THEATRE

227 Bridge St., Phoenixville, 610-917-1228, thecolonialtheatre.com. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961, U.S., 115 min.): Holly Golightly is just crazy about Tiffany's. Sun., May 24, 2 p.m., $4-$8.



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LITTLE THEATER

7141 Germantown Ave., 215-247-3020, mtairyvideolibrary.com. El Norte (1981, U.S./U.K., 141 min.): The harrowing story of two Guatemalan teen siblings on their way to the States. Fri.-Sat., May 22-23, 8 p.m.; Sun., May 24, 7 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., May 26, 9 p.m., free.

Midnight Madness

Ritz at the Bourse, 400 Ranstead St., 215-925-7500, landmarktheaters.com. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, U.S., 115 min.): Indiana Jones must steal back the Ark of the Covenant from the evil Nazis and reteam with love-of-his life Marion Ravenwood. Sat., May 23, midnight, $9.

wooden Shoe Books

508 S. Fifth St., 215-413-0999, woodenshoebooks.org. Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later (2007, U.S., 100 min.): Directors and Little Rock natives Brent and Craig Renaud look at the life of contemporary students at Central High School, where President Eisenhower sent in the Army to protect the new black enrollees. Sat., May 23, 7:30 p.m., free.

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