Reppin' It

Don't forget the repertory films at this year's QFest.

by Molly Eichel

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As with every year, QFest offers up a platter of repertory films — old faves and camp classics — as a delectable side dish to its litany of originals. Here are the ones worth tasting.

Danny and Sandy meet on a beach and fall head over heels for each other, so it's totally convenient that she happens to enroll in the exact same high school that he rules. Fun local fact: Rydell High is rumored to be based on the nearby Radnor High School. Mon., July 13, 9 p.m., $5, Jamaican Jerk Hut, 1436 South St., 215-545-8644. 

Claude (John Savage) is about to deploy to Vietnam and spends his remaining days living it up with a group of flower children in Central Park. Who doesn't love naked hippies? Tue., July 14, 9 p.m., $5, Jamaican Jerk Hut.

Filmmakers Ada Gay Griffin and Michelle Parkerson worked closely with Audre Lorde herself to create this fully realized portrait of the feminist, lesbian, African-American poet. Fun QFest-nerd fact: A Litany for Survival was exhibited at the festival during its first year. Sat., July 11, 12:15 p.m., $10, Ritz East, 125 S. Second St., 215-925-2501.

Directed by Denys Arcand, who made the fabulous Les Invasions Barbares, Love and Human Remains revolves around two roommates/former lovers — gay David (Thomas Gibson), and bi Candy (Ruth Marshall). Intercut between the trials and tribulations of David and Candy's personal relationships are scenes of a vicious serial killer on the loose. Wed., July 15, 9:15 p.m., $10, Ritz East.

By all accounts, this 1970 movie is a disaster. Gore Vidal, whose eponymous novel inspired the film, co-wrote the script — and then disowned it. But watching Dr. Doolittle (Rex Reed) become Raquel Welch is well worth the price of admission. Thu., July 16, 9 p.m., $5, Jamaican Jerk Hut.

Paired with the German doc What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar (see review on p. 19), Pillow Talk features the golden girl of the '50s playing independent woman Jan, who shares a phone line with the studly Brad (Rock Hudson, ahem). Sun., July 12, 4:45 p.m., $10-$40, Ritz East.

(molly.eichel@citypaper.net)