Also this issue:

Of Boards and Boys
A fond look back at the birth of skateboarding.
-Cindy Fuchs

Nukes? Nah.
The latest Tom Clancy flick tells improbable tales of things that already haven’t happened.
-Cindy Fuchs

Day of the Dead
Local wunderkind Andrew McElhinney's A Chronicle of Corpses finally gets its day in the sun.
-Sam Adams

Screen Picks

Showtimes

May 30-June 5, 2002

repertory film

THE BALCONY 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE Fight Club (1999, U.S., 139 min.) Two handsome actors (Brad Pitt, Edward Norton) do their best to mess up each other's faces in this fierce and often funny David Fincher film. Norton's character, a disaffected office worker, gets caught up in a trend of organized fighting as aggression therapy. Mon., June 3, 8 p.m.

COUNTY THEATER 20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789 Sorry, Wrong Number (1948, U.S., 89 min.) A bed-ridden Barbara Stanwyck overhears a phone conversation that discusses her impending murder. Burt Lancaster plays her husband, who's suspicious and annoyed with her paranoia. Monday's screening is followed by a discussion with guest Dorothy Herrmann, author and daughter of film composer Bernard Herrmann and Lucille Fletcher, screenwriter of the film, and who will share her experiences of growing up in Hollywood. Sun., June 2, 4:15 p.m.; Mon., June 3, 7 p.m.; Thu., May 30, 4:15 p.m. You Can’t Take It With You (1938, U.S., 127 min.) Frank Capra heartwarmer about an eccentric but oh-so-happy family, starring Lionel Barrymore and Jimmy Stewart. Wed., June 5, 4:15 and 9:15 p.m.

PRINCE MUSIC THEATER 1412 Chestnut St., 215-569-9700 Cabaret (1972, U.S., 124 min.) Bob Fosse directed Liza Minnelli to an Oscar in this showy (of course) screen version of the mega-hit Broadway musical about the loves and troubles of an American chorus girl living the Berlin cabaret life in 1931. Sun., June 2, 7 p.m.

HOYTS THEATRE 5107 Rt. 70, Pennsauken, N.J., 856-910-2340, www.exhumedfilms.com Exhumed Films’ Witchfinder Double Feature: The Conquerer Worm (1968, U.K., 86 min.) Vincent Price is Matthew Hopkins, the legendary English "Witchfinder General" who finds and burns "witches" as a favor to his country. Mark of the Devil (1969, U.S., 90 min.) Another gory witch-hunt movie, this time with peasant revolts and rowdy mobs attacking the evil new witch finder in town. (A limited number of Mark of the Devil "Vomit Bags," in honor of the promotional stunt at the original theatrical release, will be handed out at the door while supplies last. All right!)