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June 27-July 3, 2002 repertory film repertory film
THE BALCONY 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE A Beautiful Mind (2001, U.S., 136 min.) Ron Howard¹s Oscar-eating "biography" of John Nash, Nobel Prize-winning mathematician and paranoid-schizophrenic. Mon., July 1, 8 p.m. COUNTY THEATER 20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789 The Matrix (1999, U.S., 136 min.) Thomas Anderson, a computer hacker, joins a bunch of rebels who want to overthrow The Matrix -- an elaborate "real-world" facade created by the artificial-intelligence machines that have taken over the actual real world. Got it? Fri., June 28, 4:15 p.m.; Mon., July 1, 7 p.m.; Wed., July 3, 4:15 p.m. (Monday¹s screening followed by discussion.) THE FIVE SPOT 5 S. Bank St., 215-901-3771 The Strike Zone (2001, U.S., 105 min.) A film by Norm Macerna about a psychopathic cross-dresser who kills his way to a shot at playing major league baseball. Mon., July 1, 7 p.m. INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3701 Chestnut St., 215-895-6537 Forces in Motion: The New Wave in Jazz on Film The Connection (1961, U.S., 110 min.) Shirley Clarke¹s documentary-fiction film, based on an off-Broadway play about a group of junkies living in a run-down apartment, featuring hard-bop jazz performances by Freddie Redd and Jackie McLean, among others. Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1989, U.S., 90 min.) Documentary about the legendary jazz pianist and composer, tracing his studio and stage work with footage of interviews and performances from 1968. Directed by Charlotte Zwerin (Salesman, Gimme Shelter). Thu., June 27, 7 p.m. David, Charles and Ornette: The Ornette Coleman Trio 1966 (1966, U.S., 23 min.) The story of Ornette Coleman, David Izenson and Charles Moffett recording the soundtrack for a theater project in Paris in 1966. Mingus (1968, U.S., 54 min.) Documentary about bassist-composer Charles Mingus, filmed on the day he was to be evicted from his apartment and filled with the musician¹s musings on politics, racism, family, education and sex, as well as live performances and scenes with his young daughter. Spaceways (1974, U.S. 18 min.) and Sun Ra Arkestra Private Films (48 min. total) Avant-garde musicians Sun Ra Arkestra caught on film, first in an Ed English documentary, and then in various performances from the ¹60s and ¹70s in Egypt, Philadelphia and other locations. (See Screenpicks on p. 27 and The Gig on p. 37.) LAWN CHAIR DRIVE-IN Liberty Lands Park, Third and Poplar sts. The Haunting (1963, U.S., 112 min.) Based on a novel by Shirley Jackson, this horror movie concerns Hill House, a supposedly haunted old manse, and the group of clairvoyants and skeptics a researcher has brought with him to investigate it. Wed., July 3, dusk. PRINCE MUSIC THEATER 1412 Chestnut St., 215-569-9700 Philly Boy (2002, U.S., 65 min.) Philadelphia filmmaker Michael Dennis tells the story of MC Breeze, the West Philadelphia-born and raised rapper who was the first to have his record banned from the radio, the first MC to actually sing and one of the first to release a rap record independently. Features interviews with other Philly rap stars such as Jazzy Jeff, Schoolly D, The Roots' ?uestlove and others, and early footage of the city rap scene. Fri., June 28, 7:30 p.m. SECRET CINEMA www.users.voicenet.com/~jschwart (at 40th Street Field, between Walnut and Locust at 40th) Moonlight Movie Series at Penn Campus: Blind Alley (1939, U.S., 61 min.) A gangster breaks out of prison and into the home of a psychologist, holding him and his family hostage. The psychologist uses hypnosis on the criminal to analyze his disorder (the under-hypnosis sequences are flashbacks filmed using negative photography). Thu., June 27, 9 p.m. (rain date Sun., June 30, 9 p.m.) | ||||||||||||||||||
