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Reversal of Fortune
The Rules of Attraction tells tales of collegiate debauchery -- backwards.
-Cindy Fuchs

Bloody Sunday
-Sam Adams

Don Mullan
-Frank Lewis

Screen Picks
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October 10-16, 2002

repertory film

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THE BALCONY 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE Run Lola Run (1999, Germany, 81 min.) A young woman runs and runs to save her boyfriend from certain death at the hands of men whose money he lost -- three different outcomes set to fabulous techno music. Mon., Oct. 14, 8 p.m., free.

CHESTNUT HILL FILM GROUP AT THE CHESTNUT HILL LIBRARY 8711 Germantown Ave., 215-901-3771, www.armcinema25.com/chfg.html Shoot the Piano Player (1960, France, 85 min.) Franois Truffaut film in which a once-famous piano player gets caught up with gangsters in the bar where he now plays. Adapted from a novel by Philadelphian David Goodis. Tue., Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m., free.

COUNTY THEATER 20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789, www.countytheater.com La Strada (1954, Italy, 108 min.) Federico Fellini's story of a young woman sold to a circus wrestler and their travels on the road. Starring Anthony Quinn. Thu., Oct. 10, 9:15 p.m., $4-$7.50. Cries and Whispers (1972, Sweden, 106 min.) Two sisters and a servant watch over their dying sister in an old mansion in the late 1800s, and recall their lives together through flashbacks. Fri., Oct. 11, 4:15 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 13, 4:15 p.m., $4-7.50. Juliet of the Spirits (1965, Italy/France/West Germany, 148 min.) Fellini's surrealistic story of a woman who fears her husband is cheating on her. Thu., Oct 10, 4:15 p.m.; Mon., Oct 14, 7 p.m. (with introduction by Warren Day); Wed., Oct 16, 4:15 and 9:15 p.m., $4-$7.50.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3601 Chestnut St., 215-895-6542 Death of a Bureaucrat (1966, Cuba, 85 min.) Equal parts slapstick farce and satirical attack, this film follows a young man in his attempts to dig up his uncle's grave and re-bury him, which gets him in bureaucratic hot water. Part of El Festival Cubano. Thu., Oct. 10, 7 p.m, free. Preceded by panel discussion on Cuban cinema. Venus Beauty Institute (1999, France, 105 min.) Employees of an upscale, high-style beauty parlor in Paris look for, avoid and fall in love. Starring Audrey Tautou of Amélie fame. Wed., Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m, $5-6.

PRINCE MUSIC THEATER 1412 Chestnut St., 215-569-9700 Satin Rouge (2002, France/Tunisia, 100 min.) A widowed seamstress turns to belly dancing and starts to love her second life, which she hides from her family. Thu., Oct. 10, 7:30 p.m.; Fri., Oct. 11, 7:30 and 9:15 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 12, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m., $5-$8.50

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MARATHON GRILL 1839 Spruce St., 215-731-0800. The Usual Suspects (1995, U.S., 106 min.) Dark, plot-twist-a-minute thriller about five crooks rounded up for questioning in a waterfront explosion, and the suspicion and revenge it inspires in them. Oscars for screenplay and supporting actor (Kevin Spacey). Wed., Oct. 16, 9 p.m., free.

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA David Rittenhouse Labs, Room A-5, 209 S. 33rd St., 215-735-3785 Issues in Black Independent Cinema: The Documentary A six-week, Tuesday night series from Scribe Video Center and the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Filmmaker Camille Billops screens A String of Pearls (2002), the third in her family trilogy (Suzanne Suzanne, Finding Christa). This film concerns the men in her Los Angeles family, and racism and violence in the black male community. Tue., Oct. 15, 7 p.m., free (advance registration required).