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Moving Pictures
Storytelling times three in Rebecca Miller's restless trilogy.
-Cindy Fuchs

Miller's Crossing
Rebecca Miller on film, writing and doing both at once.
-Sam Adams

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-Sam Adams

December 5-11, 2002

repertory film

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THE BALCONY 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE Memento (2000, U.S., 113 min.) In this clever thriller, a man with short-term memory loss wants to catch his wife's killer, and devises ingenious ways to circumvent his disability. Mon., Dec. 9, 8 p.m., free.

BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Penn Hall, 275 Swamp Rd., Newtown, 215-968-8169 Swept Away By an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August (1974, Italy, 112 min.) See what "inspired" Guy and Madonna (a.k.a. his "bitcha") to cinematic redux with Lina Wertmuller's romance between a spoiled American woman and a young Italian man. Fri., Dec. 6, 7 p.m., free.

COUNTY THEATER 20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789, www.countytheater.com Films That Time Forgot Shorts, cartoons, movie trailers, etc. -- mainly from the first half of the 20th century -- from the collection of film preservationist Lou DiCrescenzo. Mon., Dec. 9, 7 p.m., $4-$7.50.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3701 Chestnut St., 215-387-5125 La Collectionneuse (1967, France, 89 min.) Eric Rohmer's first feature-length movie deals with a woman in St. Tropez who chooses to sleep with a different man each night, to the dismay of two of her male friends. Tue., Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m., $5-$6. The Lady and the Duke (2001, France, 129 min.) Rohmer's love story set during the French Revolution, based on the journals of an aristocratic woman named Grace Elliott. Wed., Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m., $5-$6.

GERSHMAN Y 401 S. Broad St., 215-446-3033 God Is Great, I Am Not (2001, France, 95 min.) Oh, the incomparable, sweet-faced Audrey Tautou. Who can resist her? This time it's a romantic comedy about a depressed young woman on a quest for spiritual enlightenment. The Shidduch (1996, U.S., 5 min.) A Jewish woman's parents set her up on an endless series of dinner dates. Sat., Dec. 7, 8 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 8. 2 p.m.; Mon., Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m., $7-$10.

MARATHON GRILL 1839 Spruce St., 215-731-0800 The Jerk (1979, U.S., 94 min.) Steve Martin as the not-so-swift adopted son of a black family in Mississippi who attempts to make his way in the big city (St. Louis). Wed., Dec. 11, 9 p.m., free.

PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART 26th St. and the Parkway, 215-684-7605 The Spider’s Stratagem (1970, Italy, 100 min.) Bernardo Bertolucci's story of a young man who returns to the town where his father was killed before he was born, and tries to solve the mystery of his death. Sat., Dec. 7, 2 p.m., free after museum admission.

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PRINCE MUSIC THEATER 1412 Chestnut St., 215-569-9700 Peter Rose Retrospective -- Program One: Power Three short films from the media artist: the man who could not see far enough, The Pressures of the Text and an excerpt from The Geosophist’s Tears (total running time: 80 min.) Thu., Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m., $7-$8.50. Chumley & Carlota’s Holiday Special Egg nog, cookies and clips from favorite holiday TV shows and movies. Sat., Dec. 7, 8 p.m., $10. Peter Rose Retrospective -- Program Two: Language Secondary Currents,Sleeping Woman and Babel (total running time: 70 min.) Sun., Dec. 8, 7 p.m., $7-$8.50. Scribe’s Community Visions Premiere The Best Kept Secret (by the Lawnside Historical Society, about a local conductor of the Underground Railroad); Youth Meets Age in the Garden (by the Eco Tech/University City High School, a close-up look at two West Philly gardens); Crossing Thresholds (by Thresholds in Delaware County, about a life-skills program in a correctional facility); Los Trabajadores (by El Comité de Apoya Los Trabajadores Agrícolas, a personal-story-driven documentary about mushroom farm workers in Kennett Square and Reading). Wed., Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m., free.

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE Lang Performing Arts Center, Room 301, 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, 610-328-8158 The Brother (1997, Russia, 96 min.) A young man moves to St. Petersburg to be with his brother, who turns him on to a life of crime. Thu., Dec. 5, 7 p.m., free.