Also this issue:

Lost and Found
A documentary about Terry Gilliam's failure spells success for its creators -- and maybe for Gilliam as well.
-Sam Adams

Cops and Bobbles
Dark Blue drops the ball.
-Cindy Fuchs

Get Your War On
How to lose a Civil War cinephile in 210 minutes.
-Ryan Godfrey

Screen Picks
-Sam Adams

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February 20-26, 2003

repertory film

Send repertory film listings to lori@citypaper.net.

THE BALCONY 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE The Rules of Attraction (2002, U.S., 110 min.) Adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' tale of a sexual triangle at a New England college. Mon., Feb. 24, 8 p.m., free.

CHESTNUT HILL LIBRARY 8711 Germantown Ave., 215-901-3771, www.armcinema25.com/chfg.html Panic in the Streets (1950, U.S., 96 min.) A doctor must track down a killer carrying bubonic plague before the whole city becomes infected. Tue., Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m., free.

COUNTY THEATER 20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789, www.countytheater.com The Lone Ranger (1956, U.S., 86 min.) The Ranger and Tonto must defend an Indian reservation from a silver-mining ranch owner. Sat., Feb. 22, 1:45 p.m., free.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3701 Chestnut St., 215-895-6575 Women Behind the Camera: Philadelphia premieres of new work by women filmmakers. In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2002, U.S./France/Zaire, 103 min.) Documentary about the 1940s experimental filmmaker. Preceded by two Deren short films: At Land (1944, U.S., 15 min.) and Ritual in Transfigured Time (1944, U.S., 15 min.) Fri., Feb. 21, 8 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 22, 1 p.m., $5-$6. La Ciénaga (2001, Argentina, 103 min.) Lucrecia Martel's black comedy-drama about two families spending one hot summer in the hills of Argentina. Sat., Feb. 22, 8 p.m., $5-$6.

N. 3RD 801 N. Third St., 215-413-3666 Flix @ N. 3rd Local filmmakers screen their short films at this Northern Liberties watering hole. Tue., Feb. 25, 8 p.m., free.

PRINCE MUSIC THEATER 1412 Chestnut St., 215-569-9700 Chumley and Carlota Present Mahogany (1975, U.S., 109 min.) Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams star in this story of a young woman determined to get out of poverty and into the world of fashion. Fri., Feb. 21, 8 p.m., $10. Short Film Slam: Bring your short (under 10 min.) film to this first-time festival. Wed., Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m., free. Princess Mononoke (1999, Japan, 133 min.) Animated film in which a young prince must travel across medieval Japan to find a cure for the disease he has been cursed with. Sat., Feb. 22, 3 p.m., $5-$8.50. Carmen Jones (1954, U.S., 105 min.) Otto Preminger's retelling of Bizet's Carmen with an African-American cast, starring Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte. Thu., Feb. 20, 7 p.m. (followed by Karmen Gei at 9:15 p.m.), $5-$8.50; Sun., Feb. 23, 11 a.m., $10 (includes light brunch). Karmen Gei (2001, Senegal, 86 min.) Bizet's Carmen retold in modern-day Senegal with indigenous African music and dancing. Thu., Feb. 20, 9:15 p.m. (double feature with Carmen Jones); Sat., Feb. 22, 6 p.m. Hell House (2001, U.S., 85 min.) A documentary filmmaker obtained full access to a haunted house/theater in Cedar Hill, Texas run by a church organization. Thu., Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m., $5-$8.50. Kurosawa & Mifune Retrospective Ten-film festival featuring the works of director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune. Rashomon (1950, Japan, 88 min.) This film, in which the events of a rape and murder are told from four different points of view, is one of the most influential in history. Sat., Feb. 22, 8 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 23, 7 p.m.; Tue., Feb. 25, 7 p.m., $5-$8.50. Stray Dog (1949, Japan, 122 min.) A detective's search for his weapon and the man who stole it in postwar Tokyo. Sun., Feb. 23, 4 p.m.; Tue., Feb. 25, 9 p.m., $5-$8.50.

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY 800 Lancaster Ave., 610-519-4750, www.culturalfilms.villanova.edu Salvador (1986, U.S., 123 min.) An American journalist (James Woods) goes to El Salvador to document the 1980 dictatorship and the events surrounding it, including the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. Sat., Feb. 22, 7 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 23, 3:30 and 7 p.m.; Mon., Feb. 24, 7 p.m., $3-$4. (Monday night guest speaker: Susan Mackey-Kallis on "Salvador: Salvaging Vintage Oliver Stone").