Also this issue:

Cracking the Code
As The Girl, Charlize Theron enlivens the otherwise rote Italian Job.
-Cindy Fuchs

Ocean Emotion
Pixar’s first grown-up movie still makes you bawl like a baby.
-Sam Adams

Screen Picks
-Sam Adams

New Shorts

Continuing Shorts

Showtimes

May 29-June 4, 2003

repertory film

Send repertory film listings to helen@citypaper.net.

700 CLUB 700 N. Second St., 215-413-3181, http://www.armcinema25.com/JukeboxPeepshow.html Jukebox/Peepshow: The Berlin Stories features a multimedia juxtaposition of musical theater and short films. Featuring Triumph of the Will (1935), Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (1974), The Golem (1920), Different from the Others (1919), Rinse Dream's Cafe Flesh (1982), I Am a Camera (1955) and Se7en (1995). Tue., June 3, 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m., free.

THE BALCONY 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE Death Race 2000 (2002, U.S., 114 min.) David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone star in this action film about the ultimate cross-country race which involves scoring points for hitting pedestrians. Tue., June 3, 8 p.m., free.

BROADWAY THEATRE 4

3 S. Broadway, Pitman, N.J., 856-589-7519, www.exhumedfilms.com

Drive-In Theater Sundays Calibre Nine, an offshoot of Exhumed Films, is screening cult horror films on Sunday nights. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976, U.S., 91 min.) Written and directed by John Carpenter, this action flick involves police and prisoners banding together to defend a Los Angeles police station by attacking psychotic gang members. Sun., June 1, 7:30 p.m., $6.

GERMAN SOCIETY 611 Spring Garden St., 215-627-2332 ext. 10 Aimée & Jaguar (1999, Germany, 125 min.) During the 1943-44 bombing of Berlin, a Jewish woman works for an underground organization while living in Berlin under a false name. With the Gestapo hot on her heels, she falls passionately in love with Lilly, a married mother of four. Fri., May 30, 6:30 p.m.,$12-$15 includes dinner.

MARATHON GRILL 1839 Spruce St., 215-731-0800 Moulin Rouge (2001, U.S., 97 min.) A dazzling, stylistic musical by Baz Luhrmann starring Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman. Wed., June 4, 9 p.m., free.

N3rd 801 N. Third St., 215-413-3666 Flix @ N3rd Local filmmakers screen their short films at this Northern Liberties watering hole. This week N3rd presents An Evening with DUTV: “Toxic Sludge is Good for You” by the Media Education Foundation plus a short from Guerrilla News Network. Thu., May 29, 8 p.m., free; Fancypants Cinema presents an open screening of shorts Tue., June 3, 9 p.m., free.

PRINCE MUSIC THEATER 1412 Chestnut St., 215-972-1000 Scribe Video Center presents The Broad Street Project, a series of oral history documentary films about Broad St. and the changing social fabric centered around the thoroughfare. Thu., May 29, 7 p.m., free.

PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART Van Pelt Auditorium, 26th St. and Benjamin Franklin Parkway,215-763-8100 www.philamuseum.org/events/wednesday/2003-6.shtml Wednesday Nights: The American President (1995, U.S., 114 min.) Written by Aaron Sorkin who also writes The West Wing, this romantic comedy starring Michael Douglas and Annette Bening centers on a widowed president's dating life. Wed., June 4, 7:10 p.m., free with museum admission of $7-$10.

SPIRAL Q PUPPET THEATER 3114 Spring Garden St., Second Floor, 215-222-6979 Hand Made Film Series presents Films with Barbie Dolls.The Journey by Mme. Von Newlands chronicles Lady Long Arms encounter with her fairy godmother who advises her to embark on a journey. Live sounds by Kitty Kitty Rock Star. Also showing is Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987, U.S., 43 min) written and directed by Todd Haynes, who recently directed Far From Heaven. Haynes documents singer Karen Carpenter's battle with anorexia through the use of Barbie dolls. Fri., May 30, 9 p.m. and 11 p.m., free.