Repertory Film

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Published: May 23, 2007

Send repertory film listings to tami.fertig@citypaper.net.

AMBLER THEATER 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, 215-345-7855, www.amblertheater.org. The Best of the Diamond Screen Film Festival 2007 This year's best docs, animated films, experimental videos and more from Temple's film students. Thu., May 24, 7 p.m., $6-$8.

BALA THEATER 157 Bala Ave., Bala Cynwyd, 610-688-4695. Annie Hall (1977, U.S., 93 min.) Woody Allen's oh-so-bittersweet comedy charts the rise and fall of a romance between a paranoid comedian (Allen) and his lovable but spacey gal (Diane Keaton). Thu., May 24, 7:15 p.m.; Sun., May 27, 11:30 a.m., $6-$8.75. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961, U.S., 115 min.) Audrey Hepburn's charming 'n' peppy Holly Golightly makes her neighbor friend (George Peppard) swoon. Wed.-Thu., May 30-31, 7:15 p.m., $6-$8.75.

THE CAFE 2011 Walnut St., 215-568-5603, www.thecafe2011.com. Adventures in Babysitting (1987, U.S., 102 min.) A cute suburban teenager (Elisabeth Shue) spends the night baby-sitting  while dodging bullets in the big city! Sun., May 27, 7:30 p.m., a la carte dinner.

COLONIAL THEATRE 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville, 610-917-0223, www.thecolonialtheatre.org. The Wizard of Oz (1939, U.S., 101 min.) Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) hits the Yellow Brick Road outta Kansas with a scarecrow, wimpy lion, tin man and cutie-pie dog Toto. This will be the last installment of the Colonial Theatre's summer children's film series. Sat., May 26, 2 p.m., $4. The Company of Wolves (1984, U.K./U.S., 95 min.) Before The Crying Game, Neil Jordan made this creepy movie about a granny (Angela Lansbury) who tells her granddaughter all sorts of weird, slightly sexual tales involving werewolves and wolfgirls and hairy demons. Sun., May 27, 2 p.m., $4-$7.

FIREHOUSE BIKES 50th Street and Baltimore Avenue, 215-727-9692, www.firehousebicycles.com. Bike Shorts! This benefit for the Defenestrator Prison Mailing features film clips of famous bicycle scenes, crashes and stunts, plus a screening of Still We Ride (2005, U.S., 37 min.) This doc looks at the NYC bicycling community and its clashes with the NYPD during the 2004 Republican National Convention. Thu., May 31, 7:30 p.m., donations requested.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3701 Chestnut St., 215-387-5125, www.ihousephilly.org. El Topo (1970, Mexico, 125 min.) Tagline of the week: See the naked young Franciscans whipped with a cactus. See the bandit leader disemboweled. See the priest ride into the sunset with a midget and her newborn baby. What it all means isn't exactly clear, but you won't forget it. Shown with The Holy Mountain (1973, Mexico, 114 min.) Alejandro Jodorowsky's bewildering follow-up to the provocative El Topo. Live music by La Secta and The Skyeclad Cloud Collective (featuring Espers' Greg Weeks) will be performed between films. Sat., May 26, 7:30 p.m., $10-$12.

N. 3RD 801 N. Third St., 215-413-3666, www.norththird.com. Fancypants Cinema Weekly open screening for shorts  bring your own VHS or DVD. Tue., May 29, 9 p.m., free.

THE SEDGWICK THEATER 7147 Germantown Ave., 215-247-3020, www.filmsatthesedgwick.com. Venus (2006, U.K., 95 min.) Dirty old man (Peter O'Toole) romances young brat (Jodie Whittaker). Fri.-Sat., May 25-26, 8 p.m.; Sun., May 27, 7 p.m., $5. Ground Truth (2006, U.S., 72 min.) The story of the Iraq war, as told by American servicemen and women. Thu., May 31, 7 p.m., $5.

WOODEN SHOE BOOKS 508 S. Fifth St., 215-413-0999, www.woodenshoebooks.com. The Miami Model (2004, U.S., 91 min.) Shot by Indymedia activists, this video documents protests against the Free Trade Area of the Americas and its threats to civil liberties. Sat., May 26, 7:30 p.m., free.

 

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