Repertory Film

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Repertory Film

Andrew Wimer with a list of one-off screenings in the Philly area.

Jim Henson´s <i>The Dark Crystal</i> plays at Bryn Mawr Film Institute on Fri., June 15 at 11:30 p.m.
Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal plays at Bryn Mawr Film Institute on Fri., June 15 at 11:30 p.m.

AMBLER THEATER
108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, 215-345-7855, amblertheater.com
. Spellbound (1945, U.S., 111 min.): Featuring a Dalí-inspired dream sequence, this Hitchcockian thriller follows a psychoanalyst who falls for a potentially murderous patient with amnesia. Thu., June 14, 7 p.m., $9.75. Comedy Shorts from the Lou DiCrescenzo Collection: DiCrescenzo presents shorts from the Golden Age of Hollywood slapstick, featuring Looney Tunes animations, The Three Stooges and more. Mon., June 18, 7 p.m., $9.75.

ANDREW’S VIDEO VAULT
The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., armcinema25.com
. The Red House (1947, U.S., 100 min.): An orphan and her friend explore a red house they are warned to avoid, and Brother Orchid (1940, U.S., 88 min.): Hunted down by old “friends,” a mobster goes into hiding as a monk. Thu., June 14, 8 p.m., free.

THE AWESOME FEST
Race Street Pier, theawesomefest.com
. The Sheik and I (2012, U.S., 106 min.): Hired by members of the Middle Eastern Biennial to make a film about art as a subversive act, a filmmaker makes fun of the film’s financing sheik and gets in trouble. Sat., June 16, 8 p.m., free.

THE BALCONY
1003 Arch St., 215-922-6888, thetroc.com
. The Princess Bride (1987, U.S., 100 min.): A grandfather recites a fairy-tale love story about a young woman and a babe of a pirate. Mon., June 18, 8 p.m., $3.

BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE
824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, 610-527-9898, brynmawrfilm.org
. The Dark Crystal (1982, U.S., 93 min.): Jen, the last Gelfling, must defeat the evil bird people to restore peace to a Jim Henson fantasy world. Fri., June 15, 11:30 p.m., $7. The Lady from Shanghai (1947, U.S., 87 min.): In this film-noir mystery, a man’s attempts to fake his own death backfire. Tue., June 19, 7 p.m., $10. The Band Wagon (1953, U.S., 102 min.): Fred Astaire plays a faded musical star making his return to the Broadway stage in a show with a fussy actress. Wed., June 20, 7 p.m., $10.

CINEMA 16:9
35 N. Lansdowne Ave., Lansdowne, 484-461-7676, cinema169.com
. In the Year 2889 (1967, U.S., 80 min.): Mutant telepathic cannibals prey upon survivors of an apocalyptic nuclear war. Tue., June 19, 7:30 p.m., $5.

COLONIAL THEATRE
227 Bridge St., Phoenixville, 610-917-1228, thecolonialtheatre.com
. MTS3K: The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961/1995, U.S., 92 min.): Mike and co. riff on a film about a mutated Russian scientist becoming a woman-strangling monster. Fri., June 15, 9:45 p.m., $8. Charade (1963, U.S., 113 min.): When a woman tries to divorce her husband, he turns up dead. Sun., June 17, 2 p.m., $7. Dragonslayer (2011, U.S., 74 min.): A skater falls in love in a California economically crippled by home foreclosures. Sun., June 17, 4:30 p.m., $8.

COUNTY THEATER
20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789, countytheater.org
. Goldfinger (1964, U.S./U.K., 110 min.): James Bond squares off against an obese Austrian terrorist and his top-hat-tossing henchman as they try to rob Fort Knox. Tue., June 19, 7 p.m., $9.75.

GERSHMAN Y
401 S. Broad St., 215-545-4400, gershmany.org
. Matinee (1993, U.S., 99 min.): A B-movie producer tries to promote his new campy film in Key West during the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Wed., June 20, 7:30 p.m., $10.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE
3701 Chestnut St., 215-387-5125, ihousephilly.org
. Yellow Submarine (1968, U.K., 89 min.): The psychedelic underwater world of Pepperland is defended from the Blue Meanies by Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Fri., June 15, 7 p.m., Sat., June 16, 11 a.m., $9. Knife in the Water (1962, Poland, 94 min.): A couple’s sailing trip goes awry when they invite along a mysterious hitchhiker. Sat., June 16, 7 p.m., $9.

MAUSOLEUM HORROR CONVENTION
PhilaMOCA, 532 N. 12th St., 267-519-9651, philamoca.org
. Manborg (2011, Canada, 60 min.): A half-man, half-cyborg soldier is resurrected to fight Nazi vampires and demons, and Comforting Skin (2011, Canada, 109 min.): A sensitive woman’s tattoo tries to boink her silly. Sat., June 16, 10 p.m., $7-$12.

WOODEN SHOE BOOKS
508 S. Fifth St., 215-413-0999, woodenshoebooks.com
. Telling Tales (1978, U.K., 90 min.): A soap-opera-inspired story of an industrialist trying to sell his factory while dealing with a strike and the disintegration of his marriage. Sun., June 17, 9 p.m., free.

(andrew.wimer@citypaper.net) (@androokangaroo)

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