Repertory Film

Your weekly guide to local film events, festivals and under-the-radar screenings.

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AMBLER THEATER 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, 215-345-7855, amblertheater.org. Shakespeare Film Forum Renew Theaters programming coordinator Alice Bullitt chats and shows clips from film adaptations of the Bard's plays. Thu., April 17, 7 p.m., $4.50-$8.50. Much Ado About Nothing (1993, U.K./U.S., 111 min.) Kenneth Branagh enlists the likes of Denzel Washington and Keanu Reeves for this Shakespeare romp. Thu., April 24, 7 p.m., $4.50-$8.50.

THE BALCONY Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE, thetroc.com. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007, U.S., 96 min.) Jake Kasdan and Judd Apatow's amoral skewering of self-important music biopics. Mon., April 21, 7:30 p.m., $3 goes toward drink or snack.

THE BRIDGE 40th and Walnut streets, 215-386-3300, thebridgecinema.com. Bob the Builder: On-Site: Roads and Bridges (2008, U.S., 60 min.) Little animated man and his crew put on hard hats and show you what goes on at a construction site, while singing the song "How Do You Do It." Sat.-Sun., April 19-20, 10 a.m., $3.50.

BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, 610-527-9898, brynmawrfilm.org. Richard III (1995, U.K./U.S., 104 min.) Richard Loncraine's version moves Shakespeare's play to 1930s England, with Ian McKellen as the murderous Richard. Wed., April 23, 7 p.m., $4.50-$9.25.

COLONIAL THEATRE 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville, 610-917-0223, thecolonialtheatre.com. The Princess Bride (1987, U.S., 98 min.) "No more rhyming, I mean it!" "Anybody want a peanut?" Sat., April 19, 2 p.m., $4. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988, U.K., 126 min.) Tagline of the week: "Remarkable. Unbelievable. Impossible. And true." Sun., April 20, 2 p.m., $4-$7.

COUNTY THEATER 20 E. State St., Doylestown, 215-345-6789, countytheater.org. Richard III (1995, U.K./U.S., 104 min.) Mon., April 21, 7 p.m., $4.50-$8.50.

FRANKLIN INSTITUTE 222 N. 20th St., 215-448-1200, fi.edu. Gattaca (1997, U.S., 106 min.) In a future society, Ethan Hawke has a congenital heart condition but pretends to be an athlete in order to become a space traveler. Fri., April 18, 7 p.m., free with admission. Godzilla (1998, U.S./Japan, 139 min.) Independence Day's Roland Emmerich redoes the classic lizard-monster movie. Sat., April 19, 7 p.m., free with admission.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3701 Chestnut St., 215-895-6555, ihousephilly.org. An Evening with Jeff Krulik The director of 1986's Heavy Metal Parking Lot, a cult-fave documentary on scary-looking fans hanging out in the parking lot before a Judas Priest concert, will be in attendance with footage in hand. Thu., April 17, 7 p.m., $5-$7. Knightriders (1981, U.S., 145 min.) Romero's post-Dawn of the Dead tale of non-zombie bikers who crash Renaissance Faires and joust on motorcycles. Shown with 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982, Italy, 89 min.) Italian director Enzo Castellari's vision of post-apocalyptic America involves lots of spandex and bikers gone wild. Sat., April 19, 9 p.m., $10. Handmade Puppet Dreams Short films starring all kinds of puppets. Sun., April 20, 2 (family edition) and 7 p.m. (mature edition, followed by a performance by Philly band Maple Rabbit), $5-$7. Moving Pictures: From Frame to Screen Films that use still photography in some way. Wed.-Sat., April 23-26, $5-$7 for each screening.

KHMER ART GALLERY 319 N. 11th St., 215-922-5600, khmerartgallery.com. The Golden Voice (2006, U.S., 25 min.) Greg Cahill's short film about Cambodian pop singer Ros Sereysothea, who died at the hands of the Khmer Rouge in 1977. Shown at Khmer Art Gallery's Cambodian New Year celebration. Fri., April 18, 6-8 p.m., free.

THE LITTLE THEATER 7141 Germantown Ave., 215-247-3020, mtairyvideolibrary.com. Juno (2007, U.S., 96 min.) Awkward cutie Michael Cera and precocious Ellen Page have sex one day when bored and birth a clever movie about teen pregnancy. Fri.-Sat., April 18-19, 8 p.m.; Sun., April 20, 7 p.m., $5.

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NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER 525 Arch St., Independence Mall, 215-409-6600, constitutioncenter.org. 18 in '08 (2008, U.S., 30 min.) David Burstein, a 19-year-old Haverford College student, traveled the country interviewing politicians, activists, members of the media and more, for this documentary about young people's involvement in the election process. Followed by discussion with Burstein. Sat., April 19, 6 and 7 p.m., free. Traces of the Trade (2008, U.S., 86 min.) Philly native Katrina Browne and eight other descendants of the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history retrace the Triangle Trade — from Rhode Island to Ghana to Cuba. Followed by discussion with Browne and her cousin Thomas DeWolf, author of companion piece Inheriting the Trade. Shown as part of the Philadelphia Film Festival. Thu., April 24, 8:30 p.m., $6-$15.

THE SECRET CINEMA Moore College of Art & Design, 20th and Race streets, 215-965-4099, thesecretcinema.com. Weird Cartoons The Secret Cinema's first all-cartoon program in almost five years features not-so-kid-friendly animations about menstruation, Kleenex, Nazis and more. Fri., April 18, 8 p.m., $7.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN CHERRY HILL 401 N. Kings Highway, Cherry Hill, N.J., 856-873-3260, uucinch.org. Kilowatt Ours (2004, U.S., 64 min.) Jeff Barrie's how-to doc on energy conservation. Fri., April 18, 6 p.m. potluck, 7 p.m. screening, free.

WOODEN SHOE BOOKS 508 S. Fifth St., 215-413-0999, woodenshoebooks.org. Kamp Katrina (2007, U.S., 74 min.) A doc on a New Orleans couple who, following Katrina, turned their backyard garden into a tent city. Sat., April 19, 7:30 p.m., free.