What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. Academy Award Nominated Animated Shorts Academy Award Nominated Live-Action Shorts Wow, this is totally cool: the Ritz at the Bourse is actually screening all the animated and live-action short films that have been nominated for Oscars this year. These films are usually quite difficult to see, so this is a really neat opportunity. Showing at: Ritz at the Bourse George Romero's Diary of the Dead It's......

What's new and/or interesting at Philly theaters this weekend. Philadelphia Film Festival - To those of us deep inside it, it feels like it's been going on for a long time now, but it's still here, and you've still got a chance to catch a lot of really cool movies this weekend. Click through for the schedule and detailed info on movies, times, and venues. After the Wedding - A Danish man running an orphanage......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Movies in the Park: Free screening of Way Out West in Clark Park (43rd Street & Baltimore Avenue) 9PM. The Free & Concious Concert: The Cutbacks, Stiff Middle Finger, Son of Nun, Brain Drain & Cypher:Dissident are playing The Rotunda (4014 Walnut Street) at 6PM. Presented for free by Philly Red and Anarchist Action Network (RAAN) . Animation at The Franklin Institute: As part of their ongoing......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: An Evening with Garrett Brown: Philadelphia native and 3-time Academy Award winner, Garrett Brown, invented the Steadicam. He'll be speaking at The Bryn Mawr Film Institute (824 W. Lancaster Avenue) prior to a screening of Rocky - the first film to implement this technology. The talk begins at 7PM, and tickets are $8.75. Music at The Church: Tapes N Tapes, Figurines and The Cold War Kids are at......