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What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains - A documentary by director Jonathan Demme following Jimmy Carter on his recent book tour for his controversial book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. A great director and an interesting subject should make for a good film. Trailer Showing at: Ritz at the Bourse Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten - Another documentary opening at the Ritz at the Bourse this weekend...

Films: The Bothersome Man, The Kovak Box

There are certain things that I'm willing to accept from books that I struggle with on the stage. That's why for me, stage adaptations don't always work. (Okay, so I love in high school—you knew they were all speaking Greek, even if you weren't reading Greek.)

This week’s quote comes from Isaac Bashevis Singer, who wrote the short story that the Wilma’s upcoming is adapted from. The complete quote is: “A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is how life is - full of surprises.” Now, on with the listings!

You're probably about ready for us to stop talking about the Philadelphia Film Festival now, and indeed that trolley has pretty much pulled out of town, but we thought we'd throw in just one more post, this time discussing the festival's final statistics and awards. You can find the complete list of award-winners on the festival home page, and detailed audience ballot results here. The stats suggest that the festival was more crowd-pleasing than ever this year, as it had a record-breaking attendance level of 66,300, and 52% of the films received audience ratings of "Very Good" or better.

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Some know him as the bumbling half of Martin and Lewis, others as "that telethon guy," and we hear tell that French consider him a comic genius (); but no matter which of his many incarnations you know Jerry Lewis for, Phillyist is pretty sure you know of him.

We know that a lot of sites link to the previous week’s listings rather than repeat listings. But since we’re not worried about wasting paper, and because we’re only trying to make things easier for you, we’re going to continue to repeat listings over and over and over again till you just can’t take it anymore. And by that point, the run of the show will be over, and you won’t have to.