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Over the weekend, I visited the King Tut exhibition at the Franklin Institute for the second time. (The first time also yielded a column.) The exhibit closes in a few days, so it's more crowded than it was when I went in March. That's to be expected.

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend.

Films: The King of Kong

The Philadelphia Film Festival has announced its Festival Favorites, and you can find a list of them on the festival website. They're all screening tomorrow evening in only two timeslots, which seems like a terrible idea to us, as that means you'll only be able to see two of them, at most (unless you've got Hermione's magical time turner on you). This Phillyist, for instance, would like to see Dog Bite Dog, but it's at the same time as The King of Kong, a film we definitely don't want to miss, so we're screwed. But hey, that's the festival for you! Always well organized! But we kid the festival. Anyway, some of these can't really be considered "favorites," as they were already scheduled for these timeslots, either because they were added late and didn't fit anywhere else, or just... because. But anyway, there they are. We're pleased to see that one of our favorites, Severance, made it to the list. Editor Jill is probably happy to see The Kovak Box here, although this Phillyist is not (blech!). We're really, really disappointed that Dead Daughters made it, as that's probably the worst movie we saw at the festival this year.

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This week's quote is by Edward Bond and relates to theatre at its very core: “First there was the theatre of people and animals, then of people and the devil. Now we need the theatre of people and people.” Now, on with the listings!

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend.

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.

Once upon a time, Phillyist followed the North Star to find Champions, Robbers, and The King. Ok - so it's not really fairy tale (with band names like that though, we couldn't resist), but if you stayed home last night brushing your Rapunzel-like hair instead of among the audience at at the North Star for the Robbers on High Street, you should be sorry, because you missed one heck of a show.

(and / or MTV) after Philadelphia was freed from our own season of whinging twenty-somethings, you'll have a chance to check out The King of France tonight at The North Star, along with Robbers on High Street.