FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH   FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH Saturday, May 22 - Noon; Monday, May 24 - 7 PM; Thursday, May 27 - 9PM. 1982 Dir. Amy Heckerling. Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston, Forest Whitaker, Eric Stoltz, Nicolas Cage. 90 m. "Jeff Spicoli in 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' (1982), this week's entry in the Charles' revival series, is the doggerel poet laureate of stoned surfers. He's the high point of a movie that I think plays better now as a period piece than it did as a freshly minted comedy. (It screens Saturday at noon, Monday at 7 p.m. and Thursday at 9 p.m.) Spicoli's dumb genius should be credited partly to screenwriter Cameron Crowe and partly to Sean Penn, who displays an uproarious orginality and confidence in just his second big-screen role. Crowe provided the odd rhythms to the dialogue, but it took Penn's out-of-this-world (or in-his-own-world) delivery to put it over. Spicoli orders a pizza that's delivered to him during history class. The teacher asks 'Just what the hell do you think you're doing?' It's Penn's on-target delivery that detonates the line, 'Learning about Cuba, and having some food.'" (Michael Sragow) CHARLES THEATRE 1711 N. CHARLES STREET (410) 727-FILM