Stating that something will be “beamed via satellite” to select theatres sounds antiquated, but that’s the charm of This American Life which will be taping a stage show tonight, April 22nd, in New York City (natch) and “beaming” it using “technology” to movie theatres where we TAL nerds will sit munching on our German licorice [...]
Over the weekend, AMK called and said, “You’re the only person I know who will go see a movie about a guy who places guitar on the street in Dublin. Will you go tonight?” With nothing better than a night of Law & Order re-runs planned (because it was that or cleaning my apartment), I [...]
Speaking of films, the National Gallery of Art has put together quite a collection of art films including a festival of films dedicated to “little-known, rediscovered, and restored cinema from the world’s most innovative archives,” as well as a “Journey through the Russian Fantastik.” They also have art films such as “Paul Mellon in [...]
You might even say there’s a whole festival of Shakespeare going on in town (and really there is in case you haven’t noticed). And the Library of Congress Pickford Theatre is in on the act, showing some of the best adaptations of Shakespeare on film. This Friday is the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Macbeth with Ian [...]
Another event I didn’t realize it was time for already is Silverdocs. If you’re not familiar, it’s a film festival hosted by the American Film Insitute focusing on documentary films.
Dry material you say? Last year I saw Air Guitar Nation about the International Air Guitar Championship that is held in Finland every year. And the [...]
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Contrary to popular belief, the DC Film Society is not as exclusive as, say, the Sacred Order of the Stonecutters. In fact, the Film Society is now accepting new members – $45 gets you a regular-flavored membership and $70 gets you Gold, which opens the door to exclusive screenings sometimes with the Hollywood types (one [...]
I’ll be out of town, but make reservations now at my favorite small movie theatre for Ladies and Gentleman, the Fabulous Stains at the Library of Congress Pickford Theatre for next Tuesday, May 8 at 7 p.m.
A movie nearly lost to studio mishandling and deemed “too repellent for release” it’s the early 80s story of [...]
I think that title says it all. Thanks to the AFI in Silver Spring, you can get in the Halloween mood by not only watching Frankenstein the original, but also all the bastard children of the film including Bride of, Son of, and Curse of (You-Know-Who). Sweet.
Frankenfest at the AFI Silver Spring, October 13 to [...]
Who’s the black private dick that’s a sex machine to all the chicks? Shaft! Who’s movie is playing over at the Reynolds Center in the National Portrait Gallery tonight at 6:30 p.m.? Shaft! Damn right.
National Portrait Gallery – Reel Portraits:
http://americanart.si.edu/reynolds_center/calendar.cfm