Ian Buckwalter

Angel Torres and Sara Barker in Washington Shakespeare's production of Lulu. Photo by C. Stanley Photography. Lulu is bad news. Don't believe me? Just take a glance at the couch that resides immediately in front of front row, center, in Washington Shakespeare Company's production of this Nicholas Wright-penned mashed-up... continue reading on DCist

DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. The Room There are a lot of bad movies out there. Most fade into obscurity, as what makes them so awful is that they're simply forgettable wastes of time. Yet every... continue reading on DCist

Baby did a bad, bad thing: Lieutenant McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) during a reflective moment in the midst of his usual drinking, leching, and lying. It's difficult to enter into Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans expecting a comedy. That's despite a title more ridiculous and unwieldy than even... continue reading on DCist

DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno Lost in La Mancha proved that documentaries about aborted films could be compelling films in their own right. Failure is magnified when there are millions of dollars —... continue reading on DCist

The Messenger starts with loss, as Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) has one last bittersweet meeting with his girlfriend, who met another man while he was off to war. It's a gentle way of ushering the audience into a movie that is all about loss on a larger... continue reading on DCist