DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Indie: Control Live fast, die young. The two most important rules to follow for rock 'n' roll immortality. We suppose having great music probably helps, too. Ian Curtis followed those rules, and enjoys a massive cult following nearly three decades after his death. Maybe "enjoys" is the wrong word. As the years have passed and Joy... more ›

FRIDAY: The Mozart Year is almost halfway over — the man's birthday was January 27 — but classical concert programming continues to celebrate it. Opera Lafayette gets in the game tonight and tomorrow (June 2 and 3, 7:30 p.m.) with a concert performance of Mozart's first important opera, Idomeneo, at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park. The vocal cast promises to be excellent, including an up-and-coming young singer named Millicent Scarlett, who... more ›

The D.C. Political Comedy Festival, jointly sponsored by the American Film Institute and American University's School of Communications kicks off tonight with a sneak preview of John Sayles's new film Silver City (IMDB) to be followed with a discussion with the director. Both the AFI and American U. have posted schedules of events for the festival, which also includes screenings of Primary Colors (Fri.), Election (Sat.), Wag the Dog (Sun.). more ›

The 2004 D.C. Labor Film Festival starts tomorrow and ends Monday. The festival is sponsored by the DC Metro Council AFL-CIO, Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute, and the American Film Institute, and all films are shown at the AFI's Silver Theater in Silver Spring. The concluding film will be shown in the District at the D.C. Jewish Community Center at 1529 16th St. NW. All of the films are $8.50, the final film $9. more ›