This afternoon, the D.C. Council convened a hearing about emergency preparedness. That got us to wondering -- what are the specific situations that would spark the kind of response which the city is trying to better prepare itself for? more ›

Dawn of the Dead / Suspiria Double Feature

After an intro week that featured but one title (the original Swedish version of Let the Right One In), the AFI's Halloween on Screen series gets underway in earnest tonight with a screening of a masscre-flick spoof, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, that also serves as the kickoff event of the separate Spooky Movie Film Festival (which, if you have easy access to Fairfax's Cinema Arts Theatre, where the rest of that festival takes place, has plenty of worthwhile scary programming of its own). The rest of the AFI's Halloween schedule includes the annual Nosferatu screening and Shaun of the Dead -- but Saturday night's program is the real standout, when the theater presents a horror double feature, matching up two rarely screened and undisputed classics. more ›

Zombie "invasions" are nothing new for D.C. As such, it was probably only a matter of time until the living-impaired began a very, very slow assimilation into the modern day world. Last year, they were more ›

The zombie apocalypse is upon us. In fact, it has been for over 40 years now, thanks in large part to the efforts of George Romero, godfather of the modern zombie movie. As a presence on the big screen, Romero didn't invent the zombie — those lurching, animated corpses with a hunger for human flesh (or braaaaiiinnnns) — but he did perfect their use as the vehicle for a seemingly endless stream of metaphors about humanity's fears and failings, starting with the seminal Night of the Living Dead in 1968. more ›

DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. more ›

DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. more ›

Oh, zombies. We do love you so, despite the fact that you exist only to tear us limb from limb. Maybe it's because, despite the whole "being dead" thing, you're very much like the rest of us: whether that's riding the Metro, sharing scraps with canine friends, or being oddly curious about the Real World castmembers (and their brains). Flickr contributor spiggycat was on hand for the latest edition of the zombie uprising which occasionally takes over D.C., photographing these blood-stained flesh-eaters who obviously need to a refresher course on how to use Next Bus. It goes without saying that we recommend taking a look at the whole set, perhaps while enjoying a cool beer and preparing your trusty shotgun for the undead apocalypse to come. more ›

There's just something immensely satisfying about watching hot women kick some zombie ass. more ›

DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. more ›

DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. more ›