It’s the moment that those who are spending summer in the city have been waiting for: Screen on the Green! Even underage interns can come out for the cinematastic fun. Now in its seventh year of converting the National Mall into an outdoor movie theatre, this year’s line-up proves to be just as entertaining as the one from last year.

Monday, July 17: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Plagued by fear and apathy, humans must face a choice to become peaceful and understanding, or be destroyed by their proclivity to choose violence over diplomacy. The Cold War-era flick will have you craning your neck up from the screen to the sky, waiting for the alien Klaatu and his robot to land next to you on the Mall and issue an ultimatum easily applicable today. Michael Rennie stars as the giant Klaatu, who tries to convince everyone from the President to a war widow that the universe will not tolerate humans and their big guns spreading beyond their own war-ridden planet. How will it end? The decision rests with you. (Heather Goss)

Monday, July 24: The Band Wagon (1953)
Though you might sprain something just looking at the film’s original poster, you won’t want to miss the movie considered to be one of the “greatest Hollywood musicals ever made.” Fred Astaire stars as an aging actor who makes a devil’s deal that a remake of Faust will be his great comeback, but a pretentious ballerina comes along to make life difficult for the performer. You’ll be on your feet before you know it, as you dance along to musical numbers like “That’s Entertainment,” that went on to become anthems of film and stage everywhere. (Heather Goss)

Monday, July 31: Bullitt (1968)
Steve McQueen plays a San Francisco detective who goes after the dude who killed a mob informant. Since popular culture these days has gone all Sopranos on us, you’ll want to check this film out for the mob-ness as well as the car chases.