Make sure you grab your popcorn money and that ugly purse you only carry because it’s big enough to sneak in a couple of Diet Cokes and a bag of licorice, because the film festivals keep rolling into town.

The AFI Silver Theater keeps the momentum going from last weekend’s festival with the 17th Annual Washington Latin American Film Festival. Showings start tonight with the Spanish film Princesas (Princesses), featuring prostitutes with hearts of gold, at 7 p.m., and the Brazilian flick O Veneno da Madrugada (In Evil Hour) at 9:20 p.m., that sounds a bit like every popular HBO series rolled into one, with assassination plots, endless rains, and, of course, a roaming circus. The festival runs through October 8, so you have plenty of chances to check out at least one of the thirty films playing. Be sure to bring your reading glasses, because they’re all subtitled.

We’ll bring you more information on the Asian Pacific American Film Festival before it begins next Thursday, but they’ve got events for those who can’t wait. Stop by the Eyebar tomorrow night at 7 p.m. for their 2006 Festival Kickoff Party. We’re not sure what the cover is (free for APA Members), but There’s no cover and there will be beer specials and voting for your favorite trailers, which you can take a peak at here.

The City Paper tipped us off to an ongoing feature at the Freer Gallery. The Poet of the Night: A Lee Man-hee Retrospective Film Festival features four of the famous Korean director’s provocative and gritty films. The last two screenings are Friday at 7 p.m., with The Devil’s Stairway, described as a Hitchcock-worthy film, and Sunday at 2 p.m., with Road to Sampo, about a story-spinning traveler. You’ll need those reading glasses again for the subtitles, but at least this time the films are free.

And don’t forget, the DC Shorts Festival continues until tomorrow night. So put down the Netflix envelopes and go experience movies on the Big Screen, the way there were meant to be seen.