Chance the Rapper in “Slice,” Nicolas Cage in “Mandy,” Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero in “Best F(r)iends,” and more are on the docket.
We guarantee you’ll jump in your seat.
The AFI’s showcase is now in its 28th year.
Your chance to get a head start on next year’s art house favorites, or see a movie that may not get a commercial run.
From harrowing documentaries to inventive feature films, this festival will show you something you haven’t seen before.
The 13th annual Sonic Circuits Experimental Music Fest is back, lasting nearly a week instead of three days this year.
FRIDAY >> The legendary Patti Smith is at the 9:30 Club tonight, and tickets are incredibly still available for $25. Doors at 9, show at 10 p.m. >> The idea of attending a lighting display, particularly after Christmas, might sound a bit cheesy. But the Garden of Lights in Wheaton might just change your mind. The designer tours the county gardens each year for inspiration for his display; this year, it invokes the four seasons….
>> The Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance isn’t anywhere nearly as embarrassing as Riverdance and its ilk — think real jigs without the terrible music and costumes. Accompanied tonight on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage by traditional Irish musicians Billy McCominskey, Zan McLeon and Jim Eagan. Free, 6 p.m. >> Three Stars alums The Beanstalk Library are playing the Black Cat’s backstage, with John Wayne Hero. 9 p.m., $8. >> It’s a little…
>> The Muppet Christmas Carol isn’t nearly as awesome as A Muppet Family Christmas, but for those of you looking for a little fluffy holiday cheer this evening, the AFI Silver Theater is offering a screening of the musical adaptation of the Dickens classic at 5:10 p.m. >> Hop in the way back machine and set the dial to 1992: The Lemonheads are at the Black Cat tonight. With Racoon and The New Rivals….
DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Repertory: The Third Man The AFI continues to please with yet another showing of an absolute must-see classic. Last week it was The 400 Blows, and this week it’s three showings of Carol Reed’s gripping British noir, The Third Man. Based on a story and a screenplay by Graham Greene, the movie is a study in…
