The 12-day Filmfest DC, now in its 37th year, will showcase independent works from 30 different countries.
The vaccine mandate went into effect Saturday and requires people to show proof of vaccination to enter some establishments.
West End Cinema’s closing doesn’t mean D.C.’s film scene is in trouble. It’s actually better than it’s ever been.
May 12, 2010
Who’s Afraid of a Human Centipede?
Still from “The Human Centipede” courtesy IFC Films. Standing in line for the D.C. premiere of The Human Centipede, I was compelled to get to know a bit about my fellow moviegoers. It’s got to be a special breed that comes out at midnight to see what can be described in short as this: Three tourists are sewn together via the gastric system and made to crawl around as a reconstructed Siamese triplet by…
Nov 29, 2007
Donate Your Car, Become a Zipcar Member for Life
Last April I sold my elderly car for a few hundred dollars. I was tired of the expense of repairs, gas and insurance, no longer needed a vehicle for work, and the wide availability of car-sharing services in the D.C. metro area made the switch to no longer owning my own car seem easy and obvious. I hadn’t regretted my decision for a minute — until I got the following press release in my inbox…
Nov 08, 2007
Popcorn & Candy: Men of Constant Sorrow
DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Major Release: No Country for Old Men We’ll be covering the latest release from the Coen Brothers in more depth tomorrow, but in the time being, we’ll tell you this: not only have the filmmakers recovered from the mediocre doldrums of their last couple of outings, but they have returned with a bloody vengeance with a…
Nov 01, 2007
Popcorn & Candy: Love Will Tear Us Apart
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…
Oct 04, 2007
Popcorn & Candy: Brotherly Love
DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Indie: The Darjeeling Limited By now, five features into his career, it’s likely you already have a strong opinion on Wes Anderson. Despite his tendency to borrow liberally from his own film and literary heroes, from Kubrick to Fitzgerald to the entire French New Wave, a Wes Anderson film feels like a Wes Anderson film from…
Sep 27, 2007
Popcorn & Candy: Across the Wilderness
DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Indie: Into the Wild Annandale native Chris McCandless had just graduated from Emory University in 1990 when he donated his substantial life’s savings to charity and set out on the road under the name of “Alexander Supertramp.” His highly publicized disappearance ended two years later when his body was found in the Alaskan wilderness, and the…