This is an exploration of the teen movie form that has the potential to truly exorcise a lot of demons from a formative time in everyone’s life.

DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino has been talking about making a World War II movie for a good ten years now. If you know anything about the director, you know that amounts to a lot of talking. And I hope, for his sake, that it’s good; after multiple scripts, claims that it’s some of the best writing…

What sad, stunning news that beloved film director and writer John Hughes has died, at the age of 59, of an apparent heart attack. For people of a certain age, people who make up nearly the entire staff of DCist, his movies mean an awful lot in terms of cultural touchstones. If you’re feeling as nostalgic as we are, there are actually several screenings of John Hughes films already planned in town in the…

Remember all those times we’ve off-handedly mentioned that this winter would be slow for concerts? Well, the time is here. And comparisons to molasses or sloths or other slow moving things aren’t far off. We all need some down time though, right? Those three concert weeks were starting to wear me down, and I want to be all fresh and shiny for the new year. There are a few things afoot, however, so take note…