DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Amarcord Federico Fellini’s last real masterpiece was also his most deeply personal, and in some ways most deeply conflicted film. There is a sweet nostalgia in the memories of his youth, presented here in this year-in-the-life portrait of a seaside Italian town much like Rimini, where the director grew up. But that upbringing was also in…

( Editor’s Note: This preview of the SILVERDOCS film festival comes to us from Sommer Mathis, who has joined our staff to write about arts.) Just when you were certain that downtown Silver Spring will never be as hip as it wishes it was, SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival returns for its 3rd year to challenge your deeply held beliefs. This year’s opening night gala alone is enough to make any film geek perspire with…

Good news D.C. Unlike last weekend, we’ll only have to suffer through this rain today; Saturday will be dry and Sunday will be beautiful. Awesome. FRIDAY: >> We hear some big movie opened this week, with “lazer swords” and some dude wearing a black hat. What was it called again? Eh, who cares — especially when you can watch “Napoleon Dynamite” again on the big screen. The Landmark E St.’s Midnight Movies bring pretty much…