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Nov 23, 2016

Working Class Drama ‘Manchester By The Sea’ Leads Your Long Movie Weekend

A 35mm print of Ingmar Bergman’s masterpiece ‘Persona’ is your must-see repertory pick.

Sep 01, 2016

Five Movies To See This Week, Including A Chameleonic Rachel Weisz In ‘Complete Unknown’

Alice (Weisz) isn’t who she says she is in the latest film from director Joshua Marston, plus John Krasinski’s latest, the four hour director’s cut of Until the End of the World, and other films of interest.

Nov 27, 2015

Popcorn & Candy: Tryptophan Hangover Edition

Soak in the final showings at The Goethe-Institut’s 7th Street film auditorium, and more movie offerings around D.C.

May 16, 2014

Popcorn & Candy: Working Class Murder Edition

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s last film, a double dose of Jesse Eisenberg, and more highlight this week’s Popcorn & Candy picks.

Feb 07, 2013

Popcorn & Candy: Jumpin’ Jive Edition

DCist’s subjective and selective guide to some of the most interesting, jaw-dropping, terpsichorean movies playing in town in the coming week.

Feb 16, 2012

Popcorn & Candy: Lusty Capitalist Edition

DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week.

Dec 26, 2008

Popcorn & Candy: Rearview Mirror Edition

Much as we did last year, we’re devoting the last column of the year to a look back rather than a look forward. As recently as a few months ago, it seemed 2008 was going to end up an uneven year at the movies, at least lacking the sort of instant classics and works of mad genius that made 2007 such a thrill. But in the end, we had a lot of trouble assembling this…

Jun 12, 2008

Popcorn & Candy: A Woman Scorned

DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Strait-Jacket You know what’s missing from the modern cinema? Middle aged women who can play good old-fashioned, over-the-top, campy batshit insane. Where are the Bette Davises and Joan Crawfords for the 21st Century? Must we really wait 30 years for Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears to star in a remake of What Ever Happened to Baby…

May 29, 2008

Popcorn & Candy: Hello, Lover

DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. It Came From Beneath the Sea Of all the museum film programs in town, the Hirshhorn is the best for a wildly eclectic mix of films, ranging from more high-minded programs like their stellar Cinema Effect exhibit to fun fare such as their screening of a remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark made by a…

May 22, 2008

Popcorn & Candy: Dead Right or Crazy

DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington The common knock against Frank Capra is that his films are sappy, sentimental pieces in which the American Dream always prevails. The good guys and bad guys are always clearly defined, and the iron-clad morality of the former always trumps the latter. But who can really blame the guy? That’s the…

 
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