Michel Gondry’s latest film, La science des rêves (The science of dreams), opened last Friday in Washington under its American title, The Science of Sleep. After an extended period working in the United States, notably in collaboration with the screenwriter Charlie Kaufman on Human Nature and the Oscar-winning Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Gondry has returned to his roots and set this film in his old stomping ground, the 18th arrondissement of Paris. As…

We hope you had a good weekend. We’re a little worn out after a string of holiday gatherings and other parties. We ended Saturday night’s activities at the American City Diner at the corner of Connecticut Avenue and Morrison Street, where we snapped this photo of a James Dean mural sometime after 3 a.m. Sunday. If you’ve been as busy as we’ve been the past few days, here’s what you may have missed on…

End of the year picks, pans, and best of lists are starting to leak out and soon will be flooding that dead air between Christmas and the New Year. The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association got a head start and just released their “Best Of” list for 2004. Surprisingly, Michel Gondry’s surreal “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” claimed top honors as Best Film. Gondry also won for Best Director. The DC critics collective…