DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Repertory: D.C. Labor FilmFest Strictly speaking, the D.C. Labor FilmFest isn’t a repertory festival, but with over half of their programming falling into that category, plus a dedicated retrospective to the great Ken Loach, we’ll go ahead and shoehorn it into the category this week. The festival is put on by the Washington Metro Council of…

The 5th annual SILVERDOCS AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival officially kicked off last night at the AFI Silver Theater and Cultural Center in Silver Spring with the Washington, D.C. premiere of Jim Brown’s film Pete Seeger: The Power of Song. Even though the film was playing in three separate theaters within the complex, there weren’t enough seats to go around for all the invited guests who RSVP’d for the opening ceremony. Festival volunteers indicated they had…

We’re always trying to think of ways to offer you, our lovely readers, a shot at some free entertainment, and today we’ve got another great opportunity for you. We’ve paired up with Landslide Pictures to host a special preview screening of Civic Duty at the Landmark E Street Cinema on Tuesday, May 1 at 7 p.m.. Here’s a brief synopsis of the story: Angry and depressed over losing his job, accountant Terry Allen begins to…

We’re going to be the first ones to call it: the SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival is all grows up. Yeah, you heard us. As of this year, it’s a real-deal film festival, the kind of event any filmmaker who knows anything would be thrilled to participate in. And we’re not just blowing smoke. The lineup of more than 100 films and special events between today and Sunday isn’t just impressive, it’s overwhelming. With all…