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(10/18/12 12:48am)
Spooky Movie 2012, an international horror film fest at the AFI Silver Theatre that runs from Oct. 12 to 18, is a veritable twilight zone of too ghoul for school films. This festival is the thinking horror fan's Mystery Science Theatre: the films will have you racking your brain for days afterwards, for better or worse.
(02/28/12 6:13am)
In the pantheon of crooked cop movies like “Training Day” and “Bad Lieutenant,” “Rampart” shines as a unique character study, relying more heavily on the psychological element than the thrills that are hallmarks of the film noir genre.
(11/15/11 6:07am)
German documentary filmmaker Werner Herzog (“Grizzly Man,” “The Cave Of Forgotten Dreams”) takes on a macabre American Gothic tale of death and life with “Into the Abyss.”
(04/26/11 2:11am)
To an audience bombarded with images of the Islamic world’s troubled relationship with Western culture, the Muslim Film Festival in Washington, D.C., paints a picture of diversity of how Islam fits and lives within the social fabric of Western settings.
(04/12/11 2:11am)
The title of “Happythankyoumoreplease” is quite apropos — you will leave the theater grateful and wanting more of its offbeat charm. If you are already groaning at the prospect of yet another contrived indie rom-com à la “500 Days Of Summer” or the movie version of “Friends” or the millennials’ answer to “Singles,” you will find yourself pleasantly surprised.
(03/01/11 3:00am)
Grade: A
Scene Says: It’s no ‘Bourne Ultimatum,’ but it’s quite good.
(04/12/10 2:00am)
“Crying With Laughter” and “Erasing David,” two films featured in the SXSW Film Festival films by the FilmBuff company, lie on completely different sides of the movie spectrum.
(04/08/10 12:55am)
The conflict at the heart of French drama “The Girl On The Train” is the plucked-from-the-headlines, real-life story of a gentile girl who claims to be the victim of a violent, anti-Semitic attack on the Parisian Metro. Yet the movie is about a lot more — and a lot less.
(10/29/09 2:21am)
AN EDUCATION
(11/29/07 5:00am)
The coming-back-home-after-a-ridiculously-long-absence has been fertile subject matter for many a sitcom and movie. "October Road" plumbs that paradigm with mixed results - for one, from a plausibility perspective, it's a bit difficult to believe how someone could just "disappear" for 10 years and never call home once while he is off pursuing a writing career built on, naturally, a best-selling novel portraying all his hometown friends in a less-than-flattering fashion.
(10/22/07 4:00am)
If indie dance sounds like an oxymoron and electronic music sounds like the last thing hipsters would be getting down to, think again. The shoe-gazer aesthetic has been updated with a kick back to some of the electro-sensibilities of '80s new wave. Indie dance/electro parties are cropping up all over the country, with Atlanta, New York and San Francisco being party centrals. While the typical indie rock fan may seem a far cry from someone who likes synth-infused dance music or genre-bending mash-ups, all of these cohorts are finding one raucous dance party under one roof: Liberation Dance Party, hosted every Friday at DC9. The genre is also working its way into U.S. living rooms, with commercials featuring bands like Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, R?yksopp and The Postal Service. The following are five essential albums from the genre for all those would-be hipsters itching to put on their dancing shoes.
(10/08/07 4:00am)
When Ivan Ives' East Meets West tour hits the 9:30 club's stage Wednesday, one thing should become immediately obvious - Ives knows how to flow. His staccato, nuanced delivery draws the listener into his music and shows just how hard he has worked.