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(02/28/14 9:45pm)
Author Chris Pavone is a globetrotter. Having lived abroad in Luxembourg as a book editor, Pavone eventually channeled his keen writing prowess into an espionage thriller entitled “The Expats.” Now back with a new thriller, “The Accident,” Pavone centers his indomitable mystery writing skills on a New York publishing firm that receives an anonymous manuscript threatening to reveal a shocking secret.
(02/21/14 10:45pm)
“3 Days To Kill,” the latest in a line of euro-thrillers from Luc Besson (“The Professional”), is ushered in by McG (“Terminator: Salvation”) in the most unceremonious of ways. The film is a terse, bland and flimsy piece of work often becoming distracted by comic material and tertiary characters.
(02/21/14 10:33pm)
The 73 year-old Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki, often praised for his Oscar winning animated film “Spirited Away,” has had a career that is unparalleled in its quality output. His latest and allegedly final project “The Wind Rises” is a masterpiece of animation, portraying a life as well as any biographical film in cinema history.
(02/21/14 2:07am)
Starting out trying to find an apartment can be tough, especially in the D.C. metro area, where potential buyers and renters can run into the problems of vague listings and a vast array of apartment possibilities.
(02/20/14 10:22pm)
1. Laura Lippman at Politics & Prose
What: New York Time’s bestselling author Laura Lippman comes to D.C.’s Politics & Prose for her new book “After I’m Gone.” Beer and wine will be available.
When: Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.
Where: Politics & Prose, 5105 Connecticut Ave. NW. Washington D.C., 20008
Price: Free
(02/18/14 9:52pm)
Films have the capacity to make an emotional impact, enrich the human experience and entertain.
(02/16/14 3:18am)
The Department of Performing Arts will hold a special matinee showing of “The Alchemist,” on Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. The show was initially scheduled to perform Feb. 13 through 15, but was postponed due to the inclement weather.
(02/16/14 2:01am)
Teenage dreams often run the gamut of henpecked fantasies— running away in order to find romantic freedom and riches. Shana Feste’s “Endless Love” arrives to add to the conversation of romantically idealized adventures. It just doesn’t help that this particular story is so garishly overplayed and obliviously idiotic.
(02/14/14 5:55pm)
Felix Van Groeningen, director of the Oscar nominated “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” hails from Denmark. The film is based on a stage play written by Johan Heldenbergh and Mikele Dobbels; which is equal parts a spiritual and musical journey, as well as a stunningly framed love story between a tattoo shop owner (Veerle Baetens, “The White Queen”) and a banjo player (Heldenbergh, ‘The Misfortunes”).
(02/14/14 4:35pm)
1. The Importance of Being Earnest with the Shakespeare Theatre Company
What: An vivid stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s play follows Algernon Moncrieff, a young gentleman traversing the high society of victorian England.
When: Through March 16
Where: Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th St NW Washington, D.C. 20004.
Price: Tickets start at $20
(02/12/14 11:05pm)
February officially begins in terms of big box office releases with three new contenders and a smattering of independent releases. A couple of cold-blooded vampire school kids go head-to-head with grisled WWII art historians and blockbusting LEGO men. See what the critics had to say about this weeks offerings at the cinema.
(02/07/14 8:53pm)
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the duo that brought the animated world crashing to a halt with meatballs and pancakes in “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” return with “The Lego Movie;” a dryly titled, seemingly unassuming film that underestimates its wildly rambunctious and clever content.
(02/06/14 10:30pm)
Even though it doesn’t feel like spring has arrived just yet, AU’s various theatre groups are acting as if it has with a selection of plays sprouting out of its department.
(02/06/14 9:59pm)
1. Gabriel Sherman, Author of “The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News” at Politics & Prose
What: Gabriel Sherman, contributing editor for New York Magazine, comes to D.C. to discuss his new expose on the inner workings of Fox News.
When: Feb. 7 at 7 p.m.
Where: Politics & Prose, 5105 Connecticut Ave. NW. Washington D.C., 20008
Price: Free
(02/02/14 5:09pm)
The suburban sprawl depicted in Jason Reitman’s “Labor Day,” adapted from Joyce Maynard’s novel of the same name, belies an uncharacteristic seriousness — uncharacteristic namely for Reitman’s penchant for dry, smart comedies that aren’t baked with a glowing sensibility like “Young Adult” and “Up in the Air.”
(01/30/14 8:06pm)
The quintessential lifecycle of a play production has months of deliberation over the choice text, proper casting, the composition of incidental music and rigorous rehearsal. AU Players hopes to reinvent that old time tradition with a 24-hour play festival.
(01/17/14 9:12pm)
Amid the hustle and bustle at the movie theater lots of titles came out, January is living up to its legacy as an ecological hazard and studio dumping ground for bad movies. See what the critics say about this week’s crop of cinematic treats.
(12/25/13 6:33pm)
Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” is loutish, angry, hilarious, slightly cathartic, and utterly fascinating while blowing through three hours of conspicuous consumption. Trudging along with such a whirlwind force that “The Wolf of Wall Street” as a cinematic experience can become a devastating tornado of debauchery and chicanery.
(12/23/13 6:10pm)
Crooks, swindlers, con-men and turncoat federal agents are just some of the cast of characters that take part in the grandiloquent ruse of David O. Russell’s “American Hustle.” But Russell (“The Silver Linings Playbook”) presents a vision which shows a fairer, though more contrite study of the polyglot hustlers it’s portraying.
(12/23/13 6:08pm)
In “Inside Llewyn Davis,” Oscar Isaac plays the slightly irked, but subtly depressed folk singing character of Llewyn Davis. He travels far across the country with futility just to find himself snubbed by a cast of strange folks. Initially seeking musicians, Isaac audition for the role when the Coen brothers realized they needed an actor who can also play music proficiently. With a soundtrack produced by T. Bone Burnett, who’s been behind a myriad of country and folks artists as well as film soundtracks from “Crazy Heart” to “The Hunger Games,” Isaac stepped comfortably into the role of Davis.