August marked the fortieth anniversary of President Nixon’s resignation and the culmination of the biggest scandal in American political history. The legacy of the Watergate scandal is still alive in part because of All the President’s Men, the Academy Award-winning film about the Washington Post‘s investigation of the break-ins. Its depiction of real, hard-hitting, grounded […]
Continue readingCategory Archives: Film Screening
Happy National Ghostbusters Day!
Today marks the startling thirtieth anniversary of Ghostbusters, maybe the most successful comedy film of all time. The film was so successful at release that it stayed the number one film in the country for seven solid weeks, and adjusted for inflation, it is still one of the highest grossing films of all time. Now […]
Continue readingMark your calendar: AU’s French film festival is next week!
We always try to share interesting film screenings around town, and you may have noticed that those screenings cluster around the warmer seasons. It’s great for those who are around after the school year, but we realize many people are back home or abroad during the summer. For those who are just joining us for […]
Continue readingA peek into Mostly Lost, the Library of Congress’s mystery film festival
The Library of Congress’s film archives, located in Culpeper, Virginia, house hundreds of films from the silent era with seemingly no identification attached to them. Most if not all of the cast and crew of these films are no longer alive, and it’s unlikely that the nation’s archivists will ever positively identify some of these […]
Continue readingDC’s famous Screen on the Green begins TONIGHT with The Karate Kid
The number of summer film festivals in DC has dramatically grown in the last several years, with seemingly every neighborhood having its own screenings. But there has always been one undisputed king of Washington outdoor movies: Screen on the Green, the HBO- and NBC-sponsored festival that takes place on the National Mall. Since it doesn’t […]
Continue readingWatch 2001: A Space Odyssey this Saturday with Buzz Aldrin and a live orchestra. Seriously.
We see a lot of neat film screenings come through DC, usually in the form of early premiers or classic screenings. But once in a while, something truly special comes along, like that time Simon Pegg visited for a preview of The World’s End. But then there’s events like this Saturday’s screening of 2001: A […]
Continue readingAMERICA! Celebrate 238 years of patriotism with these classic film screenings
America turns 238 years old in a few days, and its honor, the country will collectively take a day off and blow things up and eat red meat. It’s a time-honored tradition, but once everything is blown up and eaten, you might be looking for something similarly unique and exciting to fill the rest of […]
Continue readingHungry for more free movies? BYT has the master sheet of outdoor film events
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been slowly trickling out posts about upcoming DC film festivals. Ten days into June, we figure it’s time to rip the Band-Aid off. DC culture hotspot Brightest Young Things has compiled a list of all current and upcoming film festivals in the area. It’s a very handy one-stop guide […]
Continue readingDC Public Library celebrates Pride Month with a new film series
In case you missed last week’s festivities, DC is in the midst of celebrating Pride Month. DC Public Library wants in on the fun too, and of particular interest to this blog, the Southeast Neighborhood Library has announced a three-day Prime Movie Fest starting tomorrow, June 10th, at 7pm. Though DCPL’s website doesn’t go into […]
Continue readingAFI Docs announces its 2014 lineup, and it looks terrific
For the uninitiated, every year the American Film Institute hosts AFI Docs, a festival for upcoming documentaries hosted in and around the Washington, DC Metro area. AFI Docs is among the most esteemed documentary film festivals in the world, and ever summer, it is perhaps the biggest film event in the DC area. The AFI […]
Continue reading