As we head into October, we’re leaving behind summer blockbusters and heading straight into the prestige season, when award-contenders and major dramas are released for the discerning public. One of the more conspicuous debuts this week is Men, Women & Children, the latest film by director Jason Reitman (Up in the Air, Juno, Young Adult). […]
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Simon Pegg fan? See Hector and the Search for Happiness THIS THURSDAY
We’ve been posting a ton about free film screenings recently, but there have just been a great number happening in the last few weeks. That’s certainly not a bad thing, especially if you enjoy quality entertainment for minimal price. But it’s been a while since we brought you an advance screening of an upcoming movie. […]
Continue readingAU Library begins late Friday hours with 22 Jump Street
The AU Library has traditionally always closed on Friday at 9pm, but this semester, we’re trying something different. Starting this Friday, September 12th, the library will be open for late-night hours, but not just so you can study. We’re planning a series of Friday events, including game nights and free movies. We’re kicking off our […]
Continue readingMark the fortieth anniversary of Watergate with a free screening of All the President’s Men
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 readingHappy 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 […]
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