Brightest Young Things

From anime, to blaxploitation to beautiful red headed ballet dancers there is literally something for everyone who has no money to spend on going out this week (that SXSW road trip is not going to pay for itself, we know)

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Monday
As every Monday Arlington cinema and drafthouse is hosting 2 movies for 1 dollar each. They're calling "Invictus" and "Nine" Oscar Movie Watch, but the Oscars already happened, the movies won nothing, "NINE" is still probably terrible and Morgan Freeman is still married to his step-granddaughter making him all the harder to like.

Tuesday

As every Tuesday, Washington Psychotronic Society is hosting their movie night @ The Warehouse Theatre, where for a suggested donation of 2 dollars you get to see the weirdest movie no money can buy in DC. This week it is the blaxploitation classic "Black Heat" starring Russ Tamblyn (Dad of Amber, and Dr. Jacobi on "Twin Peaks" and a decidedly non-black man)

Wednesday

Japanese Cultural Center continues their anime appreciation series tonight with: Miyori in the Sacred Forest Plot: When Miyori’s parents separate, she goes to live in the countryside. Angry at first at having to leave Tokyo, her life is changed when a host of mystical woodland creatures welcome her as a long lost friend. However, the new home she has come to love is scheduled to be flooded by a new dam. Filled with appreciation for nature, Miyori will do everything she can to save the forest. RSVP IS REQUIRED

Thursday

The Thad Wilson Group descends upon the American Art Museum to play the score to the 1920s vampire classic Nosferatu live. (while the movie plays, naturally) If you have a first date with a (giant) movie nerd-this is the way to go.

Friday

For those more into manners and wondering what that book Kate Winslet loves in “The Reader” is, we recommend checking out the next installment of the Chekhov film series: The Lady with the Dog at 2:30pm @ National Gallery of Art

Saturday

Founded in 1990 by Martin Scorsese and a group of prominent filmmakers, The Film Foundation has identified and funded the preservation and restoration of over 525 motion pictures. Together with American Express, the foundation presents the Preservation Screening Program to bring these restored films to cities and festivals across North America. The National Gallery is pleased to salute the foundation's accomplishments on the occasion of its 20th anniversary year, and is showing 2 great movies this weekend as part of the celebration:

today, John Ford's first color film "Drums Along the Mohawk" is shown at 3pm featuring an amazing cast which includes Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert.

Here is what Scorcese thinks about it:

Sunday

"Red Shoes", one of my favorite movies when I was a little girl is playing today @ The National Gallery of Art at 4:30 pm, as part of The Film Foundation celebration. Originally released in the late 1940s, this most beloved of all ballet movies required three years to restore. Weaving together the tragic tale of a determined young dancer (Moira Shearer) with that of the Hans Christian Andersen story, The Red Shoes is “the most dazzling flight of fantasy in Powell and Pressburger’s career, and scarcely matched in the British cinema”—British Film Institute. DON'T MISS THIS.

That's all we know. Comments are there for things you think we missed.