It is a week choc-a-bloc filled with old movie stars (Bette, Cary, Vincent), new movie stars (all those Apatow kids) and muppets. So, lets all gather around a fire and see what’s in store (and yet you don’t have to pay for it) this week.
as always, click on links for more details
Monday
If there is one thing I regret not letting you know about this summer, than it is the Bette Davis centennial movie series at National Theatre. BUT there is still 3 weeks of Ms. Davis left in it and tonight at 6:30pm is the sizzler that is All About Eve. Miss it at your own peril.
Screen on the green continues with the Frank Capra’s adorable murder comedy (NOT an oxymoron) that is “Arsenic and old lace” (at dusk, bring a picnic) in which Cary Grant starts suspecting his gene pool of not only tea parties but foul play
and if you are into recent hits for bargain prices, Arlington Cinema and Drafhouse hosts, for a dollar each, screenings of the latest Indiana Jones and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”. For prep, read Jason’s reviews here and here.
Tuesday
In the ongoing summer spirit, Library of Congress kicks off a Tuesday “Summer Surfin” film series today . As they say: get stoked.
Wednesday
Vincent Price (who is God, in so many ways) takes a turn as a mysterious mailman in Escapes, as part of the Psychotronic’s film series @ Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse.
and that should ease us into the monster that is
Thursday
where Cary Grant returns to your movie schedule for the 2nd time in one week (this time with an added bonus of Carole Lombard) in “In Name Only” at the Library of Congress”
The James Bond series continues with “Octopussy”, which still makes me snicker like I am pre-teen boy
and Video Americain continues their Thursday movie series with Fritz Lange’s “Metropolis”
not to mention the (heartbreaking) Zola Neale Hurston documentary you can digest directly after work.
Friday
For all the super nerds out there, National Museum of Natural History is screening a documentary about real Crystal Skulls (plan your lunch around it)
and for those with a taste for arts as opposed to science, Library of Congress is giving you a night with Marcel Marceau and Freer and Sackler is hosting a very promisingly named “The Postmodern life of my Aunt”
Saturday
In case you did not notice, DC is in throes of Jim Hanson mania and as such comes this retrospective of some of his best puppetry work at the S.Dillon Amphitheatre. (if you miss it, it WILL play every Saturday, for a month)
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the Antonioni tribute at the National Gallery of Art revs up with The Outcry and Most IMPORTANTLY “L’avventura”. Their amphitheatre is actually pretty sweet and this movie is so good, you are A FOOL if you miss the chance to see it on the big screen.
Sunday
As every Sunday, Freer Sackler allows you to catch up
godspeed now
