oh it is isn't it. damn. is it playing through next week?q
― aka the pope (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 15 January 2011 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
it's playing until Thursday. no information on what's happening after that.
of course, i've just noticed that it is streaming on Netflix so :/.
― Gukbe, Saturday, 15 January 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
ha a few weeks ago they were showing breathless and i was trying to get my friend to join me, and he was all 'dude we can just stream it at my house' and i was like >_<
i was pretty impressed with the place, it actually feels like a little art house, like maybe 30 chairs in each little screening room, and i got the impression the guy warmly welcoming/goodbying the saturday night crowd was the owner.
― aka the pope (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 15 January 2011 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link
we have a little partnership with the dude who runs it - he does an 'opera in cinema' series. i had to work a thing there once but i've never actually seen a film there yet. the seats looked comfy though!
― tehresa, Saturday, 15 January 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
HOOS, if he was tall and baldish, that was the owner. he used to show films at atlas but then he bought/leased this space and renovated it last fall i think? the staff are all really nice, too!
― tehresa, Saturday, 15 January 2011 18:56 (thirteen years ago) link
sounds cool. have you been to the cinema in the Goethe Institute? It's a good little place.
I was just considering the screening of Das Rheingold at the West End Cinema but then realised I have to work. ;_;
― Gukbe, Saturday, 15 January 2011 18:58 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah that was the guy!
we should do a movie meetup out there one of these days imo xp
― aka the pope (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 15 January 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
the whole pentagoon crew
:D
― tehresa, Saturday, 15 January 2011 19:06 (thirteen years ago) link
anyone know what went down near U street/15thish area last night? was taking lil sis home and had to detour because the intersection was so blocked w/ flashy lighted vehicles.
in fact, all night, we were passed by police and fire trucks speedily going places. it was almost end timesy at one point.
― tehresa, Saturday, 15 January 2011 19:07 (thirteen years ago) link
how disconerting
― aka the pope (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 15 January 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
wait a minute
just passed Silver Springs, may make Portait Gallery by 4
how did dr morbius make this post?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 15 January 2011 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
i am guessing he is on a wifi bus!
― tehresa, Saturday, 15 January 2011 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
with a laptop...
morbs into the future!
― mookieproof, Saturday, 15 January 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
it's like the '70s klassik The Big Bus.
Usta be a nice indie-film joint (Circles?) in A-M about ten years ago, I saw The Cockettes there.
Staying across from Samuel Gompers Park, who knew? Headed to NPG.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 15 January 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
how did dr morbius make this post?― mookieproof, Saturday, January 15, 2011 7:31 PM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark
― mookieproof, Saturday, January 15, 2011 7:31 PM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark
the bolding & italics are amazing on this post, its like that moment in a movie where its like WAIT THE CHIEF OF POLICE IS THE KILLER
― aka the pope (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 15 January 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I'M POSTING FROM INSIDE THE BUS!
Well, my plans for the next 3 hours just fell through. Now what?
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:35 (thirteen years ago) link
leather imo
― mookieproof, Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:36 (thirteen years ago) link
there's a skiffle night in Silver Spring
― Gukbe, Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:38 (thirteen years ago) link
too early
(also i am not a leatherweekend 'registrant' -- $200! as Jim Carrey says in that movie, it's really expensive to be gay)
xp
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:39 (thirteen years ago) link
― Gukbe, Saturday, January 15, 2011 11:38 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
is this a joke or for real cause i would totally go to a skiffle night
― aka the pope (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 16 January 2011 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
it is no joke!
― Gukbe, Sunday, 16 January 2011 00:11 (thirteen years ago) link
SKIFFLEBILLY NIGHT
― Gukbe, Sunday, 16 January 2011 00:12 (thirteen years ago) link
yer on yr own, pair of Lonnie Donegans
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 16 January 2011 00:21 (thirteen years ago) link
fuck yeah! way more into this than the flaming lips wannabes i was gonna go see at the black cat tonight. thx dude!!!!
― aka the pope (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 16 January 2011 00:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I think I saw the Fleabops once, and I like the Quarry House. How was it last night?
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 16 January 2011 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Hoos, did you get Pogues/Titus tickets? $55 bucks or more, right?
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 16 January 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Flea Bops were great! Would see again, and the bar was pretty rad too. Jumpin place.
I didn't get the tickets yet, and with my unexpected drunk in public adventure I think that's where those funds are gonna go instead. :/
― aka the pope (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 16 January 2011 23:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Re: lack of good films this month at Silver Spring AFI.
Yeah, the lack of any seres this month is pretty disappointing but at least there's the Russian documentary series and the Italian neo-realist series, both at the National Gallery of Art, and later this week the beginning of the Goethe Institut Film|Neu series at E St. Also, West End Cinema is pretty cool, it definitely fills a niche; I saw the Phil Spector documentary there.
― Ivor, Monday, 17 January 2011 01:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm finally starting to find out about these cinemas. Unfortunately I work until 11pm Monday to Friday, which limits my ability to see one-offs.
― Gukbe, Monday, 17 January 2011 01:42 (thirteen years ago) link
West End Cinema isn't that much of a walk from my apartment, but I have kind of a visceral reaction against it because the theater that used to be there smelled like pee in a very intense way the one time I went. If they got the smell out I'll give it a try.
― smang the DJ (I DIED), Monday, 17 January 2011 01:46 (thirteen years ago) link
They got the smell out. And they sell baklava and proper popcorn with butter.
― ljubljana, Monday, 17 January 2011 01:56 (thirteen years ago) link
And wine!
― tehresa, Monday, 17 January 2011 02:07 (thirteen years ago) link
baclavaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
― aka the pope (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 17 January 2011 02:59 (thirteen years ago) link
big hoos, stay outta the big haus
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 17 January 2011 03:13 (thirteen years ago) link
no kidding man
― aka the pope (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 17 January 2011 03:18 (thirteen years ago) link
The Freer has free movies on some Friday nights and Sunday afternoons--Asian and Iranian films and more
http://www.asia.si.edu/events/films.asp
The White MeadowsSunday, January 23, 2 pm Fans of Mohammad Rasoulof's Iron Island will find even more densely-woven symbolism and uncanny imagery in his latest film. Shot on a lake dotted with tiny islands and otherworldly salt formations, this visually stunning, allegory-rich work is full of indelible scenes, from a woman who marries the sea to a dwarf who carries jars of secrets to the bottom of a well. These and other haunting incidents are witnessed by the film's hero, a man who rows… Friday, January 28, 2011 My Tehran for SaleFriday, January 28, 7 pm In Person: Granaz Moussavi, director
This riveting film gives a view of Tehran that would never meet with official approval, taking viewers inside the city's thriving, rebellious culture of artists, poets, singers and dancers. Presented as a series of flashbacks, it stars the intensely charismatic Marzieh Vafamehr as an actress
― curmudgeon, Monday, 17 January 2011 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
http://africa.si.edu/calendar.html
North African Film Fest coming in early February to Smithsonian Museum of African Art
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 03:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Is there a definitive list of locations to see under the radar, non-major studio films?
Here's what I know of:AFI SilverE St. CinemaWest End CinemaBethesda RowNational Gallery of ArtSmithsonian Museum of African ArtFreer and SacklerSmithsonian American Art Museum
― Ivor, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 04:43 (thirteen years ago) link
forgot to add Goethe Institut
― Ivor, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 04:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Library of Congress theater shows mostly older movies but has some really amazing lineups on occasion
― smang the DJ (I DIED), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 09:27 (thirteen years ago) link
But unfortunatley there are very few movies shown at the LOC Pickford theatre since an administrator there decided that showing movies to the public there was less of a priority than just preserving them for research purposes for academics.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 19:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Former City Paper movie reviewer Mark Jenkins does a list on his blog. But he hasn't updated it since December 13th
http://www.reeldc.com/
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
A current City Paper writer re movies this week:
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2011/01/19/this-week-in-repertory-film-film-neu-carlos/
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 20 January 2011 14:01 (thirteen years ago) link
that is a lot of resources.
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 20 January 2011 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Are there any in person ticket outlets in DC? I was going to book tickets to see Wild Nothing (lol indie) online but the service fee is a staggering $4.00 for a $10.00 ticket. I know I should probably just go to the venue but I don't have much reason to be out in that area and I wonder if the transport cost + time would really be worth it.
― Gukbe, Friday, 21 January 2011 08:05 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm pretty sure that's why they call it a ~convenience charge~
― tehresa, Friday, 21 January 2011 14:08 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean, some places do.
xxpost: Don't go to Rock & Roll Hotel to buy tickets for upcoming shows there, they don't sell em! unless they've changed their policy in the past 5 months. For upcoming tickets to R&R you have to buy online. I have no idea why they don't sell advance tickets in person, if anything it maybe gets people out there and maybe in the bar?
― Ivor, Friday, 21 January 2011 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link