Brad Pitt Has Your Secret Shit: Rolling DC

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.

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.

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.

They got the smell out. And they sell baklava and proper popcorn with butter.

And wine!

baclavaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

big hoos, stay outta the big haus

no kidding man

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 Meadows
Sunday, 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 Sale
Friday, 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

http://africa.si.edu/calendar.html

North African Film Fest coming in early February to Smithsonian Museum of African Art

Is there a definitive list of locations to see under the radar, non-major studio films?

Here's what I know of:
AFI Silver
E St. Cinema
West End Cinema
Bethesda Row
National Gallery of Art
Smithsonian Museum of African Art
Freer and Sackler
Smithsonian American Art Museum

forgot to add Goethe Institut

Library of Congress theater shows mostly older movies but has some really amazing lineups on occasion

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.

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/

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/

that is a lot of resources.

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.

i'm pretty sure that's why they call it a ~convenience charge~

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?

thanks for the heads up! was going to head along just so I wouldn't have to pay that 'convenience charge' out of principle.

We don't sell advance tix in person at U Hall either - many ticketing companies are so online-based now that the actual box offices don't have the equipment to sell tickets and the demand is so low that it doesn't really make sense to.

I've actually become kind of against the idea of completely selling out shows - keeping some tickets available at the door ensures that people who missed out can still show up early and it also really breaks down the scalping market.

Do you update your website if it sells out on the night? i.e. if I wanted to head there after work is there any way to find out if there are tickets available?

ordered tickets online and feel dirty. a surcharge of 40% of the ticket price still seems absolutely insane to me.

We always update our website if a show sells out - tickets are cut off a few hours before door time so there's no confusion

yeah i'm not against the things in principle but 40% is crazy

Well this will be a fun commute from R'ville home to the district. Research, a dinky road that connects W. Montgomery and Shady Grove (and on which my office sits) is gridlocked for I have no idea why reason

there is no other way out

fuck

office shut down at 3, was leaping ankle-deep slush for most of the walk home

<3 <3 quincie

seriously help I am trapped in a suburban office park!

my have to consult the emergecy beers in the office fridge

I'm on the 16th st bus which has moved about 1 block in 15 minutes. Bad plan. Why can't anyone drive?! It's just slush!!!

I love working from home

"there is water from the sky and it has

collected

on the ground

how can we

traverse this on our

wheels of man"

^^^^ the entire city, just now

dunno what it is like in town but visibility is genuinely not good right now up here in the country

I don't like working from home at all.. Much prefer a long walk at the end of the day. for real! I decided to walk a mile and get the bus instead of going to the metro. Would be fine if the bus was actually moving...

otm

the feeling I have right now is the exact reason I refuse to go on a cruise

Visibility is fine in DC drivers are just fools

my only walking option is to walk to lockheed martin next door

should i go to there

do they have gin y/n?

probably and they probably billed it back to the government for $3000 per bottle

then fuck yes

btw

http://dcist.com/attachments/Aaron%20Morrissey/2011_0126_omgtraffic.jpg

hahaha

i'm SAYIN

wondering if I should get out now and walk home. it's only uh .. another mile or so..