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Fri 11/16 thru 11/22


EUROPEAN UNION FILM SHOWCASE
Final Week!

THE DARJEELING LIMITED

GLOBAL LENS 2007

SHOHEI IMAMURA SERIES

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
A Coen Brothers Film
Starring Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones

More This Week
Special Events
Coming Soon
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
A Coen Brothers Film
Tickets on sale now!

"The most searing film I've seen this year." - New York Daily News

"An intense, nihilistic thriller ... this is a film you can’t stop watching even though you very much wish you could." - Los Angeles Times
THE DARJEELING LIMITED
Dir. Wes Anderson
Extended cut! Includes the short film HOTEL CHEVALIER, featuring Natalie Portman

"[Wes Anderson is] American cinema's most lyrically idiosyncratic poet of family dysfunction." - The Washington Post
CHICAGO (the 1927 original)
The original silent film version of the infamous Jazz Age murders!
With live musical accompaniment by Andrew Simpson
November 20, 7:00 – Just added!
November 24, 1:00

GLOBAL LENS 2007
Presented by the Global Film Initiative
Nine days of diverse world cinema,
November 21 - 29
A MAN VANISHES: THE LEGACY OF SHOHEI IMAMURA
November 22 - December 27

Opening the series:
THE INSECT WOMAN
INTENTIONS OF MURDER




2007 EUROPEAN UNION FILM SHOWCASE
November 1 - 20
Final Week!


Just Added:
BELLE TOUJOURS – Portugal
Official 2007 Oscar submission from Portugal
November 17, 12:45
November 18, 12:20


YOU, THE LIVING – Sweden
Official 2007 Oscar submission from Sweden
November 17, 7:30
November 18, 1:30


Also This Week:
THE JOURNEY: THE GREEK-AMERICAN DREAM - Greece
Official 2007 Oscar submission from Greece
In Person: Director Maria Iliou
Friday, November 16, 7:00


CHRISTMAS TREE UPSIDE DOWN - Bulgaria

MY BROTHER IS AN ONLY CHILD - Italy
Winner of 4 David di Donatello Awards, 2007

GRAVEHOPPING - Slovenia
Official 2006 Oscar submission from Slovenia

HOPE - Poland

AKAMAS - Cyprus
Best Film, 2007 Los Angeles Greek Film Festival
Official Selection, 2006 Venice Film Festival


Closing Night:
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY - France
Winner of the Best Director award for Julian Schnabel, Cannes 2007
Sunday, November 18, 7:30
Montgomery College Series
Screening and Q&A
Selected Weds. Tickets $5

INTENTIONS OF MURDER
Nov. 28, 3:30
SILVERDOCS presents
WRESTLING WITH ANGELS: PLAYWRIGHT TONY KUSHNER
A documentary by Freida Lee Mock about the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning playwright Tony Kushner (Angels in America)
In Person: Director Freida Lee Mock
November 30, 7:00

TALK CINEMA
Sundays at 10:00 a.m.

Nov. 18
THIS WEEK'S HINT: A heart-wrenching tale of friendship, based on a best-selling novel.

18th WASHINGTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
Select Films,
December 1 - 6


MY MEXICAN SHIVA
BEAUFORT
THINGS BEHIND THE SUN
TEHELIM
JEWISH LUCK
SIXTY SIX
MUSIC AND FILM: TERENCE BLANCHARD AT AFI SILVER
In Person: Grammy-winning musician and composer Terence Blanchard, presenting a pair of films that feature his music

December 7
INSIDE MAN, 7:00
TALK TO ME, 10:00
THE 400 BLOWS
Dir. *** Truffaut
One Week Engagement!
December 8 – 13

HOLIDAY CLASSICS
December 14 - 25

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
A CHRISTMAS STORY
THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL
RIALTO REDUX: RIALTO 10TH ANNIVERSARY
December 15 - January 10
JUNO
Opening December 21
MONTY PYTHON AT THE MOVIES
December 28 - January 7
WES ANDERSON RETROSPECTIVE
December 28 – January 10


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