| Key | Imgs | Short Description |
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 2017_MD_Offenders_170305 | 117 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2017) -- "Young Offenders" (w/Hilary Rose)
The Young Offenders
Special Features: Q&A with lead actress Hilary Rose, plus post-screening reception
What do you get if you mix Ireland's biggest-ever cocaine seizure, the comic sensibilities of Judd Apatow, Taika Waititi and Edgar Wright, and two cheeky, foul-mouthed teenagers from Cork on the road... |
| 2023_MD_Quiet_Girl_230302 | 86 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "The Quiet Girl" (w/Colm Bairéad)
QUIET GIRL, THE
Special Features: Opening Night. Q&A with director Colm Bairéad. Oscar® nominee, Best International Feature Film
Set in rural Ireland in 1981, Colm Bairéad's exquisite debut feature is a powerful coming-of-age drama told through the eyes of a young girl. Cáit (newcomer Catherine... |
| 2018_MD_Captain20_181028 | 64 | AFI -- Captain 20 Returns!
Captain 20 Returns!
Everybody's favorite alien, Captain 20, is making a very special appearance at AFI Silver to host a program of cartoons and kid-show favorites from the old days, including ULTRAMAN, SPEED RACER and Bugs Bunny and Friends! There might even be some gerbil races. Do you still have your... |
| 2023_MD_Barry3_230331 | 206 | AFI -- Celebrating Ray Barry -- Reception
Please join us as we celebrate Ray Barry upon his retirement and honor his nearly 50 years with the American Film Institute and his leadership of the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center. |
| 2008_MD_Baader_081121 | 207 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2008) -- "Baader Meinhof Complex" (w/Stefan Aust) and Receptions
Speakers in sequence were:
-- Murray Horwitz (the director of AFI/Silver),
-- Klaus Scharioth (German ambassador to the United States),
-- Stefan Aust (the author), and
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI/Silver).
The Baader Meinhof Complex [Der Baader Meinhof Komplex]:
Germany's Official Oscar... |
| 2008_MD_Bathory_081122 | 175 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2008) -- "ElDorado" and "Bathory" (w/Juraj Jakubisko and Deana Horvathova) (incl reception)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Murray Horwitz (AFI Director, introducing "Eldorado"),
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI, introducing "Bathory"),
-- ???
-- Panel: Todd Hitchcock, Juraj Jakubisko and actress/producer Deana Horvathova (from "Bathory")
ElDorado
Belgium's Official Oscar Submission for Best... |
| 2008_MD_So_Long_081106 | 244 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2008) -- "I've Loved You So Long" (w/Philippe Claudel) (incl reception)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Murray Horwitz, Director and COO of the American Film Institute's Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
-- Ambassador John Bruton, European Union Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to the USA
-- Murray Horwitz again
-- Philippe Claudel, author... |
| 2009_MD_Mammoth_091105 | 174 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2009) -- "Mammoth" (incl reception)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Angelos Pangratis, Acting Head of Delegation of the European Commission,
-- Karin Olofsdotter, Deputy Chief of Mission for the Embassy of Sweden
AFI Silver Theatre celebrates the Opening of the 22nd AFI European Union Film Showcase. The evening... |
| 2009_MD_YVictoria_091121 | 142 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2009) -- "Young Victoria" (incl reception)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Ray Barry (AFI)
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
Closing Night! The Young Victoria.
Reception to follow screening, including champagne tasting and Belgian beer tasting!
Working from a sharp script by Julian Fellowes (GOSFORD PARK), director Jean-Marc Vallee (C.R.A.Z.Y.)... |
| 2010_MD_Friendship_101113 | 35 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2010) -- "Friendship" (w/Markus Goller)
Speakers in sequence were:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Markus Goller (director), interviewed by Todd Hitchcock
Friendship! [Freundschaft!]
In person: director Markus Goller
Growing up in East Germany, best pals Tom (Matthias Schweighöfer) and Veit (Friedrich Mücke) were cheerfully oblivious to... |
| 2010_MD_Me_Too | 155 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2010) -- "Me Too" (w/Alvaro Pastor) (two screenings) (incl reception)
Speakers in sequence were:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- ???
-- Álvaro Pastor (writer-director)
Centerpiece Screening: ME TOO [Yo, también]
In person: writer-director Álvaro Pastor at both screenings!
From Rotterdam to Sundance, this film has attracted attention for the real-life story of its... |
| 2010_MD_Robber | 61 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2010) -- "The Robber" (w/Franziska Weisz) (two showings)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI) interviewing Franziska Weisz (actress)
The Robber [Der Räuber]:
In person: actress Franziska Weisz at both screenings!
Based on the real-life escapades of the Austrian bank-robbing marathoner Johann "Pump-Gun Ronnie" Rettenberger, this film moves from... |
| 2014_MD_City44_141205 | 45 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2014) -- "City 44" (w/Anna Prochniak and Józek Pawłowski)
CITY 44 [Miasto 44]
Q&A with actors Anna Prochniak and Józek Pawłowski
Nazi-occupied Warsaw, 1944: Although his mother forbids him from getting mixed up with the Polish resistance, Stefan joins his friends in the militia to bravely fight back against the Germans. Polish filmmaker Jan Komasa gives the... |
| 2014_MD_Bovery_141220 | 176 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2014) -- "Gemma Bovery" (incl reception)
Closing Night:
GEMMA BOVERY
Post-screening reception sponsored by the European Union Delegation to the USA
Adapted from the graphic novel by Posy Simmonds (TAMARA DREWE), this breezy retelling of Gustave Flaubert’s literary classic delivers many wicked delights. Ex-publisher Martin Joubert (Fabrice... |
| 2014_MD_Warsaw_Uprising_141203 | 215 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2014) -- "Warsaw Uprising" (w/Jan Ołdakowski) (incl reception)
WARSAW UPRISING
In person: producer Jan Ołdakowski, director of the Warsaw Uprising Museum
Working with six hours of authentic documentary and newsreel footage filmed in Warsaw in the summer and fall of 1944, director Jan Komasa (SUICIDE ROOM) has fashioned a remarkable one-of-a-kind film: a... |
| 2015_MD_Perfect_Day_151201 | 89 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2015) -- "A Perfect Day" (w/Fernando León de Aranoa) -- Presentation
PERFECT DAY, A (2015)
Opening Night Dec 1: Q&A with filmmaker Fernando León de Aranoa and post-screening reception.
The Balkans, 1995: Fighting has wound down and peace talks have begun, but problems still confront Mambrú (Benicio Del Toro) and his colleagues at NGO Aid Across Borders, including... |
| 2016_MD_EUFilm_Closing_161215 | 117 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2016) -- Closing Night Reception |
| 2016_MD_Letters_161202 | 90 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2016) -- "Letters from War" (w/Miguel Nunes) plus reception
LETTERS FROM WAR
Special Features: Special Presentation. Q&A with actor Miguel Nunes, plus post-screening reception sponsored by the Embassy of Portugal
[CARTAS DA GUERRA]
U.S. Premiere!
2016 Oscar® Selection, Portugal
Young doctor António Lobo Antunes writes letters home to his beloved wife Maria... |
| 2016_MD_Still_Crazy_161201 | 146 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2016) -- "Still Crazy" opening event w/reception
LIKE CRAZY (2016)
[LA PAZZA GIOIA]
Beatrice is a strong-willed though undeniably delusional mental patient at a facility in Tuscany. Villa Biondi used to belong to Beatrice's aristocratic family, but now it's a psychiatric hospital for women. Beatrice tells herself that she's just there for a rest... |
| 2017_MD_Borg_McEnroe_171201 | 98 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2017) -- "Borg vs McEnroe" opening event w/reception
BORG VS MCENROE
Special Features: Opening Night show Dec 1 features post-screening reception sponsored by the Embassy of Sweden
The feature narrative debut from Danish documentarian Janus Metz (ARMADILLO) chronicles the lead-up to the 1980 Wimbledon final between then four-time champ Björn Borg... |
| 2019_MD_Mr_Jones_191215 | 108 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2019) -- "Mr. Jones" (w/Andrea Chalupa) plus reception
MR. JONES (2019)
Special Features: Dec. 15 show features Q&A with screenwriter Andrea Chalupa, plus reception sponsored by Polka Deli
The latest film from Agnieszka Holland (EUROPA, EUROPA; IN DARKNESS; SPOOR) tells the real-life story of Gareth Jones (1905–1935), a Welsh journalist and foreign... |
| 2022_MD_Corsage_221201 | 80 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2022) -- "Corsage" and opening night reception
CORSAGE
Special Features: Opening Night. 2023 Oscar® Selection, Austria. Dec. 1 only: post-screening dessert reception sponsored by the Delegation of the European Union to the United States
Legendary monarch Empress Elizabeth "Sisi" of Austria — the subject of five biopics in 2021 and 2022 alone —... |
| 2023_MD_Bad_Living_231202 | 105 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2023) -- "Bad Living" (w/João Canijo)
BAD LIVING
Special Features: 2024 Oscar® Selection, Portugal. Q&A with filmmaker João Canijo, plus post-screening dessert reception sponsored by the Embassy of Portugal.
[MAL VIVER]
Piedade (Anabela Moreira) oversees a proud but struggling seaside resort near Porto. Guests are not plentiful, and the... |
| 2023_MD_Taste_231130 | 193 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2023) -- "The Taste of Things" (w/Trần Anh Hùng and Tran Nu Yen Khe)
THE TASTE OF THINGS
Special Features: Opening Night. 2024 Oscar® Selection, France. Q&A with filmmaker Trần Anh Hùng, plus post-screening reception hosted by IFC Films and the Embassy of France on Nov. 30
[THE POT-AU-FEU]
Trần Anh Hùng (CYCLO, NORWEGIAN WOOD, THE SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA) won the Best... |
| 2022_MD_Careless_Crime_220416 | 95 | AFI -- Festival of Films from Iran (2022) -- "Careless Crime" (w/Shahram Mokri, Godfrey Cheshire)
Careless Crime
Followed by Q&A with filmmaker Shahram Mokri, moderated by film critic Godfrey Cheshire
One of the most dazzling and enigmatic films in recent memory, Iranian director Shahram Mokri's mind-bending mystery was inspired by a real-life tragedy, the infamous Cinema Rex fire in 1978 that... |
| 2008_MD_Raw_Deal_081101 | 42 | AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2008) -- "Raw Deal" (w/Eddie Muller and Foster Hirsch)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI),
-- Eddie Muller,
-- Foster Hirsch
Introductions and a discussion of two Film Noir films were provided by Eddie Muller (film noir authority, founder and president of the Film Noir Foundation) and Foster Hirsch (author of sixteen books on subjects... |
| 2009_MD_Hirsch_091024 | 8 | AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2009) -- Foster Hirsch preparing for Film Noir series
Foster Hirsch, author of over a dozen movies on subjects related to theatre and movies, was in town preparing for an upcoming Film Noir festival. |
| 2013_MD_Native_Son_131026 | 72 | AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2013) -- "Native Son" (w/Eddie Muller and Stanley Crouch)
The uncut version of NATIVE SON
Restored 35mm preservation print courtesy of the Library of Congress.
*Introduction by Eddie Muller Oct. 26
When the French director Pierre Chenal teamed with American novelist Richard Wright to create a film version of Wright's controversial bestseller "Native... |
| 2015_MD_Hirsch_151025 | 38 | AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2015) -- "Phantom Lady" (w/Foster Hirsch)
PHANTOM LADY
Introduction by the Film Noir Foundation's Foster Hirsch
Loyal and lovely Ella Raines is “one hep kitten” as she high-heels her way through the noir demi monde, searching for the one woman who can save her boss from a murder rap. Director Robert Siodmak and DP Woody Bredell wring every... |
| 2017_MD_Muller_171021 | 15 | AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2017) -- "Once a Thief" (w/Eddie Muller)
ONCE A THIEF (1965)
French superstar Alain Delon's first leading role in an English-language film highlights this ultra-hip 1960s heist yarn, shot entirely on location in San Francisco. The debonair Delon plays an ex-con settled into domestic semi-bliss with wife Ann-Margret, but when dogged cop Van... |
| 2018_MD_Muller_181020 | 67 | AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2018) -- "The Big Heat" (w/Eddie Muller)
Double Feature: THE BIG HEAT + WICKED WOMAN
Special Features: Intro by Film Noir Foundation founder Eddie Muller
THE BIG HEAT (1953)
One of Fritz Lang's best Hollywood films tells the tale of a virtuous cop (Glenn Ford) out for revenge against the gangster who killed his wife. Assisting him in his... |
| 2019_MD_Scarlet_Hour_191020 | 28 | AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2019) -- "The Scarlet Hour" (w/Eddie Muller)
Scarlet Hour, The in 35mm
Special Features: Introduction by Eddie Muller
Nearing the end of his legendary directing career, Michael Curtiz produced and directed this intricately plotted thriller in which tony seductress Paulie Nevins (Carol Omhart) and her lover (Tom Tryon), overhearing plans for a... |
| 2019_MD_Woman_Run_191020 | 67 | AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2019) -- "Woman On The Run" (w/Eddie Muller and Imogen Sara Smith)
Woman On The Run (1950) in 35mm
Special Features: Introduction by Eddie Muller, post-screening discussion with Muller and film historian Imogen Sara Smith. FREE screening co-presented with the National Gallery of Art; limit 2 tickets per person.
San Franciscan Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott) disappears... |
| 2021_MD_Muller_211015 | 68 | AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2021) -- "Force of Evil" (w/Eddie Muller)
FORCE OF EVIL
Special Features: Introduced by Eddie Muller on Oct. 15
One of the most distinctive works of the original noir era, Abraham Polonsky's directorial debut is an exposé of the New York numbers racket and a riveting tale of a fallen man's search for his soul (John Garfield, in one of his... |
| 2021_MD_Hirsch_211022 | 50 | AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2021) -- "The Asphalt Jungle" (w/Foster Hirsch) |
| 2022_MD_Place_In_Sun_221016 | 149 | AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2022) -- "A Place In The Sun" (w/George Stevens Jr. and Eddie Muller)
A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
Special Features: Oct. 16: Intro by Film Noir Foundation's Eddie Muller, plus a post-screening conversation with AFI founder George Stevens Jr., author of "My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington." Books will be available for sale/signing.
This... |
| 2014_MD_Paradise_140926 | 144 | AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2014) -- "Paradise" (w/Mariana Chenillo) (incl reception)
PARADISE [Paraíso]
Q&A with filmmaker Mariana Chenillo, plus post-screening reception sponsored by the Mexican Cultural Institute on Sep 26
Carmen and Alfredo are a happy, overweight couple whose sheltered life in the suburbs is flipped upside-down when they move to bustling Mexico City. Adapting to... |
| 2015_MD_Club_151002 | 165 | AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2015) -- "The Club" (w/Alejandro Goic)
THE CLUB [El Club]
On the Chilean coast, four exiled priests live together in a small house, atoning for their past indiscretions. Under the watchful eye of a lone nun, they fill their days with innocuous pastimes and prayer, strictly forbidden from interacting with the outside world. Their main... |
| 2016_MD_Aquarius_161020 | 163 | AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2016) -- "Aquarius" (w/Sonia Braga)
AQUARIUS (2016)
Q&A with actress Sonia Braga following the screening on Oct. 20.
The last holdout at a beachfront apartment building, 65-year-old Clara (Sonia Braga, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN) resists the pressures of an aggressive development company looking to buy her home. Kleber Mendonça Filho's... |
| 2017_MD_Woodpeckers_171004 | 189 | AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2017) -- "Woodpeckers" (w/Jean Jean) and presentation by Ike Leggett
WOODPECKERS
Special Features: Q&A with actor Jean Jean, plus post-screening party and DJ, sponsored by Kesta Happening DC
[CARPINTEROS]
Tall, dark and handsome, Julián (Jean Jean) steps off a bus and becomes fresh meat walking inside the Najayo Prison in the Dominican Republic. He locates his... |
| 2023_MD_Ghosts_231011 | 111 | AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2023) -- "Pictures of Ghosts" (w/Kleber Mendonça Filho and Emilie Lesclaux)
PICTURES OF GHOSTS
Special Features: Closing Night. 2024 Oscar® Selection, Brazil. Q&A with filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho
[RETRATOS FANTASMAS]
Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho (AQUARIUS, BACURAU) turns his camera inward in this charming personal essay, reflecting on his filmmaking journey... |
| 2009_MD_NAFF_090319 | 165 | AFI -- New African Films Festival (2009) -- Opening Reception
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Kishere Mbuya (Afrikafé founder)
-- Mwiza Munthali (Transafrica’s Public Outreach Director)
2009 NEW AFRICAN FILMS FESTIVAL:
AFI Silver is proud to host the fifth annual New African Films Festival, co-presented by AFI, TransAfrica Forum, and... |
| 2019_MD_Kojo_190307 | 148 | AFI -- New African Films Festival (2019) -- "Burial Of Kojo" (w/Samuel "Blitz" Bazawule)
The Burial Of Kojo
Special Features: Q&A with director Samuel "Blitz" Bazawule aka Blitz the Ambassador and post-screening cocktail reception powered by Smirnoff
The feature debut of Brooklyn-based Ghanaian musician Samuel "Blitz" Bazawule (known by his stage name, Blitz the Ambassador), THE BURIAL OF... |
| 2017_MD_4m3w2d_170530 | 136 | AFI -- New Cinema From Romania -- "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" (w/Anamaria Marinca)
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS, Q&A with actress Anamaria Marinca and post-screening reception
10th Anniversary
Awarded the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, Cristian Mungiu's powerful drama about personal choices and political repression during the late Ceaușescu regime put the nascent new... |
| 2021_MD_Caligari_211029 | 91 | AFI -- Silent Cinema -- "Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari" (w/Not So Silent Cinema)
CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, THE (1920)
Special Features: Silent with live musical accompaniment by Not So Silent Cinema
[DAS CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI]
With its bizarre angles and aura of insanity, THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI is the ultimate German Expressionist movie — a psychological thriller with... |
| 2019_MD_Metropolis_191116 | 37 | AFI -- Silent Cinema -- "Metropolis" (w/Alloy Orchestra)
METROPOLIS
Special Features: Live musical accompaniment by Alloy Orchestra
Incorporating more than 25 minutes of newly recovered, long-lost footage, the 2010 restoration of METROPOLIS is the definitive edition of Fritz Lang's science-fiction masterpiece. Like puzzle pieces, these scenes and subplots... |
| 2022_MD_Show_People_221118 | 79 | AFI -- Silent Cinema -- "Show People" (w/Ben Model and Lara Gabrielle Fowler)
SHOW PEOPLE in 35mm
Special Features: Live musical accompaniment by Ben Model. Introduction by film historian Lara Gabrielle Fowler, author of "Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies." Books will be available for sale/signing.
Georgian stage actress Peggy Pepper (Marion Davies) sets her sights... |
| 2015_MD_Wings_151114 | 103 | AFI -- Silent Cinema -- "Wings" (w/William Wellman, Jr. and Andrew Simpson)
WINGS (1927)
Silent with live musical accompaniment by Andrew Simpson; introduction by William Wellman, Jr.
Winner of the very first Best Picture Oscar®, WINGS' pioneering aerial photography and stuntwork set the template for all flyboy films to come, up to and very much including STAR WARS. Rival... |
| 2009_MD_Zombie_091024 | 135 | AFI -- Silver Spring Zombie Walk (2009) descends on "Shaun of the Dead"
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Eric Robbins (with the shovel, blogger for http://www.thayeravenue.com)
-- Karl Ericson (with the bat, blogger for http://www.silverspringsingular.com)
SHAUN OF THE DEAD
WARNING: Zombies from the Silver Spring Zombie Walk have threatened to... |
| 2010_MD_Zombie_101023 | 156 | AFI -- Silver Spring Zombie Walk (2010) descends on "Dawn of the Dead"
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Eric Robbins (in civilian dress, blogger for http://www.thayeravenue.com)
-- Karl Ericson (in uniform, blogger for http://www.silverspringsingular.com)
Silver Spring Zombie Walk
The Silver Spring Zombie Walk will take place Saturday night,... |
| 2011_MD_Zombie_111022 | 193 | AFI -- Silver Spring Zombie Walk (2011) descends on "Dead Snow"
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Eric Robbins (in two-toned head, blogger for http://www.thayeravenue.com)
-- Karl Ericson (in Mario Brothers outfit, blogger for http://www.silverspringsingular.com) -- didn't speak
DEAD SNOW [Død snø]
WARNING: Zombies have threatened to attend... |
| 2015_MD_2001_Odyssey_151107 | 120 | AFI -- "2001: A Space Odyssey" (w/Keir Dullea and Foster Hirsch)
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Q&A with actor Keir Dullea
#22 on AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies
Beginning with the dawn of civilization and chronicling the rise from ape to man, the film evolves to the story of astronauts Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, who find themselves at the mercy of supercomputer HAL 9000.... |
| 2018_MD_2001_Odyssey_180705 | 119 | AFI -- "2001: A Space Odyssey" (w/Keir Dullea)
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY in 70mm
Special Features: Q&A with actor Keir Dullea following the screening on July 5
50th anniversary; 70mm engagement. One week only, July 5-12.
"For the first time since the original release, this 70mm print was struck from new printing elements made from the original camera... |
| 2016_MD_Holm_160925 | 61 | AFI -- "A Man Called Ove" (w/Hannes Holm)
A Man Called Ove w/Hannes Holm
AFI MEMBERS AT THE TWO-STAR LEVEL AND ABOVE ARE INVITED TO AN ADVANCE SCREENING OF
A MAN CALLED OVE
Sweden's 2017 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar® Submission
Q&A with director Hannes Holm will follow the film. |
| 2018_MD_Sestero_180201 | 110 | AFI -- "A Night Inside THE ROOM with the DISASTER ARTIST" (w/Greg Sestero)
"A Night Inside THE ROOM" with THE DISASTER ARTIST
In person: Greg Sestero
This multimedia event includes a reading from actor/author Sestero's best-selling memoir; an exclusive documentary short; a live reading of scenes from Tommy Wiseau's early drafts of THE ROOM; a Q&A and book event; a sneak peek... |
| 2023_MD_Kirchick_230415 | 68 | AFI -- "Advise & Consent" (w/James Kirchick and Michael Isikoff)
ADVISE & CONSENT in 35mm
Special Features: Post-screening Q&A with James Kirchick, author of "Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington," moderated by Michael Isikoff. Book sales/signing in the lobby.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1959 novel by Allen Drury, Otto Preminger's 1962 film... |
| 2017_MD_Alien_170708 | 88 | AFI -- "Alien" (w/Count Gore de Vol)
ALIEN presented by local TV legend Count Gore De Vol!
Local TV legend Count Gore De Vol (Dick Dyszel) returns to present another terrifying film in the spirit of the original broadcasts on CREATURE FEATURE, with lots of ghoulish good fun in store. Ridley Scott's ingenious "haunted spaceship" monster... |
| 2010_MD_America_100424 | 65 | AFI -- "America, America" (w/Stathis Giallelis and Foster Hirsch)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Foster Hirsch
-- Foster interviewing Stathis Giallelis
AMERICA, AMERICA
In Person: Actor Stathis Giallelis on April 24!
"My name is Elia Kazan. I am a Greek by blood, a Turk by birth and an American because my uncle made a journey." Elia... |
| 2022_MD_Darkness_220430 | 106 | AFI -- "Army of Darkness" (w/live shadowcast by Bloody Mayhem Theater Company)
Sam Raimi Retro: 30th Anniversary of ARMY OF DARKNESS
Featuring a live shadowcast by Bloody Mayhem Theater Company
Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell bring the guts and the laughs as hero Ash Williams (Campbell) goes back in time to the Middle Ages. There, Ash must defeat skeleton warriors known as the... |
| 2010_MD_Bombshell_101203 | 38 | AFI -- "Bombshell" (w/Michael Sragow)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Michael Sragow (author)
BOMBSHELL: In Person: Michael Sragow will introduce the 7:00 show on December 3 and the 2:45 show on December 4; copies of his book will be available for purchase (and autographs!) in the lobby following these two shows!... |
| 2015_MD_Decline_151016 | 86 | AFI -- "Decline of Western Civilization" (w/Penelope Spheeris)
Decline of Western Civilization
Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
Several years after her trail-blazing documentary on the LA punk scene, Spheeris turned her attention to LA’s booming hard rock/heavy metal scene in all its decadent debauchery, a combination of burnt-out... |
| 2015_MD_Difret_151030 | 64 | AFI -- "Difret" (w/Zeresenay Mehari and Mehret Mandefro)
DIFRET
Q&A with filmmakers Zeresenay Mehari and Mehret Mandefro
From executive producer Angelina Jolie Pitt comes the award-winning drama DIFRET, based on the inspirational true story of a young Ethiopian girl and a tenacious lawyer embroiled in a life-or-death clash between cultural traditions and... |
| 2017_MD_Murray_171012 | 91 | AFI -- "Don Murray: Unsung Hero" (w/Don Murray and Don Malcolm)
DON MURRAY: UNSUNG HERO
Special Features: Q&A with Don Murray and filmmaker Don Malcolm
Currently featured on TWIN PEAKS as Bushnell Mullins, actor Don Murray has a career spanning back to the early 1950s which includes an Oscar®-nominated role opposite Marilyn Monroe (BUS STOP). Throughout his... |
| 2018_MD_Ellington_180501 | 50 | AFI -- "Duke Ellington on Film" (w/Harvey G. Cohen)
Duke Ellington on Film: A screening and lecture by Harvey G. Cohen
Jazz great and Washington, DC, native Duke Ellington (1899–1974) made pioneering use of early sound film not only to perform but to promote his status as one of America's great bandleaders. Ellington made his screen debut with the... |
| 2009_MD_Halloween_090627 | 217 | AFI -- "Every Other Day is Halloween" (w/Count Gore De Vol and C.W. Prather)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- C.W. Prather
-- Count Gore De Vol
-- Jeff Krulik
MARS and Midsummer Night's Scream II Present:"Every Other Day is Halloween" -- World Premiere!
In person: Director C.W. Prather and Count Gore De Vol.
Post-screening Q&A moderated by Jeff... |
| 2019_MD_Fungi_191212 | 137 | AFI -- "Fantastic Fungi" (w/Louie Schwartzberg, Stephen Apkon, and Marcina Hale)
FANTASTIC FUNGI
Special Features: Q&A with filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg at both shows
FANTASTIC FUNGI, directed by Louie Schwartzberg, is a consciousness-shifting documentary that takes us on an immersive journey through time and scale into the magical earth beneath our feet, an underground network... |
| 2015_MD_Force_Majeure_150115 | 194 | AFI -- "Force Majeure" (w/Ruben Östlund and Erik Hemmendorff) (incl reception)
FORCE MAJEURE aka TOURIST
2014 Oscar® Selection, Sweden
In person: director Ruben Östlund
Picture-perfect Swedes Tomas, Ebba and their two kids are enjoying a pleasant family getaway at a French ski resort, until an avalanche strikes. Although everyone walks away unharmed, Tomas' gut reaction to the... |
| 2023_MD_Fremont_230914 | 130 | AFI -- "Fremont" (w/Anaita Wali Zada and Sudnya Shroff)
FREMONT
Special Features: Advance Screening Sept. 14, 7:00 p.m. featuring Q&A with actress Anaita Wali Zada
Each morning, Donya (Anaita Wali Zada) leaves her tight-knit community of Afghan immigrants in Fremont, California, and crosses the Bay to work at a family-run fortune cookie factory in San... |
| 2023_MD_Hatching_230607 | 136 | AFI -- "Hatching" (w/Hanna Bergholm)
HATCHING
Wine reception - sponsored by the Embassy of Finland
Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Hanna Bergholm
Twelve-year-old gymnast Tinja (Siiri Solalinna) is desperate to please her image-obsessed mother, whose popular blog Lovely Everyday Life presents their family's idyllic existence as... |
| 2019_MD_Zeppelin_190120 | 77 | AFI -- "Led Zeppelin Played Here" (w/Jeff Krulik)
LED ZEPPELIN PLAYED HERE Special Features: In person: filmmaker Jeff Krulik 50th anniversary of the legendary Led Zeppelin show at Wheaton Youth Center 1969. Man lands on the moon. Half a million strong at Woodstock. SESAME STREET debuts…. and Led Zeppelin perform in the gym of the Wheaton Youth Center... |
| 2021_MD_Licorice_Pizza_211211 | 50 | AFI -- "Licorice Pizza" advance screening
LICORICE PIZZA
Special Features: Advance screenings in 70mm on Dec. 11 at 7:00 p.m. (SOLD OUT)
LICORICE PIZZA is the story of Alana Kane (Alana Haim) and Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman, son of Philip Seymour Hoffman) growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley in 1973.... |
| 2016_MD_Miller_160501 | 39 | AFI -- "Maggie's Plan" (w/Rebecca Miller)
AFI members at the two-star level and above are invited to an advance screening of MAGGIE'S PLAN
Q&A with director Rebecca Miller will follow the film. |
| 2009_MD_Landscapes_091013 | 57 | AFI -- "Manufactured Landscapes" (w/Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Jos Williams (AFL-CIO),
-- Presentation of shirts with Jos Williams, Jennifer Baichwal, Todd Hitchcock (AFI), Mark Dudzic (AFL-CIO), and Chris Garlock (AFL-CIO and Dir. Of Labor FilmFest DC)
-- Jennifer Baichwal
-- Panel with Chris Garlock, Edward Burtynsky, and... |
| 2023_MD_Married_230908 | 201 | AFI -- "Married to Comics" (w/Carol Tyler, John Kinhart and Gary Groth)
Small Press Expo is proud to announce the sponsorship of the World Premiere of Married To Comics, which will be held at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center on Friday, September 8, at 7PM.
Married to Comics, by veteran documentarian John Kinhart, is the story of graphic novelist Carol Tyler and... |
| 2015_MD_Mistress_America_150726 | 128 | AFI -- "Mistress America" (w/Greta Gerwig and Lola Kirke)
AFI members at the two-star level and above are invited to a free advance screening of
MISTRESS AMERICA
Q&A with stars Greta Gerwig and Lola Kirke will follow the screening. |
| 2018_MD_Moynihan_181022 | 66 | AFI -- "Moynihan" (w/Joseph Dorman and Toby Perl Freilich)
MOYNIHAN
Special Features: Q&A with directors Joseph Dorman & Toby Perl Freilich.
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion — but not to his own facts." – politician, sociologist and diplomat Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927–2003). His aristocratic demeanor and Harvard polish belied Moynihan's... |
| 2008_MD_Forman_080819 | 75 | AFI -- "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" (w/Miloš Forman)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Murray Horwitz (AFI Director),
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI) interviewing Miloš Forman
In Person August 19: Miloš Forman at the showing of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
One of Forman's most acclaimed films, this adaptation of Ken Kesey's widely-read anti-establishment... |
| 2019_MD_Paradise_190824 | 71 | AFI -- "Phantom of the Paradise" w/shadowcast by Bloody Mayhem Theatrical, featuring members of Guerrilla Theatre Front
Phantom Of The Paradise
Special Features: Pre-show cabaret & live shadowcast during the screening by Bloody Mayhem Theatrical, featuring members of Guerrilla Theatre Front!
45th Anniversary
Baltimore-based performers Bloody Mayhem Theatrical return to the AFI Silver to present an encore screening of... |
| 2009_MD_Pleasure_091211 | 44 | AFI -- "Pleasure At Her Majesty's" (w/Martin Lewis and Richard Harrington)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Martin Lewis
-- Richard Harrington
In Person: Q&A between films with "Secret Policeman's Ball" co-creator/producer Martin Lewis and music critic/cultural writer Richard Harrington:
PLEASURE AT HER MAJESTY'S:
The first Amnesty International... |
| 2019_MD_Punk_191109 | 86 | AFI -- "Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement" (w/Paul Bishow, James June Schneider, Sam Lavine, Boyd Farrell, Anne Bonafede, Diana Quinn)
PUNK THE CAPITAL: BUILDING A SOUND MOVEMENT
Special Features: Filmmaker Q&As at all screenings
When punk rock exploded in Washington, DC, in the late 1970s, it was a mighty, intergenerational convergence of powerful music, close friendships and clear minds. Featuring breathtaking Super-8 footage... |
| 2011_MD_Callan_110612 | 54 | AFI -- "Robert Redford: The Biography" (w/Michael Feeney Callan)
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
In Person: Michael Feeney Callan, author of Robert Redford: The Biography, will host a post-screening Q&A. Following the show, he will sign copies of his book in the lobby.
A box office smash as well as the recipient of seven Academy Award nominations, Paul Newman is... |
| 2023_MD_Rolling_Thunder_230203 | 25 | AFI -- "Rolling Thunder" (w/George Pelecanos)
ROLLING THUNDER (1977)
Special Features: Intro by George Pelecanos at the Feb. 3 show
After seven years of detention at a POW camp in Hanoi, Major Charles Rane (William Devane, KNOTS LANDING, MARATHON MAN) returns home a changed man. His wife has moved on and his son barely remembers him. He struggles... |
| 2009_MD_SPBall_091207 | 81 | AFI -- "Secret Policeman's Ball" Anniversary Reception and Screening
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Martin Lewis
-- Larry Cox |
| 2010_MD_DBT_100228 | 173 | AFI -- "Secret to a Happy Ending" (w/Barr Weissman and Drive-By Truckers)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Barr Weissman
-- Panel with Brooks Boliek (moderator), Barr Weissman, Bryant Simon, Geoffrey Himes, Mike Cooley, Patterson Hood, and Brad Morgan
MARS: Mid-Atlantic Regional Showcase presents: THE SECRET TO A HAPPY ENDING
A documentary about the... |
| 2008_MD_Granger_081025 | 50 | AFI -- "Strangers on a Train" (w/Farley Granger)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Lori Donnelly (AFI)
-- Foster Hirsch,
-- Murray Horwitz (AFI Director),
-- Foster Hirsch interviewing Garley Granger,
-- Murray Horwitz (again)
Star of stage and screen Farley Granger will appear at the Saturday, October 25 screening of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN--one of... |
| 2016_MD_Bogawa_160415 | 68 | AFI -- "Taken By Storm" (w/Roddy Bogawa)
TAKEN BY STORM
Special Features: Q&A with director Roddy Bogawa!
TAKEN BY STORM: THE ART OF STORM THORGERSON AND HIPGNOSIS
This is a documentary portrait of graphic designer Storm Thorgerson, famous for his visionary album cover artwork for design outfit Hipgnosis. A childhood friend of members of... |
| 2018_MD_Lebowski_180309 | 80 | AFI -- "The Big Lebowski" 20th Anniversary w/costume contest
The Big Lebowski 20th Anniversary
Pre-show costume contest on Friday, March 9!
Dress as your favorite character from the film for a chance to win prizes
White Russians available at the cafe all weekend for patrons 21+
"The Dude abides." A case of mistaken identity embroils slacker Jeff "the Dude"... |
| 2018_MD_Sarcofiguy_180825 | 63 | AFI -- "The Black Cat" and "Re-Animator" (w/Doctor Sarcofiguy and Arch Campbell)
DOCTOR SARCOFIGUY!!!! is back with another creepy double feature! The Black Cat 1934 followed by Re-Animator
The Black Cat (1934 film) Boris Karloff/Bela Lugosi
This classic Edgar Allen Poe adaptation stars horror icons Boris Karloff (FRANKENSTEIN) and Bela Lugosi (DRACULA) in their first cinematic... |
| 2009_MD_Branching_091114 | 117 | AFI -- "The House of Branching Love" (w/Elina Knihtilä & Anna Easteden)
Speakers:
-- Elina Knihtilä & Anna Easteden interviewed by Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
The House of Branching Love [Haarautuvan Rakkauden Talo]:
In Person: Actresses Elina Knihtilä & Anna Easteden; post-screening reception courtesy of the Embassy of Finland.
A hit in Finland, Mika Kaurismaeki's latest... |
| 2019_MD_Sturges_191116 | 47 | AFI -- "The Lady Eve" (w/Preston Sturges)
LADY EVE, THE
Special Features: Intro and book event with Tom Sturges, author of "Preston Sturges: The Last Years of Hollywood's First Writer-Director" at the Nov. 16 show
"I need him like the axe needs the turkey." In Preston Sturges' masterpiece of amour fou, boyish herpetologist/brewery heir Henry... |
| 2022_MD_Lost_Record_220827 | 127 | AFI -- "The Lost Record" (w/Ian Svenonius, Alexandra Cabral, and Eric Cheevers)
THE LOST RECORD
Special Features: Q&A with filmmakers Ian Svenonius and Alexandra Cabral, and cinematographer Eric Cheevers
A collaboration between writer, critic and musician Ian Svenonius and artist and photographer Alexandra Cabral (who together form the band ESCAPE-ISM), THE LOST RECORD is an... |
| 2023_MD_Shining_230204 | 247 | AFI -- "The Shining" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
Count Gore De Vol presents THE SHINING
Join us for some creepy good fun when local TV legend Count Gore de Vol (Dick Dyszel) returns to present another horror favorite in the spirit of the original CREATURE FEATURE program on Washington, DC's Channel 20.
2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Count... |
| 2017_MD_Tyrus_170621 | 117 | AFI -- "Tyrus" (w/Pamela Tom and Gwen Wynne)
Tyrus Screening + Q & A with director Pamela Tom and producer Gwen Wynne
IN MEMORIAM: Tyrus Wong (1910–2016)
When former Disney animator and painter Tyrus Wong died in December 2016 at 106, obituaries told of a man whose life reads like an epic of the 20th century. From his birth in China in 1910 to a... |
| 2023_MD_Fugazi_230211 | 194 | AFI -- "We Are Fugazi From Washington, DC" (w/Joe Gross and Jeff Krulik)
"We Are Fugazi From Washington, DC"
Feb. 11 & 15: Intro and Q&A with program curators Joe Gross and Jeff Krulik
(tHISiSNOTaFUGAZIdOCUMENTARY.) To commemorate the 20 years that have passed since DC-based post-hardcore band Fugazi's last live appearance (November 4, 2002, at The Forum in London), AFI... |
| 2013_MD_Mickle_130925 | 35 | AFI -- "We Are What We Are" (w/Jim Mickle)
You and a guest are invited to a special advance screening of "We Are What We Are" with director Jim Mickle!
In WE ARE WHAT WE ARE, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, BOARDWALK... |
| 2017_MD_Weirdos_170707 | 60 | AFI -- "Weirdos" (w/Bruce McDonald)
Weirdos (2016)
Special Features: Q&A with filmmaker Bruce McDonald
Renowned director Bruce McDonald (HARD CORE LOGO, PONTY POOL) — a key figure in Canadian film for over three decades — returns with this offbeat and endearing coming-of-age story about teenagers in small-town Nova Scotia in 1976. As... |
| 2019_MD_Thug_190430 | 157 | AFI and PEN/Faulkner Foundation's Literary Conversations -- "The Hate U Give" w/Angie Thomas, Russell Hornsby, and Ramunda Young
Literature on Screen: THE HATE U GIVE
Special Features: Discussion with author Angie Thomas and actor Russell Hornsby, moderated by Ramunda Young, MahoganyBooks. With select clips from the film THE HATE U GIVE. Copies of Thomas' novel "The Hate U Give" available for sale and signing.
Author Angie... |
| 2019_MD_Broadcast_News_190605 | 158 | AFI and Washington Monthly -- Fourth Estate Film Series (2019) -- "Broadcast News" (w/James L. Brooks and Jane Mayer)
BROADCAST NEWS
Special Features: Panel discussion with Academy Award®-winning filmmaker James L. Brooks and New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer, moderated by Washington Monthly digital editor Eric Cortellessa. Introductory remarks were provided by Washington Monthly editor in chief Paul Glastris.
One... |
| 2010_MD_Mine_100227 | 109 | AFI Silverdocs 2010 -- "Mine" (w/Erin Essenmacher and Scotlund Haisley) plus Reception @ Jackie's
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Amy King,
-- Panel with Amy King, Scotlund Haisley, and Erin Essenmacher
AFI/Discovery Channel SilverDocs Presents: MINE
Hailed as "absorbing," "a must see," "Oscar material" and "the best movie at SXSW," this is a documentary about the bond... |
| 2010_MD_Border_100623 | 96 | AFI Silverdocs 2010 -- "South of the Border" (w/Oliver Stone)
Speakers in sequence:
-- Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
-- Oliver Stone
-- Panel with Oliver Stone, ???, Mark Weisbrot, Cynthia Arnson, and Neal Conan.
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
Oliver Stone 2009
In his new documentary SOUTH OF THE BORDER, Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone embarks on a road trip to... |
| 2011_MD_Give_Up_110621 | 26 | AFI Silverdocs 2011 -- "Give Up Tomorrow" (w/Michael Collins and Michael Syjuco)
GIVE UP TOMORROW: Michael Collins 2010
Filmed over nearly a decade on three continents and four countries, the film chronicles the controversial case – dubbed the nation’s “Trial of the Century” – of Paco Larrañaga, a culinary student, who, with six others, was arrested for and accused of the kidnap,... |
| 2011_MD_Jiro_110622 | 24 | AFI Silverdocs 2011 -- "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" (w/David Gelb)
JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI: David Gelb 2011
A feast for the senses, JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI introduces us to master chef Jiro Ono, proprietor of the revered 10-seat, $300-a-plate Sukiyabashi Jiro restaurant in Tokyo. From early-morning fish markets to tuna auctions to the meticulous daily routines of the... |
| 2012_MD_Tsunami_120317 | 127 | DC Env Film Festival (2012) -- "Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom" (w/Lucy Walker) @ AFI
THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM (United Kingdom, 2011, 40 min.)
Winner of the Environmental Film Festival’s third annual Polly Krakora Award for artistry in film
Oscar-nominated director Lucy Walker set out to make “a visual haiku about cherry blossoms” in Japan but changed her plans radically... |
| 2015_MD_Planetary_150422 | 116 | DC Env Film Festival (2015) and World Wildlife Fund -- "Planetary" @ AFI
Planetary
Presented with World Wildlife Fund
(UK, 2015, 85 min.)
A stunning visual portrait of our planet, this cross-continental cinematic journey explores our cosmic origins and our future as a species. A poetic and humbling reminder that it’s time to shift our perspective, the film asks us to... |
| 2016_MD_Fleischerei_160305 | 206 | Washington Jewish Film Festival (2016) @ AFI -- "Gary Lucas' Fleischerei" (Music from Max Fleischer Cartoons)
GARY LUCAS’ FLEISCHEREI:
Music From Max Fleischer Cartoons
And now, for something different! Celebrating the release of the titular album–on Silver Spring based label Cuneiform–legendary guitarist Gary Lucas joins forces with Tony®- nominated singer and actress Sarah Stiles (Avenue Q, Hand to God) for... |
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