Special film screening at HOSIERY tonight! 08.24.07

The DC Premiere of the comedy short:
"MICK MEDALLION, STREET STALLION Vs. THE GREEK DISCO GANG"

and various episodes from the revolutionary as-yet-undistributed TV series:
BLOWBACK: SEASON ONE: THE RISE OF SLIPPY JIM created by Luke Wyatt with Team FILO associates

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 24
8PM / $5 donation
BYOB
BYOCIUW (Bring Your Own Chair If You Want)
443 I (Eye) St. NW
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MICK MEDALLION
The Hosiery will present the DC Premiere of the comedy short "Mick Medallion, Street Stallion Vs. The Greek Disco Gang". This is the secondepisode in the Mick Medallion series in which Mick gets tangled up with a wild and hairy Greek Disco Gang...It's midnight, Mick Medallion is trying to get laid, and the Greek Disco Gang are cooking lamb outside Mick's window? Time for Mick Medallion kick these Greeks off the block. OPA! (Episode 1 and more available at www.mickmedallion.com). Produced and directed by local filmmaker Adam Krell. Starring Ian Fay as Mick Medallion, Wayne Willinger, Francis Manuel Abbey, Kimberly Klinger and Ben Cunis.12 minutes.

SILVERDOCS Film Festival now thru 06.17.07!

The SILVERDOCS AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival began yesterday, Tuesday, June 12, and runs through Sunday, June 17 at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring. Over 100 films will be showcased. Come out and show your support for independent and documentary films!
Tickets on sale now! $10
film schedule
silverdocs at AFI

tonight! JESUS LIZARD LIVE! (a film screening) 06.11.07

oh man.
I've been sick guys.
I didn't notice this in the paper until about 5 minutes ago.

David
David
Duane
Mac.
boys on film.
BLACK CAT
FREE...FILM.... SCREENING.

The good news: I've experienced the JL live more than I can remember and if you live anywhere near 14th street, I highly recommend that you check this out. A Jesus Lizard show was arguably one of the greatest live performance experiences that you could have hoped to attend in the 90's. The bad news: per doctors orders, I can't eat, I can't drink, and I can't swim ...

you don't have to suffer. This shit is free and it's on NOW.

black cat

FILM! THE CRAMPS 04.02.07

I forgot to throw this up before the Pharm posting! oops! The Black Cat is hosting a FREE film screening of The Cramps, Live at Napa State Mental Hospital on April 2nd. Get your viddy on and then come on down to 18th street. word.

tonight! The HILLS HAVE EYES II release! 03.23.07

excitemuch!
The long awaited sequel to 2006 Craven remake of the 70's classic, The Hills Have Eyes, is finally in theaters!

Gallery Place tonight!
I'll be barcycling afterward.

zodiac. in theaters 03.02.07

jake, robert, mark, chloe.
david fincher directing.

oh and umm, yeah, it's based on the Robert Graysmith books about a real life serial killer, the notorious Zodiac and the unsolved case about his reign of terror on San Francisco.

duh.

(VENUE CHANGE!!!) We're gonna hit Gallery Place on Sunday like it's never been hit before. Mezze at Zaytinya to follow.
wanna?

stanley kubrick retrospective at AFI Silver Theatre until 03.01.07

dudes, I SO meant to post this at the beginning of the month....

AFI SILVER THEATRE is currently showcasing some of Stanley Kubrick's finest films from now until Thursday, March 1st. Rather than create some witty narrative, I'm reposting the review from Gary Arnold of the Washington Times, who describes this retrospective to perfection:

"No commercial filmmaker of the last 40 years has laid a stronger claim to "high art" than Stanley Kubrick. Think of the visionary psychological, psychedelic and spiritual experiment of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY; the seductively evil iconography of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE and THE SHINING; the meticulous period detail and study in candlelight of BARRY LYNDON. His earliest efforts were rooted in conventional genre cinema, but their originality and stylistic departures remain unique: THE KILLING,a ripping caper flick, paced by the clock and fractured in time; PATHS OF GLORY, an authoritative war narrative with anti-war eloquence; Kubrick's tack on the virtually unfilmable LOLITA, making it a demented screwball comedy (as long as Shelley Winters was in the picture); and DR. STRANGELOVE, the director twisting a pulp thriller into a post-modern prank of absurdism and pitch-black comedy. Words like "chilly" have been used to describe Kubrick, but just as often those attempting to describe his work have used "groundbreaking," "influential," "awe-inspiring" and "genius." His film legacy only grows with time. In retrospect, the best of his films remain as vital as ever with each viewing."

Films playing:
THE SHINING
SPARTACUS
THE KILLING
PATHS OF GLORY
DR. STRANGELOVE or: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
LOLITA
2001: SPACE ODYSSEY
BARRY LYNDON
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

AFIsilvertheatre

The Ground Truth. Film Screening @ 10th St. Lodge: 02.15.07

THE GROUND TRUTH stunned filmgoers at the 2006 Sundance and Nantucket Film Festivals.

Hailed as "powerful" and "quietly unflinching," Patricia Foulkrod's searing documentary feature includes exclusive footage that will stir audiences. The filmmaker's subjects are patriotic young Americans - ordinary men and women who heeded the call for military service in Iraq - as they experience recruitment and training, combat, homecoming, and the struggle to reintegrate with families and communities. The terrible conflict in Iraq, depicted with ferocious honesty in the film, is a prelude for the even more challenging battles fought by the soldiers returning home – with personal demons, an uncomprehending public, and an indifferent government. As these battles take shape, each soldier becomes a new kind of hero, bearing witness and giving support to other veterans, and learning to fearlessly wield the most powerful weapon of all - the truth.

Join me for a film screening of this documentary next Thursday, February 15th!
click the link for details and to rsvp.

http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=32396&&id=9857-5807793-QJMvzqoVxw9fafEh_q5b7A&t=2




http://thegroundtruth.net/

http://www.moveon.org/

this SUNDAY 02/04! film screening DEAD KENNEDYS the early years!!!

that's right. wipe your eyes, pump your fists in the air and relive your youth, D/K style. The black cat will be showing a free screening of "The Dead Kennedy's: the Early Years Live" at 9:00pm on Sunday, February 4th.

join me for a stiff cocktail and a group singalong...wanna?

black cat
9p
backstage
free (stupid cheap!)


http://www.deadkennedys.com/

excitemuch!!! HILLS HAVE EYES II (In theaters this spring!)

It was at the Children of Men ten minute preview nightmare that my dark and tortured appetite for cinematic bloodlust was finally piqued... On the screen before me, the desert. From camera left, a hunched form, dressed in drab military garb, slowly dragging what appeared to be a body behind him, tied to his ankle with frayed rope..

deep down inside. i knew.

when the second figure appeared in a similar fashion, i feared that it would be another war movie.. something along the lines of (what was that jake gyllenhaall film...? oh.. yeah...) Jarhead or Three Kings...

BUT NO.

to my complete delight and satisfaction of intuition... It was what I hoped it would be... the trailer for:
THE HILLS HAVE EYES II

when it flashed on the screen, I released an audible "yesh!" and pumped my fist in the air...

I never said I wasn't a nerd.
got gore?

VOLVER @ E St. Cinema

I remember the first time I heard of Pedro Almodovar. It was from my friend Penny, who has impeccable taste in, well, everything. She was describing the movie "Talk To Her" and the scene in which one of the characters climbs into a woman who's been in a coma...you know the scene. The film was as delightfully touching as it was melancholy and immediately after watching it, I decided I was in love. Amongst some of my favorites: Dark Habits, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down, What Have I Done to Deserve This, Bad Education and All About My Mother.

Check out Pedro's new film: VOLVER, now playing at the E St. Cinema.
A little birdie told me that it's amazing...

showtimes:

http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/WashingtonDC/WashingtonDC_Frameset.htm

official Almodovar site:

http://www.clubcultura.com/clubcine/clubcineastas/almodovar/eng/homeeng.htm

Curse of the Golden Flower (Reviews Anyone?)

yo! Has anyone seen this yet? I'm looking for reviews of this movie.. no spoilers though!