Five Films will be shown this Saturday and Sunday!
Smithsonian Theaters Presents Holiday Film Festival
If Beale Street Could Talk | Final Trailer | New Poster
Academy Award-winning writer/director Barry Jenkins’ first film since the Best Picture Oscar-winning Moonlight is If Beale Street Could Talk, his adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel — the first English-language feature film based on the work of the author, to whom the movie is dedicated.
Screenings feature a live-streamed Q&A with Director/Co-Writer Ryan Coogler
New Trailer for BLACK PANTHER – Returning to Theaters Today for #GivingTuesday
Black Panther returns to the big screen with free screenings for #GivingTuesday at nonprofit art house theaters nationwide on Tuesday, November 27th. Presented by Film Comment, a publication of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and supported by the Art House Convergence, the event will feature a post-screening live-streamed Q&A with director Ryan Coogler. The one-night-only event offers audiences an opportunity to experience the acclaimed film on the big screen once again with their local communities.
A24 is bringing Eighth Grade to 100 schools for Free This Fall
We’re inviting educators to bring Eighth Grade to their classrooms, gymnasiums, and auditoriums so students across the country can experience the film that Rotten Tomatoes calls “exactly what teens need to see right now.”
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND FACULTY CAN ENTER THEIR SCHOOL FOR A FREE SCREENING THE WEEK OF 10/22 AT THISIS.EIGHTHGRADE.MOVIE
Costumes from four-time Oscar winning designer Colleen Atwood to be displayed at National Air and Space Museum from Friday, October 5 through Sunday, October 7
Ten costumes from new FANTASTIC BEASTS movie on display at National Air and Space Museum in DC
Smithsonian Theaters presents costumes from Warner Bros. Pictures’ much-anticipated adventure “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,” designed by four-time Oscar winner Colleen Atwood, to be displayed here in Washington, D.C. starting Friday, Oct. 5 from 2:00pm – 5:30pm, Saturday, Oct. 6 from 10:00am – 5:30pm & Sunday, Oct. 7th from 10:00am – 5:30pm at the Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC 20560
Film Festival to Honor Madeline Anderson, Charles Burnett at “Night at the Museum”
Wakanda Comes to Inaugural Smithsonian African American Film Festival with First Display of Black Panther Costume
The Black Panther’s hero costume, worn by Chadwick Boseman in Disney’s record-breaking film, will be on display for the first time during the inaugural Smithsonian African American Film Festival. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture announced today that the costume will be on display during the Film Festival’s “Night at the Museum” celebration Thursday, Oct. 25. For those who can’t attend “Night at the Museum,” a virtual close up of the costume featuring the museum’s conservation team will be made available online. This special event will also celebrate the Film Festival’s honorees: Madeline Anderson and Charles Burnett.
Exclusive interview with director Silas Howard
A Director Like Silas Howard Talks about A Kid Like Jake
It was the year 2001 – our guest on INTERVUE starred and co-directed in one of the most influential trans films of the century, By Hook or By Crook. The film debut at Sundance and won the SXSW Audience Award the next year. Since then, Silas has went on to directed numerous TV shows including Transparent, This is Us and the new FX series Pose. This weekend, he’s directing his biggest project to date with the upcoming indie film “A Kid Like Jake” from IFC Films starring Jim Parsons, Claire Danes, Octavia Spencer and Leo James Davis.
Director Patty Jenkins Reteams with Star Gal Gadot for the DC Super Hero’s Return to the Big Screen
Cameras roll on “Wonder Woman 1984”
Fast forward to the 1980s as Wonder Woman’s next big screen adventure finds her facing an all-new foe: The Cheetah. Principal photography is underway on Warner Bros. Pictures’ follow up to the Super Hero’s first outing, last summer’s record-breaking “Wonder Woman,” which took in $822 million at the worldwide box office. “Wonder Woman 1984” will also be helmed by acclaimed director Patty Jenkins, and star Gal Gadot in the title role.
Exclusive interview with Upgrade's writer/director Leigh Whannell
Leigh Whannell: Upgrading from Horror to Sci-fi
For years, Leigh Whannell was responsible writing the screenplays to the Saw and Insidious franchises. This weekend, Leigh has made the leap from horror to sci-fi with the film “Upgrade”. A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life. I sat with Leigh to explore the usual movements, going from writing to directing and filming back home in Melbourne, Australia
Exclusive Interview with First Reformed's writer/director Paul Schrader
Paul Schrader: Talking About First Reformed
On this latest edition of INTERVUE, Dean on the Scene talks to legendary writer/director Paul Schrader about his new film “First Reformed” coming from A24. The movie stars stars Ethan Hawke as a former military chaplain who is wracked by grief over the death of his son. Mary (Amanda Seyfried) is a member of his church whose husband, a radical environmentalist, commits suicide, setting the plot in motion.
