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Last updated on May 18, 2013.



Coming Attractions: Summer Trailer Night 2013

DATE CHANGE: The "Coming Attractions" Summer Trailer Night is now Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at Landmark's E Street Cinema. We'll highlight the summer blockbusters and must-see indies with Film Society hosts Bill Henry and Tim Gordon on hand to provide commentary. FREE for Gold Members. See the trailer page for more information.


The Internship

Wed, May 22 - 7pm - NOTE START TIME
Regal Majestic
900 Ellsworth Drive, Silver Spring MD

We have admission for 60 members via Gofobo passes (one per member only). Get your pass using the code in your e-mail. Only get passes you will definitely use to allow other members to attend. There are 2 screenings that evening.

All screenings are FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED for everyone attending. Seating is not guaranteed and is limited to theater capacity.



Billy and Nick are salesmen whose careers have been demolished by the digital world. Trying to prove their relevance, they talk their way into coveted internships at Google, along with a team of bright, ambitious college students. But, gaining entrance to this utopia is only half the battle. Now they must compete with a group of the nation's most elite, tech-savvy geniuses to prove that necessity really is the mother of re-invention 20th Century Fox. Opens June 7.

CAST: Rose Byrne, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Dylan O'Brien, Max Minghella

DIR: Shawn Levy


What Maisie Knew

Wed, May 22 - 7pm - NOTE START TIME
Landmark E Street Cinema
E Street, NW betw 10th & 11th

We have admission for up to 50 members. Show your membership card for admission.

All screenings are FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED for everyone attending. Seating is not guaranteed and is limited to theater capacity.



A contemporary reimagining of Henry James' novel, What Maisie Knew is a heartbreaking but redemptive story of family, self-sacrifice and the indelibility of one child's love. Maisie navigates the turmoil of her parents' bitter custody battle with a six-year-old's innocence, charm and generosity of spirit. Aging rock star Susanna and contemporary art dealer Beale are too self-involved even to notice their neglect and inadequacy as parents; their fight for Maisie is just another battle in an epic war of personalities. As they raise the stakes by taking on inappropriate new partners, the ex-nanny Margo and the much younger bartender Lincoln, the shuffling of Maisie from household to household becomes more and more callous, the consequences more and more troubling. Always watchful, however, Maisie begins to understand that the path through this morass of adult childishness and selfish blindness will have to be of her own making. From the directors of The Deep End and Bee Season and producers of The Kids Are All Right. Millennium Entertainment (1hr 33min). Opens May 24 at E Street.

CAST: Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan, Onata Aprile, Alexander Skarsgård

DIR: Scott McGehee, David Siegel (The Deep End, Bee Season)


Don Jon

Thurs, May 23 - 7pm - NOTE START TIME
AFI Silver Theater
8633 Colesville Rd Silver Spring, MD

This screening is exclusively for DC Film Society members and guests. We'd like to collect rsvps to gauge attendance. TO RSVP, please email the address in your e-mail.

Though this screening is all DCFS, seating is still first come, first served and limited to theater capacity (200 seats).



VERY ADVANCED SCREENING (opens in October).

Jon Martello is a strong, handsome, good old fashioned guy. His buddies call him Don Jon due to his ability to "pull" a different woman every weekend, but even the finest fling doesn't compare to the bliss he finds alone in front of the computer watching pornography. Barbara Sugarman is a bright, beautiful, good old fashioned girl. Raised on romantic Hollywood movies, she's determined to find her Prince Charming and ride off into the sunset. Wrestling with good old fashioned expectations of the opposite sex, Jon and Barbara struggle against a media culture full of false fantasies to try and find true intimacy in this unexpected comedy. Relativity Media (1 hr. 30 min). Opens in October

CAST: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Brie Larson

DIR/WRITER: Joseph Gordon-Levitt


Coming Soon:

Upcoming screenings include NOW YOU SEE ME (Regal Gallery Place) and THE KINGS OF SUMMER (E Street) on May 29...and THE HEAT (Mazza Gallerie) on May 30.

General Screening Information

WHAT IS A PREVIEW? Before movies open, local ad agencies generate publicity with advance screenings. Washington, DC Film Society members are a popular target audience for previews, since we create good "word of mouth" for a film. Sometimes we have an entire theater to ourselves, but most of the time we share a theater with an audience holding passes that the ad agencies have distributed through radio stations, newspapers, and local establishments. In the past, the Film Society has hosted numerous special events as well.

AM I GUARANTEED A SEAT? No! Seating for previews is always on a first-come, first-served basis. Why? First of all, sometimes more members than we have passes to give out will show up at a particular screening. Also, the ad agencies always give out more passes than there are seats in the theater. The theater is always overbooked because at least 20% of pass holders don't show up. If everyone shows up, the theater could be full before you get in. Even if we have an RSVP screening (see below), arrive early to ensure a seat.

WHAT ABOUT RSVP SCREENINGS? When we have very few passes, we still want to offer the screening to as many members as possible, yet want to avoid turning many people away. When this happens (30 passes for two or less), we will sometimes have an RSVP system set up. Please follow instructions in the e-mail for RSVP screenings.

WHEN YOU GET TO THE THEATER: Each member must bring a valid membership card to the screening and show it to the Film Society staff person at the theater to receive a free pass.

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