Coming Attractions: Trailer Night Summer 2019
There are at least two dozen. No, not presidential candidates. Summer movies coming your way! You’ll get to preview many of them by viewing the trailers at the Washington, DC Film Society’s Spring version of our twice-yearly “COMING ATTRACTIONS TRAILER NIGHT, SUMMER 2019.”
DC Film Society Director Michael Kyrioglou says it’s set for Tuesday, June 11 at our familiar location, Landmark’s E Street Cinema (located on E Street between 10th and 11th Street, NW), from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. But that’s not all. In addition, DC’s favorite film critics Tim Gordon and Travis Hopson will guide you through the ins and outs of these upcoming films, dish the dirt on what’s happening in the film biz, and give you their opinion on what you see. But we also need your opinion and you will have a vote on the good, the bad, and the ugly of what’s on tap. We’ll let the studios know.
The program may include blasts from the past presented to a 21st Century generation such as Godzilla, Shaft, and Aladdin, the live action version (hey, it worked for Dumbo). Of course, what would Summer be without the franchise sequels? Those trailers may include Men In Black (number 4), Toy Story 4, and Spider Man: Far From Home. Other possibilities are a new version of The Lion King, an irresistible pairing of Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time In Hollywood and something different, indie favorite Jim Jarmusch trying his hand at a zombie flick, The Dead Don’t Die, with the red-hot Adam Driver and an all-star cast.
Tickets are a mere $5.00 for the general public, $3 for BASIC DC Film Society Members and FREE for DC Film Society GOLD Members and that entitles you to the ever-popular goodie bag, where you get your choice of movie promotional items, such as movie poster and t-shirts. There’ll be raffle prizes that include DVDs and movie tickets and much more. For more information and an update on the trailers to be shown, check out our website or e-mail.
Calendar of Events
FILMS
American Film Institute Silver Theater
"Spanish Cinema Now" (June 14-16) presents outstanding new films from Spain. The Opening Night film is Realm (2018). Other titles incude The Silence of Others; Virgin and Extra: The Land of the Olive Oil; Quien Te Cantara; Facing the Wind; Bunuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles; Petra; and Between Two Waters.
AFI DOCS (June 19-23) is a documentary film festival. Locations include The AFI Silver Theater, Landmark's E Street Cinema, and more. See above.
"The Fourth Estate Film Series" (May 29-July 31) investigates the world of journalism including early screwball comedy and film noir to more realistic investigating reporting. Titles in June are Broadcast News followed by a panel discussion with filmmaker James L. Brooks and New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer; The Front Page (1931); His Girl Friday followed by a panel discussion with The Atlantic's film critic Christopher Orr, New Yorker staff writer Margaret Talbot and Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi; and Network followed by a discussion with Chuck Todd, host of NBC's Meet the Press, Washington Post reporter Beth Reinhard and Chicago Tirbune columnist Clarence Page.
"Recent Restorations" (May 3-July 11) continues in June with I Am Cuba (1964), The Shining, Escape From New York, The Fog, The Juniper Tree, Greetings (1968), The Wedding Party (1969) and Mutual Appreciation. Most are 4K restorations. More in July.
"United Artists Centennial" continues in June with Rebecca, Stagecoach, Foreign Correspondent, Of Mice and Men, The Great Dictator, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The African Queen, The Shanghai Gesture, That Uncertain Feeling, To Be or Not To Be, The Sweet Smell of Success and two films introduced by Catherine Wyler The Westerner and Wuthering Heights.
The 19th DC Caribbean Film Festival (June 6-12) brings films from Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Barbados, and Curacao. The Opening Night film is Hero-Inspired by the Extraordinary Life and Times of Mr. Ulric Cross.
The AFI co-hosts "The Korean Film Festival DC" with the Freer. Titles in June are Little Forest, Hit the Night, Microhabitat, Grass, Hotel by the River, and The Fortress.
"Les Femmes Essentielles" (June 30-July 16) is co-presented with the Embassy of France. This series is dedicated to eight legendary actresses: Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Greco, Isabelle Huppert, Anna Karina, Jeanne Moreau, Emmanuelle Riva and Romy Schneider. Titles in June are Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) and When You Read This Letter. Two more in July. Also see French Embassy.
Special Events in June include The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Chiwetel Ejiofor, 2019) with a guest introduction by Scott Sklar; and the world premiere of the documentary Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement with filmmakers Paul Bishow, James June Schneider and Sam Lavine present for Q&A.
Freer Gallery of Art
A series of Japanese classic films continues at the Freer. On June 5 at 2:00pm is Lady Snowbird: Love Song of Vengeance (Toshiya Fujita, 1974), a sequel to the original Lady Snowbird shown last year.
The "Korean Film Festival DC 2019) continues in June at the Freer and the AFI Silver Theater. On June 7 at 7:00pm is The Running Actress (Moon So-ri, 2017). Director and actress Moon So-ri will be present for Q&A. On June 9 at 2:00pm is 1987: When the Day Comes (Jang Joon-hwan, 2017) with director Jang Joon-hwan in person to discuss the film. On June 14 at 7:00pm is Microhabitat (Jeon Go-woon, 2017). On June 16 at 2:00pm is the period drama The Fortress (Hwang Dong-hyuk, 2017).
On June 23 at 3:00pm is "After the Flaherty Seminar," moving image work from the 65th Annual Robert Flaherty Film Seminar. A discussion with the filmmakers and festival programmer Shai Heredia will follow the films. Titles TBA.
Two episodes of a hit TV drama The Story of Yanxi Palace (2018) are shown June 1 at 3:30pm in conjunction with the exhibit "Empresses of China's Forbidden City 1644-1912." Come early for a discussion before the screening at 2:00pm "Women of the Quing Court: History and Fantasy.
National Gallery of Art
Special events in June include a screening of archival films on June 21 at noon and the Washington premiere of the 4K restoration of 1900 (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1976) on June 22 at 1:00pm. A number of films are shown in conjunction with the exhibit The Life of Animals in Japanese Art: Tokyo Waka (John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson, 2012) on June 13, 14, 27 and 28 at 1:00pm and June 29 at 3:00pm; Horse Beings (Ryohei Sasatani, 2018) on June 23 at 4:00pm; Brilliant Darkness: Hotaru in the Night (Emily Driscoll, 2015) on June 29 at 2:00pm; and Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985) on June 30 at 4:00pm.
"Reinventing Realism: New Cinema from Romania" is the third in a series of Romanian films shown in previous years. On June 1 at 2:00pm is Alice T. (Radu Muntean, 2018); on June 1 at 4:30pm is Infinite Football (Corneliu Porumboiu, 2018); on June 2 at 4:00pm is One Step Behind the Seraphim (Daniel Sandu, 2018); on June 8 at 2:00pm is Marita (Cristi Iftime, 2017); on June 9 at 4:00pm is Pororoca (Constantin Popescu, 2018); on June 15 at 2:00pm is Charleston (Andrei Cretulescu, 2018); and on June 16 at 4:00pm is Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time (Stere Gulea, 2018).
Museum of American History
The "Totally 90s Film Festival" shows 90s classics. Titles in June include Clueless, The Fifth Element, The Big Lebowski, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Blair Witch Project, Romeo and Juliet, Hook, Pretty Woman, Austin Powers-International Man of Mystery, Austin Powers-The Spy Who Shagged Me, and Sandlot. Some are shown in 35mm.
On June 11 at 6:30pm is the documentary Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story (Martin Scorsese, 2019).
National Museum of African American History and Culture
On June 7 at 7:30pm is The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Joe Talbot, 2019); a discussion follows with director Joe Talbot and actors Jimmie Fails, Tichina Arnold and Rob Morgan.
On June 12 starting at 10:30am is the Student Documentary Showcase created by students for National History Day.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
On June 8 at 3:00pm is the great classic The Searchers (John Ford, 1956) starring John Wayne, shown in conjunction with the exhibit "American Myth and Memory: David Leventhal Photographs."
National Museum of Women in the Arts
On June 2 at 2:15pm is Part III of a film series on contemporary women artists, including Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Kiki Smith, Valeska Soares and Ursula von Rydingsvard.
Goethe Institute
Landmark's West End Cinema hosts a new film series "Wunderbar Films: German Cinema 101" - Film and Discussion with Hester Baer, Associate Professor and Head of Germanic Studies at the University of Maryland. Films will be shown once a month and are divided into four categories: contemporary German film, films of the German Democratic Republic (DEFA Studio), films of the Weimar Republic (1920s), and New German Cinema (1970s). The series began in October and concludes on June 10 at 6:30pm with the Weimar Republic film Faust (F.W. Murnau, 1926). Sky Sitney introduces the film and a discussion follows.
The Goethe Institute participates in the "EuroAsia Shorts Film Festival on June 4 at 6:30pm and June 7 at 6:00pm. See the website for locations.
"Kino-Q" is a film program, part of the "Queer as German Folk" series. Note the different locations. On June 6 at 6:00pm is the documentary My Prairie Home (Chelsea McMullan, 2013) shown at the Embassy of Canada. On June 11 at 6:30pm is Coming Out (Heiner Carow, 1989) from the GDR, shown at the Goethe Institute. On June 18 at 8:00pm is Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities (Monika Treut, 1999) shown at Suns Cinema. On June 27 at 6:30pm is Steam Room Stories (J.C. Calciano, 2019) shown at Landmark's E Street Cinema. On June 27 at 9:00pm is Rafiki (Wanuri Kahiu, 2018) from Kenya, shown at Landmark's E Street Cinema.
Strathmore
On June 15 at 8:00pm is West Side Story (Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, 1961) with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra playing Leonard Bernstein's score live with the re-mastered film.
French Embassy
On June 4 at 7:00pm is Ladies' Turn (Hélène Harder, 2012) from Senegal, about a women's soccer team. A discussion follows with Jennifer Bianca Browning, a founding member of Ladies' Turn, a non-profit promoting women's soccer.
A new four-part series "Les Femmes Essentielles" looks at some of the most legendary actresses of French Cinema. On June 11 at 7:00pm is César and Rosalie (Claude Sautet, 1972), starring Romy Schneider. On June 25 at 7:00pm is Hiroshima Mon Amour (Alain Resnais, 1959) starring Emmanuelle Riva. Two more in July, plus four more at the AFI Silver.
The Japan Information and Culture Center
The Japan Information and Culture Center takes part in the "EuroAsian Shorts Film Festival" on June 3 at 6:30pm. See the website for films and locations.
On June 19 at 6:30pm is A Story of Yonosuke (Shuichi Okita, 2012), a coming of age film set in 1987, the zenith of Japan's economic success.
On June 28 at 6:30pm is an anime Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo, 1988).
National Archives
On June 6 at 7:00pm is the documentary The True Glory (Garson Kanin, 1945) for the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Chuck Hagel will introduce the film.
On June 25 at 7:00pm is The Apollo (Roger Ross Williams, 2019), a documentary about the Apollo Theater in New York City. Discussion follows the film with producer Lisa Cortes and theater historian Billy Mitchell.
National Museum of Natural History
On June 22 the museum stays open late for the summer solstice. "Donisaurs Imagined and Re-imagined" is a program with Matthew Carrano, Curator of Dinosauria, about the history and special effects of dinosaurs in popular film. Specially selected film clips, campy, surreal, scary and comical, reveal how movie dinosaurs have inspired audiences and scientists. Starts at 9:00pm. RSVP for free tickets.
The Avalon
For the "Avalon Docs" series on June 5 at 8:00pm is The Lavender Scare (Josh Howard, 2017), about how the federal government tried to identify and fire employees suspected of being homosexual. A discussion with film director Josh Howard, author of the book The Lavender Scare David Johnson, and Jamie Shoemaker, the first person allowed to keep his top secret clearance despite being gay.
On June 12 at 8:00pm is Dukla 61 (2018), based on a 1961 mine fire, part of the "Czech Lions" series.
On June 19 at 8:00pm is Gaspard at the Wedding (Antony Cordier, 2017) part of the "French Cinematheque" series of films.
On June 26 at 8:00pm is Here and Now (Roman Shumunov, 2018), part of the "Reel Israel" series.
On June 23 at 10:30am is Van Gogh and Japan (David Bickerstaff, 2019), part of the "Exhibition on Screen" series. (Note the changed date).
On June 27 at 7:30pm is a "Film Studies" program "Masters of Silent Comedy," three short comedies starring Laurel and Hardy (Habeas Corpus), Buster Keaton (One Week) and Charlie Chaplin (The Adventurer). The Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra provides live music
New York University Abramson Family Auditorium
On June 6 at 7:00pm is Three Days in June, a documentary about the D-Day landings and the story of Ireland's unknown role in the timing of the invasion.
On June 17 at 6:30pm is Abrazos (Luis Argueta), a documentary about undocumented children, followed by a panel discussion with the filmmaker and others.
Library of Congress
The Mary Pickford Theater
at the Library of Congress continues its series of films showcasing the Library's collection and including newly preserved films. On June 20 at 7:00pm is The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972).
Folger Theater
On June 17 at 7:00pm is the DC premiere of the dark comedy Ghost Light (John Stimpson, 2018). A Q&A follows with the filmmakers.
College Tribe
On June 13 at 5:30pm the youth mentoring organization College Tribe hosts a public film screening of short films created by young men exploring their lives and development in Southeast DC. Location: Busboys and Poets Anacostia, 2004 Martin Luther King Junior Avenue SE. See the website for tickets.
"Capital Classics" at Landmark's West End Cinema
Classic films are shown at the West End Cinema on Wednesdays at 1:30pm, 4:30pm and 7:30pm. On June 5 is Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948); on June 12 is Father of the Bride (Vincente Minnelli, 1950); on June 19 is Blow Up (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966); and on June 26 is The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980).
Alden Theater
"New Disney Classics" is a series of 1990s Disney films, shown every second Wednesday January through June. On June 12 at 12:30pm is Tarzan.
Reel Affirmations XTra
On June 27 at 7:00pm is Steamroom Stories (J.C. Calciano, 2019). On June 27 at 9:00pm is Rafiki (Wanuri Kaliu, 2018) from Kenya. Location: Landmark's E Street Cinema.
Busboys and Poets
On June 5 at 6:30pm is Knock Down the House (Rachel Lears, 2019), a documentary about the primary campaigns of four progressive Democrats. Part of the Focus-In" film series. A discussion follows. Location: Hyattsville.
The Jerusalem Fund
The 2019 Summer Film Series includes To My Father (Abdel Salam Shehada) on June 6 at 5:30pm, Wajib (Annemarie Jacir) on June 7 at 5:30pm, a program of restored short films on June 11 at 5:30pm, Personal Affairs (Maha Haj) on June 12 at 5:30pm, and The Apollo of Gaza (Nicolas Wadimoff) on June 19 at 5:30pm. See the website for more details.
DC Shorts
On June 21 at 7:00pm and 9:00pm is DC Shorts Laughs Comedy Night. Location: Miracle Theater (535 8th Street SE). See the website for short film titles.
FILM FESTIVALS
