The screening of John Hughes' Some Kind of Wonderful at the American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre was planned many months ago, as part of a month-long retrospective of “Totally Awesome” films from the ‘80s, celebrated chiefly for nostalgia. But now, with Hughes’ sudden, recent passing, it has even more resonance. Hughes only wrote this film from 1987 -- it was directed by Howard Deutch. Starring Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson and Lea Thompson, the New York Times went so far as to call it a “much-improved, recycled version of the Pretty in Pink story.” Friday, Aug. 21, at 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 22, at 5:15 p.m., and Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m. AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring. Tickets are $10 general admission. Call 301-495-6720 or visit www.afi.com/Silver.
