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  • Film notes; Tim’s Vermeer, Amelie and Oscar-nominated shorts

    By on February 14, 2014

    Teller, of the comedy duo Penn & Teller, directs the documentary Tim’s Vermeer, co-produced by the duo’s Penn Jillette, which follows a Texas-based inventor who...

  • And the Oscar Goes To…

    By on February 21, 2013

    There are only three things certain in life: death, taxes and petty arguments about the Oscars. (Well, four if you count Joan Rivers. She will...

  • Oscar-Nominated Short Films

    By on February 11, 2013

    Once again Landmark’s E Street Cinema, in partnership with ShortsHD, offers two feature-length programs of the short films nominated at the upcoming Academy Awards. A...

  • Les Girls at the AFI Silver

    By on March 18, 2012

    As part of a two-month Gene Kelly retrospective, the American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre presents Gene Kelly’s final appearance in a full-blown musical — which...

  • Oscar Picks!

    By on February 25, 2012

    // Read this related story: Chris Heller's Oscar Picks Read this related story: 13 Camp Films Everyone Should

  • Hooray for Hollywood

    By on February 23, 2012

    Why watch the Oscars alone at home when you could do it with hundreds of your best gay friends? That at least is part of...

  • Oscar Fix

    By on February 23, 2012

    Well, it's Oscar time again! Somewhere out West, at this very moment, starlets are shrieking at their personal assistants about ill-fitting Dior, Billy Crystal is...

  • Which of these are your favorite campy films?

    By on February 22, 2012

    Have a favorite campy movie? Please choose from our list or add your own!You can also watch the movie trailers below. // // */ //...

  • Oscar-nominated Short Films 2012

    By on February 20, 2012

    Landmark’s E Street Cinema, in partnership with ShortsHD, offers two feature-length programs of the short films nominated at the upcoming Academy Awards this Sunday, Feb....

  • Do It! Episode 2: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang [video]

    By on March 2, 2011

    In the latest installment of our new, bi-weekly series, Metro Weekly's Justin Stewart fires off a few rounds with Pink Pistol Dexter Guptill at the...

  • Glamour, Glitter and Gold [video]

    By on March 11, 2010

    On Sunday, March 7, The DC Center held its 5th Annual Oscar Gala, this year at Town Danceboutique. The evening featured a viewing of the...

  • Easy Pickings

    By on March 4, 2010

    Most of the Oscar winners this year are sure-things. There, I did it. All of my Oscar picks for the year are cursed and I'm...

  • Choosing Oscar

    By on February 18, 2009

    It's Oscar time -- let the judging begin! The clothes, the hair, the jewelry... and if there's any time left you might get around to...

  • Oscar, Oscar, Oscar!

    By on March 1, 2006

    This Sunday we will know. We will know if Brokeback Mountain, a traditional unrequited love story cut from traditional Hollywood cloth but featuring a non-traditional...

  • Hell Boy

    By on February 23, 2005

    Innocuous entertainment. That's how, if pressed, I would describe Constantine, another comic book-to-screen adaptation that is, at the very least, visually interesting for its two-hour...