The Cinema Lounge
On Monday, September 13 at 7:00pm please join the Cinema Lounge, the DC Film Society's monthly film discussion group. We will be online again. Postponed from 2020, it's our look at James Bond. It's been 59 years since Sean Connery first appeared as Bond in Dr. No. 007 became a global sensation in the 60s with his style, wit, women and gadgets. Audiences loved the action scenes and exotic locales. Bond became bigger and bigger. While the times that created him ended, Bond has evolved and endured. With the expected October 8 release of the 25th Bond film, No Time to Die, we'll discuss how these films have changed. What do we look for in a great Bond movie?
Please RSVP to atspector@hotmail.com and you'll get the Zoom link 1-2 days before the discussion.
The Cinema Lounge, a film discussion group, meets the third Monday of every month (unless otherwise noted) at 7:00pm at Teaism in Penn Quarter, 400 8th St., NW in Washington, DC (closest Metro stop is Archives, also near Metro Center and Gallery Place). NOTE: We will meet in the downstairs area. WE ARE MEETING ONLINE THIS MONTH. You do not need to be a member of the Washington DC Film Society to attend. Cinema Lounge is moderated by Adam Spector, author of the DC Film Society's Adam's Rib column.
Looking Back at a Backwards Film: Adam's Rib Celebrates Memento
Before the Dark Knight Trilogy, before Inception, Dunkirk, Interstellar or Tenet, Christopher Nolan first made a name for himself with Memento. While the movie debuted in 2000, it did not hit the US until 2001. Twenty years later, I revisited this innovative, twisty thriller for my Modern Classics series. Memento lured audiences with the hook of telling its story backwards. Nolan used this gamble to play with our conceptions of storytelling, memory and authenticity. The film still has so much to offer, as I describe in my new Adam's Rib column.
We Need to Hear From YOU
We are always looking for film-related material for the Storyboard. Our enthusiastic and well-traveled members have written about their trips to the Cannes Film Festival, Karlovy Vary Film Festival, London Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Edinburgh Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival, the Palm Springs Film Festival, the Reykjavik Film Festival, the Munich Film Festival, and the Locarno Film Festival. We also heard about what it's like being an extra in the movies. Have you gone to an interesting film festival? Have a favorite place to see movies that we aren't covering in the Calendar of Events? Seen a movie that blew you away? Read a film-related book? Gone to a film seminar? Interviewed a director? Taken notes at a Q&A? Read an article about something that didn't make our local news media? Send your contributions to Storyboard and share your stories with the membership. And we sincerely thank all our contributors for this issue of Storyboard.
Calendar of Events
FILMS
We list in-person films and events. Many other locations are still closed or online. Note that the AFI, JCC and French Embassy require proof of vaccination and masks for entry.
American Film Institute Silver Theater
"Contemporary Cinema" (July 4-September 15) ends in September with Emma and Tenet.
"Modern Big Screen Classics" (July 2-September 19) includes such films as Wattstax, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Clueless, Stop Making Sense, Escape from New York, The Thing, Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Valley Girl.
The "Spike Lee Retrospective" (July 4-September 22) concludes with Malxolm X and School Daze.
The final films in the series "Big Screen Classics" are Sullivan's Travels, Lawrence of Arabia, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Dr. Strangelove.
The AFI starts a new program "National Theatre Live" of stage performances by the National Theatre. In September there are four shows of "Follies."On March 8 at 7:00pm is "Cyrano de Bergerac" and on March 22 at 11:00am is "All My Sons."
The 32nd Latin American Film Festival starts September 23. See "Film Festivals" section below.
Washington Jewish Community Center
On September 1 at 7:00pm is Ronnie's (Oliver Murray, 2019), a documentary about saxophonist Ronnie Scott, owner of the jazz club Ronnie's. On September 2 at 7:30pm is Powder Keg (Ole Christian Madsen, 2020) from Denmark. On September 9 at 7:30pm is The Auschwitz Report (Peter Bebjak, 2020), Slovakia's Oscar pick for 2021. On September 12 at 10:00am and 11:00am is Episode 1 of The Women's Balcony (Ariel Benbaji, 2021), an Israeli TV series. On September 30 at 7:30pm is Kiss Me Kosher (Shirel Peleg, 2019), a comedy about a same-sex wedding.
The JCC's Cafritz Hall is also a location for the DC Shorts Film Festival (see below in "Film Festivals" section.
French Embassy
On September 7 at 7:00pm is the documentary 9/11 (Jules and Gédéon Naudet, 2002). The filmmakers were working on a documentary about a New York firefighter but unexpectedly found themselves documenting the attacks. They will be present for Q&A.
FILM FESTIVALS
