AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
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Now Playing @ AFI Silver: A SERIOUS MAN
Dir. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

The story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV

BRIGHT STAR
Dir. Jane Campion
Starring Ben Whishaw (I'M NOT THERE, BRIDESHEAD REVISITED) and Abbie Cornish (STOP-LOSS)

HALLOWEEN ON SCREEN
October 20 - November 4

This year's offering of Halloween season horror films includes AFI's annual screening of NOSFERATU with live musical accompaniment by Silent Orchestra; the opening night of the Spooky Movie Film Festival with special guest horror legend Herschell Gordon Lewis; the rom-zom-com classic, SHAUN OF THE DEAD; and a mini-retrospective surveying the greatest werewolf movies of all time. Awhooooooo!

NOIR CITY DC: The 2009 Film Noir Festival
October 24 - November 4

After last year's hugely successful and warmly received inaugural edition, AFI is proud to present the 2nd edition of Noir City DC: The 2009 Film Noir Festival at AFI Silver. Join Foster Hirsch of the Film Noir Foundation for screenings of some of the film noir genre's greatest achievements, plus cult classics and rarities that can't be seen anywhere else.
 

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Movie Trailers: Greetings, movie enthusiasts! We’re very happy to welcome all you fans to our facebook page. Below you’ll find a sampling of movies playing at AFI Silver.



 

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AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO had two sellout shows this past weekend. By popular demand, we are pleased to annouce an added show this Sunday! Tix are not on sale yet, so hold tight - we'll let you know soon!

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AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center Tonight at the EU Film Showcase:

Catherine Breillat's retelling of Charles Perrault's infamous fable BLUEBEARD reminds us that the best fairy tales just might be the darkest.

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Following the unexpected death of their father, Anne and Marie-Catherine are cast from boarding school and sent back to their mother. With no money for dowry, younger sister Marie-Catherine agrees to wed the wealthy but notorious Lord Bluebeard, whose previous wives have all suspiciously disappeared...
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AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center Tonight's screening of A GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO is sold-out, but there are plenty of other great shows playing tonight. The kooky A TOWN CALLED PANIC @ 7:00, neo-Noir ZIFT @ 8:45, & the rocking advance screening of PIRATE RADIO at 9:30 (with concert ticket giveaways and more). Hope we see you there!

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Title: Pirate Radio Release Date: 13 November 2009 Genre: Comedy | Drama Cast: Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nick Frost Director: Richard Curtis Writers: Richard Curtis Studio: Focus Features Plot: A period comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960's.
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All photos taken by Bruce Guthrie for AFI.
November 6 at 4:00pm
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The AFI European Union Film Showcase starts tonight with a 7:00 p.m. screening of MAMMOTH, followed by a reception hosted by the European Commission.

And just confirmed, director Niels Arden Oplev will attend Saturday/Sunday's screenings of A GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. If you haven't read the books, Kramerbooks will... be selling them at each screening. This film will sellout, get your tickets early, or get an EU PASSPORT so you bypass tickets altogether. Check out this movie report about the film:Read More

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AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center Director John Hillcoat (THE ROAD, THE PROPOSITION) has the latest AFI PREVIEW, do you?

Taken @ the AFI Members' Advance Screening of THE ROAD, at AFI SIlver Theatre - 11/2/09

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W Blaine Pennington
The book was so harrowing, I'm very interested in how Hillcoat dealt with it. sorry I missed this event.
November 4 at 2:49pm
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AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center Fans of Adult Swim's Robot Chicken will enjoy the unorthodox, stop-motion style of the Belgian animated film, A TOWN CALLED PANIC, playing in the EU Film Showcase this Saturday/Sunday. It's scheduled for US release in December, but you'll see it at AFI first! Check out the trailer below:

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A film by Stéphane Aubier & Vincent Patar Opening in the US on December 16th and in Canada January 2010! Check out http://www.atowncalledpanic.com for more information. Animated plastic toys like Cowboy, Indian and Horse have problems, too. ...
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AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center With such a fantastic lineup, tickets are going fast for the AFI EU Film Showcase! Take a look at MADE IN HUNGARIA, one of the film's playing Friday night.

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Made in Hungaria on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
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Gene Benjamin Baker
Watch the trailer: Its awesome! Think Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis in Eastern Europe!
November 3 at 5:53am
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AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center Check out some pics from NOSFERATU on Fri

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AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center Looking for late night fright? SHAUN OF THE DEAD at 11:30, and midnight show of THE HOWLING.

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AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center Make sure to look for the AFI EU Film Showcase Quick Guide in today's Washington Post!

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AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center Check out the full AFI European Union Film Showcase lineup! Tickets and Passports on sale now!

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Get your Halloween chills in early, at tonight's screenings of NOSFERATU, and tomorrow, start your evening out with Film Noir's HOLLOW TRIUMPH. A former medical student turned career criminal, out on parole and ostensibly going straight, secretly plots to knock over a gambling house, murder his doppelganger, psychiatr...ist Dr. Bartok, and assume the dead man's identity. If that isn't enough to get you ready for a night of mischief...Read More

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After last year's hugely successful and warmly received inaugural edition, AFI is proud to present the 2nd edition of Noir City DC: The 2009 Film Noir Festival at AFI Silver. Join Eddie Muller and Foster ...
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