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anyone up for seeing "The Master" Sunday @ AFI?

probably gonna see it wednesday or thursday night at AFI once my gf is back in town

ahh. I'm out of town next week

Good luck in da big apple GYA

I'm going to The Master at 6:30pm on Monday at AFI.

Me and the gf had a busy weekend-- saw 1937 flick Grand Illusion at the Angelika (nice theatres but yeah, out in Merrifield near the 4 Sisters Vietnamese restuarnat and the H-Mart Asian grocery store). Liked the movie but its not a top 10 of all time one for me(as it is for some). Also saw Bobby Blue Bland, Clarence Carter and the Jewels at PG Community College, and on Sunday the play about Scottish troops in Iraq--The Black Watch-- plus the Latin Fest on Pennsylvania Avenue...(eating pupusas and listening to loud bachata, tribal and salsa).

Gonna take it easy tonight

I'm gonna hit up the Angelika this week I think. Looking forward to it.

It was $13 a ticket Saturday night. Isn't that a couple bucks more than other theatres?

Landmark is $11, AMC/Regal chains are $12.50 (I think), so yeah, it's a bit more expensive.

I think it's only $6 if I can get there before noon on a weekday though. Is it nice? Are the screens a decent size?

Is it nice? Are the screens a decent size?

Yes and yes.

Gourmet popcorn for $8 in slightly smaller bags.

Lots of other food choices if you're interested. There's also a Chipotle nearby plus various other choices.

if anybody wants to come: i'm having a going-away thing at the red derby in columbia heights on saturday, 4pm-whenever. i've met many of y'all over the last two and a half years and it'd be rad to say goodbye

(or i dunno, going-away FAP?)

This is completely uninteresting to anyone but me, but the Angelika is at the site of the Multiplex that was the fancy new movie theater in about nineteen hundred and eighty-five. First theater I ever went to with cupholders in the armrests, first with reclining chairs, first with "stadium seating." That shit was cutting-edge at the time of the release of, say, Ghostbusters. I'm told there had been a drive-in there previously, but I have no memory of it. Microbrews and artisanal popcorns are the new cupholder armrests.

I find that interesting!

Yes! I thought one of the theatres in that area (that I took my kid to when he was young) later started showing Bollywood films, but google tells me that Bollywood films now are being shown in nearby Falls Church and out in Herndon

Loehmann's Twin Cinemas
7291 Arlington Blvd
Falls Church, VA 22042

http://www.nowrunning.com/usa/virginia/va/showtimes.htm

Ah, the Loehmann's down the road has been foreign-language for ages; it used to have dollar movies and, for a while, porn (do people still go to porn movies in theaters?). I think the last thing I saw at Loehmann's was La Double Vie de Veronique, or maybe one of the Red / White / Blue feelms. Theaters are a warm topic for area old-timers; my cohort has a lot to say about the Biograph, Georgetown, Uptown, Key....

Thanks. Yep, I also remember those old theatres well.

i hear it's a hole but want to check out the west end theater, i miss being able to see movies in that area (rip dupont loews, visions)

My friend's dog was lost in a crazyt incident this morning in NE somewhere.

http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2012/10/help-find-murray-lost-dog-near-h-street-ne/

that is AWFUL. wtf. I'm sure Murray will be found soon!

holy fuck, i hope your friend is okay (and best wishes for murray as well)

Was Murray the dog ever found?

Big month for author appearances here that interest me: Michael Chabon, Zadie Smith, Junot Diaz, William P. Jones.

Diaz is the same night as a possible Nats playoff game if they get that far. Wish I had Nats playoffs tickets for today. I grew up an Orioles fan and am still one, but the Nats are my National League team (even though the Lerner family owners take advantage of DC taxpayers and others and the stadium is not nearly as nice as Camden Yards).

x-post- Oh, I see that Murray the dog was found. Yay

Maybe Nats and Os can turn it around today/tonight

Nats postseason looking to be a damp squib.

Nats postseason looking unsurprisingly like a lot of the last month of their regular season

I shoulda guessed when my car broke down last Friday night that the Orioles and Nats were bound to lose. Threes.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2012/10/17/25-restaurants-dropped-from-tom-sietsemas-fall-dining-guide/

His same top 4 I think --Komi, CityZen, Inn at Little Washington, and Rasika Penn Quarter,

Sietsema likes Ethiopic, while Tyler Cowen thinks its mediocre. Not that Tyler Cowen is always reliable either.

Sietsema's not reliable on Ethiopian, and for years he's been pushing the ridiculous idea that Rasika is a four star restaurant (it's great, but it's not at that level). And his annual heap of praise on Jaleo is just weird, 3 1/2 stars?!?

Haven't eaten at Jaleo in ages, but I just recall it as being good but not 3 1/2 stars

any thoughts on mark's duck house in seven corners? i'm back in town this weekend and a bunch of us are going to dim sum there on sunday

I used to love its regular offerings but never had the dim sum, but haven't been there in a long time. Yelpsters like their dim sum, and Kliman(Washingtonian) and Cowen used to like it (and maybe still do). Not easily metro-accessible

Post Express's Readers Poll Best of issue is out. Nothing too surprising (based on my quick lunch-time glance through)

http://dc.eater.com/archives/2012/10/18/where-to-find-wealthy-attractive-republicans-around-washington.php

list of restaurants and bars (to avoid?)

dovetails nicely with that planet money piece from march on dc restaurants that host tons of congressional fundraisers (though obligatory lol @ the brixton)

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/03/26/149390968/take-the-money-and-run-for-office

this being the url of said piece

I DIED has some explaining to do

that Eater piece OTM

Why are you creating nice places for republicans to hang out

If you're gonna do that you should put them in Reston and get them out of the city

need to provide them with safe space, Sidwell's too rough:

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2012/10/19/sidwell-friends-plagued-with-young-political-bullies/

I'm gonna lock my doors knowing those thugs are just two blocks away *shrudder*

hahaha

I remember in sixth grade in Arlington, (i.e. 2000) my whole class taunted our social studies teacher when she revealed she voted for GWB. I seem to recall Gore winning our mock election with like 95% of the vote.

Anyone know anything about this movie showing for free tonight/Friday at 7 at the Freer:

Beijing Flickers’ screenplay is inspired by interviews Sixth Generation auteur Zhang Yuan conducted with hundreds of twenty-somethings while he was working on his photography exhibition Unspoiled Brats. Dumped by his girlfriend for a rich man, San Bao descends into a self-destructive spiral and meets a few kindred souls: a drag queen addicted to cosmetic surgery and poetry, a female singer kicked out by the musicians in her band, and a girl…

Didn't make that movie. Saw A.C. Newman & Mynahbirds instead.

Federal government closed Monday. Hopefully Frankenstorm won't be too bad.

No power loss for me in Arlington. Hope everyone else is doing ok

Question for Bradpittsville ilxors: I'm going to be in DC for the first time on election night - where would be a good place to watch the results come in?

Huddled in your hotel room, raiding the minibar. Wear a suit. Pretend you have to give a concession speech.

make sure there's a pool photographer there to get shots of you looking pensively at the screen as results come in