Links - Film

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) - Helpful resource not only for films but also for television.

MRQE - Compiles links to movie reviews.

Moviefone - A helpful resource for film listings and showtimes, even if you don't use it to purchase tickets.

Washingtonpost.com - Movies - A comprehensive reference for movies playing in the D.C. metro area. Helpful for finding reviews, showtimes, theater locations, and more. Some particularly useful pages are:
      - Movies currently playing at Landmark's E Street Cinemas - Art-house theater near Metro Center.
      - Movies currently playing at Landmark's Bethesda Row Cinemas - Shows art-house films.
      - Movies currently playing at the AFI Silver - See also the website of this Silver Spring branch of the American Film Institute.
      - Movies currently playing at the Avalon - See also the website of this restored theater. Shows art-house films.
      - Movies currently playing at the Uptown - One of the last great old-time movie palaces.
      - Movies currently playing at the P&G Old Greenbelt Theatre - Old-time large-screen theater showing art-house films.
      - Movies currently playing at the Regal Gallery Place 14 - Downtown theater showing mainstream movies.
      - Movies currently playing at the Majestic 20 - Mainstream Silver Spring theater.
      - Movies currently playing at Regal Potomac Yard 16 - Generally mainstream Alexandria theater, pricier than other Regals.
      - Movies currently playing at the AMC Shirlington - Arlington theater that tends to duplicate Landmark's selections.
      - Movies currently playing at Arlington Cinema'n'Drafthouse - Second-run theater. See also its website.

Washington City Paper - film listings

Films at the Freer Gallery - This page lists free films shown at Washington, D.C.'s Freer Gallery of Art, which is one of the two national museums of Asian art at the Smithsonian Institution. A particular highlight is the annual "Made in Hong Kong" film series, held every summer.

Films at the National Gallery - List free films shown at the National Gallery of Art.

Films at the Hirshhorn - Lists free films shown at the Hirshhorn Museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution.

Films at the Library of Congress - Lists free films shown at the Mary Pickford Theater of the Library of Congress.

The Hoff Theater, Univ. of MD - Shows mostly second-run mainstream films, but also hosts the occasional sneak preview.

Filmfest DC - Annual April event.
      Films Christine has seen as part of Filmfest DC:
      2001: 101 Reykjavik, The Luzhin Defence, Ratcatcher, Angels of the Universe, Breaking Out, Brother, Born Romantic, Wild About Harry
      2002: Mirror Image, Possible Loves, Jalla! Jalla!, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, A Hell of a Day, Vizontele, The King Is Dancing, Code Unknown, The Last Kiss, The Piano Teacher, You Really Got Me, Millennium Mambo
      2003:The Heart of Me, Bollywood/Hollywood, Blue Gate Crossing, Tanguy, Red Satin, Loco Fever, Music for Weddings and Funerals, Yank Tanks, Mon-Rak Transistor, Waves, Nothing More, For the Children, The Sea
      2004: The Twilight Samurai, September, Two Summers, Paper Clips, The Seagull's Laughter, Cleopatra, Breaking Up, Kops, Green Tea, Ana and the Others
      2005: Kings and Queen, Dil Se..., Untold Scandal, Kontroll
      2006: Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul, Three Times, Wrong Side Up, C.R.A.Z.Y., A World Without Thieves
      2007: Exiled, Just Sex and Nothing Else, Time, Beauty in Trouble, program of short films (Deface, Before Dawn, Les Volets (The Shutters), Security, Tube with a Hat, Ten to Two)

Edinburgh International Film Festival - This annual August film festival has premiered such films as The House of Mirth and The Low Down.
      In August 2000 at the Edinburgh Film Festival, Christine saw Miss Julie; The Low Down; the documentaries Caesar's Park and Me & Isaac Newton; and Shots 1 and Shots 2, two presentations of music videos in conjunction with the British Channel 4 TV series Mirrorball.

Japan Information and Culture Center - Occasionally the JICC, a division of the Embassy of Japan, shows a free film.

Video CD FAQ - Useful guide to VCDs (video CDs), a format slightly below VHS in picture quality. Popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, VCDs play on computers and some DVD players, and tend to be cheaper than VHS tapes.