Sylvie Testud plays a handicapped woman
hoping for a miracle in Lourdes.
With the exception of The Balibo Conspiracy, tonight's recommendations are quietly appealing films that captivate through the depth of their characters rather than the intrigue of their plots. Tonight's films to avoid tend to be markedly overwrought.
See it:
Lourdes
Paralyzed from the neck down with multiple sclerosis, [...]

The House With Two Doors premieres Thursday as one of three productions in Capital Fringe's new Wattage performance series. The play, presented by the Faction of Fools Theatre Company, is steeped in the Commedia dell'Arte tradition: masked physical comedy with roots in 1500s Italy.
The play—a Renaissance bedroom face—is based on one of the 176 Casamarciano [...]

Though Vincere and Formosa Betrayed are both films about dictators, they don't stand on equal ground. Vincere is the story of the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini and his supposed love affair with a woman named Ida Dalser. In the film, Dalser claims she's wed Il Duce and given birth his child, but with no [...]

Washington City Paper: What's your name?
Luca Vortex: Luca Vortex.
That's not your real name. That's a punk name.
That is how everybody knows me.
How old are you?
33.
Are you familiar with go-go music?

Washington City Paper: What's your name?
Francesco [surname withheld]: Francesco [surname withheld].
How old are you?
28.
You are a young man.
I was an even younger man some years ago.
What are your thoughts about Washington, D.C.?
I have never been to Washington, D.C....but I want to live in the USA. I was living in London for 1.5 years.
Do you like [...]