Washington City Paper: Contents for Apr. 26

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City Paper’s Guide to the 10th Annual Washington, D.C., International Film Festival

Cover Story

Filmfest DC has its schedule on the World Wide Web this year (http://www.capaccess.org/filmfestdc), but the 10th incarnation of this annual cinematic binge is otherwise not especially cutting-edge. The festival opened Wednesday with Caught, a Robert M. Young film co-produced by Jim and Ted Pedas, the former owners of the local Circle Theater chain and longtime Filmfest patrons. The featured programs include such familiar, time-tested ones as “Global Rhythms,” “Filmfest DC for Kids,” a silent classic with live organ accompaniment (this year it’s 1924’s Romola), a selection of films chosen by Women in Film and Video, and the winners from the Rosebud competition, a showcase for local filmmakers. And the country whose filmmaking will be saluted this year is France, not a nation whose contribution to world cinema is obscure or widely disputed.

As with many other second-tier U.S. film festivals that don’t attract an industry crowd (like Sundance) or focus exclusively on the season’s upcoming art-house releases (like New York), Filmfest DC is a slightly motley collection of the commercial and the obscure, the anthropological and the artistic, the extraordinary and the merely interesting. This is a recipe that seems to suit the fest’s diverse local audience, which ranges from hard-core cineastes to public-policy junkies to foreign nationals seeking a glimpse of home. According to festival director Tony Gittens, ticket sales are “way ahead of where we were last year,” when more than 50 percent of the screenings sold out.... Continued

Issue of Apr. 26 - May. 2, 1996

News and Features

TAKE TEN
City Paper’s Guide to the 10th Annual Washington, D.C., International Film Festival
Cover Story By Nicole ArthurHolly BassEddie DeanMark JenkinsJames Lochart, Dave Nuttycombe and Joel E. Siegel
Water Torture
Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pool
The City By David Plotz
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City Paper’s Monthly Gauge of the District’s Quality of Life
The City By Michael Schaffer
Scientific Advancement
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The City By Julie Wakefield
God and Man at Logan Circle: Metropolitan Baptist’s Constitutional Challenge
The City By Mark Jenkins and Bill Rice
Community
The Mail By Donovan C. Cunningham
“Innocent” Victim
The Mail By Gary J. Durand
Nullification Justification
The Mail By John F. Banzhaf III and Esq.
Raving Maniac
The Mail By Stephen George
Blowing Both Ways
The Mail By Barbara Rice

Columns

Haunted by a Ghost
Cheap Seats By Dave McKenna
Murder, Inc.
City Desk
Tax Attack
Loose Lips By Ken Cummins

Eats

Navigating the Straits
Young & Hungry By Brett Anderson

Movies

Now, That's Italian!
Film Review By Nicole Arthur
Caste-aways
Film Review By Mark Jenkins

Music

Sex and Death and Rock ’n’ Roll
Music Review By Virginia Vitzthum
Thoroughly Modern Julie: The Best of Julie Andrews
Music Review By Dave Nuttycombe
John Wesley Harding’s New Deal
Music Review By Nicole Arthur
Songs in the Key of X: Music From and Inspired by The X-Files
Music Review By Andrew Webster
Maniacal Laughter
Music Review By Christopher Porter
Miles Ahead
Music Review By Christopher Porter

Theater

Nipped in the Bud
Theater Review By Trey Graham
The Birdcage
Theater Review By Bob Mondello

Arts and Events

England’s Dreaming
Artifacts By Christopher Porter
Branching Out From Roots Reggae
Artifacts By Steve Kiviat
Noise in the Attic
Artifacts By Nicole Arthur
A Man’s Got to Know No Limitations
Art Review By Glenn Dixon
(Can't Get No) Self-Satisfaction
Books By Mark Jenkins
Riot Gear
Books By Nicole Arthur

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