photo by Jacques Arsenault
“Dear PoPville,
IMAX has been out of operation at the AMC Georgetown 14 location for several months. Spoke with the manager last night and he said the refurb is finished (upgraded projector to dual laser, upgraded sound system), but is waiting for a DC government inspection. (more…)
Courtesy of Apple Original Films
From an email:
“The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is delighted to present the film Killers of the Flower Moon this Saturday, Jan. 27 afternoon. In addition, costumes from the film created in collaboration with costume designer Jacqueline West and Osage Nation consultant Julie O’Keefe will be on view through the weekend. (more…)
3426 Connecticut Ave, NW
Still waiting for something at the UPT…
From an email:
“Please join us this Saturday, November 11th from 7-9pm (1909 13th St NW) as we will be co-hosting a screening of the film “This is Home” which follows four Syrian families as they move through the IRC Support system. (more…)
From the Library of Congress:
“We are hosting a special screening Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 7 pm with Netflix at the Library. It’s a screening of “All the Light We Cannot See” and a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr, director Shawn Levy and producer Joe Strechay to coincide with the new Netflix limited series. (more…)
5612 Connecticut Ave, NW
Update: It was a private rental for a different movie!
Thanks to Emily for sending last night:
“big line at the Avalon Theater in Chevy Chase for the first showing of Oppenheimer. Reminds me of the good ol’ days at Uptown.”
So which will you see first – Oppenheimer or Barbie? Or both same day/weekend? Neither?
Back in May we were excited to share that Chinatown Regal Cinema was still open! Back in January it was reported they’d be permanently closing. Now, (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I left my office at 4:30p Monday (G b/w 13th & 14th Streets, NW) and multiple film trucks are parked on both sides, almost the whole length of the block. They look like they’re for a movie set or something…any clue what it’s for?”
We were also asked on our Twitter and Alex replied: “Captain America”
From MPD:
“On Tuesday, June 27, 2023 and Wednesday, June 28, 2023, filming for a movie will occur in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be parking restrictions and street closures that motorists should take into consideration: (more…)
701 7th Street, NW
Brandi writes: “Just went to the Chinatown Regal Cinema and it’s open and there was a decent number of folks. One of the employees said it’s not closing for now from what they heard.”
Stay tuned.
807 V Street, NW
Will writes:
“I had some unexpected charges from Atlantic Plumbing on my credit card and they told me “there was an issue that delayed the credit card settlement” and so purchases from August and October 2022 are showing up as current transactions now. Crazy!” (more…)