Pop Culture
Our guide to the 22nd annual Filmfest DC.
Cover Story By Tricia Olszewski

The Life Before Her Eyes and Zombie Strippers: Calamity Drain
Uma Thurman's latest captures
a tragedy, but Jenna Jameson's camp exercise is just tragic.
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

Unfinished Stories
8:30 p.m. Monday, April 28.
Also at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30. Both showings at the Avalon.
Film By Tricia Olszewski

Two Ladies
7 p.m. Thursday, April 24
Lincoln Theatre, $40
Film By Andrew Beaujon

Blood Brothers
9:30 p.m. Friday, April 25; 10 p.m. Saturday, April 26.
Both showings at Regal Gallery Place.
Film By Andrew Beaujon

Heavy Metal in Baghdad
9 p.m. Friday, April 25. Also 8 p.m. Sunday, April 27.
Both showings at E Street Cinema.
Film By Tricia Olszewski

Mon Colonel
6:30 p.m. Friday, April 25.
Also at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 29. Both showings at the Avalon.
Film By Matthew Borlik

The Tracey Fragments
6:30 p.m. Friday, April 25.
Also at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26. Both showings at E Street Cinema.
Film By Mark Athitakis

AmericanEast
7 p.m. Saturday, April 26.
Also at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 27. Both showings at Regal Gallery Place.
Film By Jule Banville

Beyond the Call
4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26.
Also at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27. Both showings at E Street Cinema.
Film By Mark Athitakis

The Bread Winner
5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26 at E Street Cinema.
Film By Jule Banville

The Night James Brown Saved Boston
9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26.
Also at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27. Both showings at Regal Gallery Place.
Film By Mark Athitakis

Tuya's Marriage
9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26.
Also at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 28. Both showings at E Street Cinema.
Film By Kim Gooden

Egg
2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27.
lso at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 29. Both showings at Regal Gallery Place.
Film By Jule Banville

The Home Song Stories
8 p.m. Sunday, April 27.
Also at 8:30 p.m. Monday, April 28. Both showings at Regal Gallery Place.
Film By Matthew Borlik

Jazz in the Diamond District
4:30 P.m. Sunday, April 27 at Regal Gallery Place.
Film By Tricia Olszewski

Ploy
5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27.
Also at 8:15 p.m. Monday, April 28. Both showings at E Street Cinema.
Film By Tricia Olszewski

The War on Democracy
Film By Ruth Samuelson

The Matador
6:30 p.m. Monday, April 28.
Also at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30. Both showings at Regal Gallery Place.
Film By Mark Athitakis

La Antena
6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 29.
Also at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30. Both showings at E Street Cinema.
Film By Mark Athitakis

Madrigal
8:30 p.m Tuesday, April 29.
Also at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1. Both showings at E Street Cinema.
Film By Kim Gooden

You, The Living
8:15 p.m Tuesday, April 29.
Also at 9 p.m. Thursday, May 1. Both showings at Regal Gallery Place.
Film By Matthew Borlik

FiestaPatria
8:45 p.m. Wednesday, April 30.
Also at 8:45 p.m. Thursday, May 1. Both showings at E Street Cinema.
Film By Amanda Hess

Paloma Delight
8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30.
Also at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1. Both showings at the Avalon.
Film By Mark Athitakis

Tell No One
6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30.
Also at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, at AMC Mazza Gallerie.
Film By Matthew Borlik

The Journey: The Greek-American Dream
6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1
at Regal Gallery Place.
Film By Mark Athitakis

Chaos
8:30 p.m. Friday, May 2.
Also at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 3. Both showings at the Avalon.
Film By Matthew Borlik

King of Ping Pong
6:30 p.m. Friday, May 2
At Also at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 3. Both showings at Regal Gallery Place.
Film By Tricia Olszewski

The Edge of Heaven
9 p.m. Friday, May 2
at AMC Mazza Gallerie.
Film By Matthew Borlik

Timecrimes
6:30 p.m. Friday, May 2.
Also at 9:15 p.m. Saturday, May 3. Both showings at E Street Cinema.
Film By Tricia Olszewski

With Your Permission
9 p.m. Friday, May 2.
Also at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 3. Both showings at E Street Cinema.
Film By Tricia Olszewski

Shall We Kiss?
4 p.m. Sunday, May 4 at
Regal Gallery Place. $15.
Film By Tricia Olszewski

Raw Deal
Reviewed: The Grand
Film By Tricia Olszewski

Smart People and My Brother Is an Only Child: Squall in the Family
The clans in a pair of dramas veer from irritating to downright unlikable.
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

Body of War and Priceless: Morality Plagues
What's wrong about Iraq, and what's right with Audrey Tautou.
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

Flawless and 21: Cash Courses
Two new releases bring mediocrity to the heist film.
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

Marathon Plan
Simon Pegg runs for his love
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

The Counterfeiters and Paranoid Park: Feign and Fortune
A fresh look at morality in Auschwitz; Gus Van Sant makes it up the same old way.
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

Military-Industrial Comedy
Reviewed: Military Intelligence and You!
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

Funny Games and The Witnesses: The Pain Event
Two dramas explore the depths of human suffering.
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

In the Mood for Fluff
Reviewed: CJ7
Film Review By Tricia Olzsewski