Alex Horwitz’s career as a documentary maker has taken off. “Hamilton’s America,” a documentary about the creation of the mega-musical, was labeled a success once it made it onto PBS. Mean…
EU film festival brings a wide variety of entertainment to AFI Silver
By Barbara Trainin Blank @traininblank There’s bit of uncertainty these days surrounding the European Union, but that hasn’t affected the content off the annual European Union Film Showcase at the …
AFI retrospective revives interest in the works of Michael Curtiz
Paul Henreid, Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart star in “Casablanca,” one of the films in the “Directed by Michael Curtiz” retrospective at the AFI Silver. COURTESY PHOTO You must remember this.
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“Borg vs. McEnroe” part of EU Film Showcase at AFI Cultural Center
The Swedish film “Borg vs. McEnroe,” starring Shia LaBeouf and Sverrir Gudnason as tennis rivals John McEnroe and Björn Borg, kicks off the annual European Union Film Showcase now playing …
Emmy-nominated filmmaker to present her film at Docs In The City
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Silver Spring-based nonprofit organization Docs In Progress will present the second installment of its Docs In This City this weekend. Docs In Progress is the brainchild of its …
Documentaries shine in AFI DOCS Festival
Programming staff, front-line screeners and members of a screening committee spent the better part of this year winnowing down documentary films to include in the American Film Institute’s 15th annual…