AFI/Silver Theatre

After a passionate fling with an affluent philanthropist (Jessica Chastain), a ballet dancer Fernando (real-life dancer Isaac Hernandez) crosses the U.S.-Mexico border, intent on rekindling their romance and realizing his […]

Aboard a Mediterranean steamship around the turn of the 20th century, Romano (Marcello Mastroianni), an aging, once-wealthy Italian gentleman, relates his tale of lost love to a Russian traveler. Weaving together multiple short stories by Chekhov, this opulent, ironic romance is graced with a quintessential, Oscar®-nominated Mastroianni performance — by turns elegant, impish and melancholy. […]

We'll go to the AFI/Silver Theatre to see the 1987 movie Raising Arizona, directed by Joel Coen. Big-hearted policewoman Edwina “Ed” McDunnough (Holly Hunter) and reformed criminal H.I. “Hi” McDunnough (Nicolas Cage) make the perfect misfit couple, but no baby blesses their union. (“Her insides were a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase.”) The […]

A rarely screened adaptation of Joan Didion's bestselling novel, with a screenplay by Didion and her husband, John Gregory Dunne.  A scathing portrait of Hollywood in the early 1970's. AFI/Silver Theatre 8633 Colesville Road Silver Spring, MD  20910 Village members, login here for more information and to register.

JOAN BAEZ I AM A NOISE is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, this immersive documentary shifts back and forth through time as it follows Baez on her final tour and delves into her extraordinary archive, including newly discovered […]