By
Jason Dick
| Dec. 6, 2012, 7:54 p.m.
“Burn,” a harrowing documentary about Detroit firefighters, opens Friday in Washington, D.C., the latest nonfiction film to bring the Motor City’s woes to the screens of national policymakers.
By
Neda Semnani
| Dec. 6, 2012, 7:54 p.m.
Over the next month, the end of one Congress will push up against the start of another, creating a fast, circular momentum known as Washington’s revolving door. It starts slowly, spitting out the campaign jockeys at first, but inevitably gains speed, gobbling up new members, staff, lobbyists, journalists, nonprofiteers and activists, while depositing the cycle’s losers on the curb.
By
Jason Dick
| Dec. 6, 2012, 7:22 p.m.
“Burn,” a harrowing documentary about Detroit firefighters, opens Friday in Washington, D.C., the latest nonfiction film to bring the Motor City’s woes to the screens of national policymakers.
By
Neda Semnani
| Dec. 6, 2012, 7:17 p.m.
Over the next month, the end of one Congress will push up against the start of another, creating a fast, circular momentum known as Washington’s revolving door. It starts slowly, spitting out the campaign jockeys at first, but inevitably gains speed, gobbling up new members, staff, lobbyists, journalists, nonprofiteers and activists, while depositing the cycle’s losers on the curb.
By
Emily Cahn, Molly C. Braswell, Rebecca Baird-Remba
| Nov. 29, 2012, 6:27 p.m.
With a busy lame-duck session and the long hours that come with it, Hill staffers may find themselves crunched for time this holiday season when trying to check everyone off their lists.
By
Adam Levin
| Nov. 19, 2012, 8:01 p.m.
War and its horrors have long been a powerful muse for some of history’s most influential painters and photographers. One needs only to think of Pablo Picasso’s 1937 masterpiece “Guernica,” with its nightmarish depiction of the destruction of the titular Basque town by German bombers, or Henri Huet’s daring Vietnam War frames for an instant reminder of war’s iconic imagery.
By
Neda Semnani
| May 26, 2012, 4:21 p.m.
Washington, D.C., is the perfect backdrop for a commedia dell’arte production, which requires the actors to wear masks, keep their identity fluid and wreak havoc.
By
Alexandra Jaffe
| Sept. 7, 2011, 11:57 a.m.
As September weather hopefully brings lower temperatures, Washington will be entertained with some short films. Now in its eighth year, the D.C. Shorts Film Festival will showcase 145 films from 23 different countries Sept. 8-18.
By
Kate Tummarello
| Sept. 3, 2011, 6:14 p.m.
Resilience is the word of the day. Or, at least, that's the goal of the organizers and hosts of Thursday's 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Summit — a film festival.
By
Kate Tummarello
| Sept. 1, 2011, 6:29 p.m.
For schoolchildren and Congress Members alike, Labor Day marks the end of summer and the return to the daily grind. Happily, there are plenty of holiday celebrations planned around the Washington metro area this weekend to help distract you from the imminent return of lunchboxes and briefcases.
