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Capital Projections: Short subject edition

This week’s openings include three programs of Oscar-nominated short films, while repertory offerings include recent features from Iran and Turkey as well as a classic Japanese ghost story. Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective

Capital Projections: Horror in pink edition

This week’s openings include a better-than-average Nicolas Cage freakout feature and a documentary about a Russian oligarch turned political prisoner. In repertory, an Iranian film takes us to a village whose residents seem invincible, and

Capital Projections: Global crisis edition

There’s always trouble somewhere on the planet, and many of this week’s screenings, from new titles to classics, depict a past or present, real or fictional problem around the globe. Openings include a pair of intriguing foreign films,

Capital Projections: Death row edition

This week’s new films include two dramas set on death row. If that seems like an unusual coincidence, there’s a common theme of justice and forgiveness that runs through even more of this week’s offerings, including the biopic of a German

Capital Projections: Saints and sinners edition

Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to notable movie screenings in the coming week. This week’s openings include potential Oscar front-runners, and repertory offerings include sobering Christmas fare to go