New members can now join the DC Film Society. Please check the membership page for six-month memberships (membership valid December 1, 2008 - May 31, 2009). Join us for 6 months of advance preview film screenings and many more benefits.

COMING ATTRACTIONS Trailer Night
Winter 2008

Wednesday, November 12 - 7:00pm

You’ll get a sneak preview of Winter's biggest Oscar contenders at the Washington D.C. Film Society’s COMING ATTRACTIONS TRAILER NIGHT, Winter 2008. It all starts at 7 p.m., Wednesday, November 12 at Landmark’s E Street Cinema (E Street between 10th & 11th St, NW).

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The Best of 2007

The membership has spoken! The Washington DC Film Society's seventh annual vote for the Best of 2007 is in. The winners are:

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen No Country For Old Men
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood
Best Actress: Julie Christie Away From Her
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem No Country For Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan Gone Baby Gone
Best Foreign Language Film: Persepolis, France

Thank you for voting!

The Cinema Lounge

The Cinema Lounge is a film discussion group; meetings are held at Barnes and Noble, 555 12th Street, NW the second Monday of every month at 7:00pm.

The next meeting is Monday, November 10 at 7:00pm. Our topic will be "Movies Ahead of Their Time"

Storyboard Newsletter

Check out the monthly Calendar of Events in the Storyboard newsletter and see what film events are going on around town.

The November Storyboard is now on the website. We have Q&As with Danny Boyle, director of Slumdog Millionaire; Charlie Kaufman, director of Synecdoche; Mike Leigh, director of Happy Go Lucky and Mark Herman, director of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and John Boyne, author of the novel. Death scenes is the topic of this months Adam's Rib. There are reports from two major international film festivals: Toronto and Venice.