Check out the latest exclusive engagements and premieres, including the best in new indies, foreign films, documentaries and restored classics, by downloading a PDF of the E Street Cinema Film Calendar, with all-new programming from April 5 through June 20!

Now Playing at the E Street Cinema

In the inspired, genre-twisting new film Stories We Tell, Oscar-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley (Away From Her) discovers that the truth depends on who's telling it. Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets kept by a family of storytellers. She playfully interviews and interrogates a cast of characters of varying reliability, eliciting refreshingly candid, yet mostly contradictory, answers to the same questions. As each relates their version of the family mythology, present-day recollections shift into nostalgia-tinged glimpses of their mother, who departed too soon, leaving a trail of unanswered questions. Polley unravels the paradoxes to reveal the essence of family: always complicated, warmly messy and fiercely loving. Stories We Tell explores the elusive nature of truth and memory, but at its core is a deeply personal film about how our narratives shape and define us as individuals and families, all interconnecting to paint a profound, funny and poignant picture of the larger human story. Official Web Site Ann Hornaday's Washington Post review...

Now Playing at the E Street Cinema
and Bethesda Row Cinema

Inspired by actual events, the suspense thriller The Iceman follows notorious contract killer Richard Kuklinski (Michael Shannon, Take Shelter) from his early days in the mob until his arrest for the murder of more than 100 men. Appearing to be living the American Dream as a devoted husband and father, in reality Kuklinski is a ruthless killer-for-hire. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters have any clue about his real profession. Also starring James Franco (127 Hours, Oz the Great and Powerful), Winona Ryder (Black Swan), Chris Evans (Captain America), Ray Liotta (Goodfellas), David Schwimmer ("Friends"), Robert Davi ("Profiler"), Danny Abeckaser (Alpha Dog) and Stephen Dorff (Immortals). Directed and co-written by Ariel Vromen (Danika). Official Web Site Tricia Olszewski's Washington City Paper review...

Now Playing at the E Street Cinema
Must End Thursday, May 23!

It's 1971, and in the wake of the revolutionary fervor of May 1968 a group of youthful Paris radicals are trying to live their ideals, contributing to the revolution they believe is just beginning. Would-be painter/filmmaker Gilles (Clément Métayer)—a stand-in for the director in this semi-autobiographical story—tries to meld his artistic dreams with a commitment to political action. Passionate girlfriend Christine (Lola Créton of Goodbye, First Love), throws herself wholeheartedly into the task of organizing. Together, with a group of like-minded friends, they paint political slogan graffiti, take part in a street riot and throw the occasional Molotov cocktail. Olivier Assayas (Carlos, Summer Hours, Clean) brilliantly conveys the youthful spirit of the period, when change was in the air: in explorations of new lifestyles, arguments about strategies and tactics, and above all its music, a constant presence that becomes something like the artistic subconscious of an era. The period details are perfect, but what makes this film so special is the urgent sense it conveys of history as lived experience. Official Web Site

Now Playing at the Bethesda Row Cinema
in 3D & 2D!

From director/co-writer Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet) comes his uniquely imaginative big screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. The filmmaker's own distinctive visual interpretation of the classic story brings the period to life in a way that has never been seen before, starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role. The Great Gatsby follows would-be writer Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire, Spider-Man) as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy (Carey Mulligan, An Education), and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton). As Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super-rich, their illusions, loves and deceits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles. Official Web Site

Now Playing at the E Street Cinema
and Bethesda Row Cinema

The tense new thriller The Reluctant Fundamentalist, directed by Mira Nair (The Namesake, Monsoon Wedding) and based on Mohsin Hamid's bestselling novel, begins in Lahore in 2011. At an outdoor café a Pakistani man named Changez (Riz Ahmed) tells Bobby (Liev Schreiber), an American journalist, about his experiences in the United States. Roll back ten years, and we find a younger Changez fresh from Princeton, seeking fortune and glory on Wall Street. The American Dream seems well within his grasp, complete with a smart and gorgeous artist girlfriend, Erica (Kate Hudson). But when the Twin Towers are attacked, a cultural divide slowly begins to crack open between Changez and Erica. Changez's dream soon begins to slip into nightmare: profiled, wrongfully arrested, strip-searched and interrogated, he is transformed from a well-educated, upwardly mobile businessman to a scapegoat and perceived enemy. With time, he begins to hear the call of his own homeland. Taking us through the culturally rich and beguiling worlds of New York, Lahore and Istanbul, The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a story about conflicting ideologies where perception and suspicion have the power to determine life or death. Official Web Site Michael O'Sullivan's Washington Post review...

Now Playing at the Bethesda Row Cinema

In the romantic comedy Love Is All You Need, Philip (Pierce Brosnan), an Englishman living in Denmark, is a lonely, middle-aged widower and estranged single father. Ida (Trine Dyrholm) is a Danish hairdresser, recuperating from a long bout of illness, who's just been left by her husband for a younger woman, Tilde (Christiane Schaumburg-Müller). The fates of these two bruised souls are about to intertwine, as they embark for a trip to Sorrento, Italy to attend the wedding of Patrick and Astrid, Philip's son and Ida's daughter. Love Is All You Need is a film about the simple yet profound pains and joys of moving on—and forward—with your life. Directed and co-written by Susanne Bier (In a Better World, Things We Lost in the Fire). Official Web Site Claudia Puig's USA Today review...

Now Playing at the Bethesda Row Cinema

The stunningly photographed, sweeping adventure film Kon-Tiki portrays the true voyage of Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl, who crossed the Pacific ocean in a balsa wood raft in 1947. Together with five men, Heyerdahl (Pål Sverre Hagen) set sail to prove that South Americans already back in pre-Columbian times could have crossed the sea and settled on Polynesian islands. After gathering financing for the trip with loans and donations, he and his crew set off on an epic 101-day long journey across 8,000 kilometers, facing peril at every turn, all while the world watches. Kon-Tiki is directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg (Max Manus: Man of War). In English. Official Web Site Kate Erbland's MSN.com review...

Now Playing at the E Street Cinema
and Bethesda Row Cinema

The world of Jim Grant (director Robert Redford), a public interest lawyer and single father raising his daughter in the tranquil suburbs of Albany, New York, is turned upside down when a brash young reporter named Ben Shepard (Shia LaBeouf) exposes his true identity as a former 1970s antiwar radical fugitive wanted for murder. After living for more than 30 years underground, Grant must now go on the run. With the FBI in hot pursuit, he sets off on a cross-country journey to track down the one person that can clear his name. Shepard, knowing this to be the opportunity of a lifetime for a journalist, is willing to stop at nothing to capitalize on it. As Grant reopens old wounds and reconnects with former members of his antiwar group, the Weather Underground, Shepard uncovers the shocking secrets Grant has been keeping for the past three decades. Based on the novel by Neil Gordon, this cat-and-mouse thriller's all-star cast includes Julie Christie, Sam Elliott, Brendan Gleeson, Anna Kendrick, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci, Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon. Official Web Site Michael O'Sullivan's Washington Post review...

Now Playing at the E Street Cinema

The daring new movie from director Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine), The Place Beyond the Pines is a sweeping emotional drama powerfully exploring the unbreakable bond between fathers and sons. Luke (Ryan Gosling), a high-wire motorcycle stunt performer with a carnival passing through Schenectady in upstate New York, tries to reconnect with a former lover, Romina (Eva Mendes), only to learn that she has given birth to their son in his absence. Luke decides to give up life on the road to try and provide for his newfound family by taking a job as a car mechanic. Noticing Luke's ambition and talents, his employer Robin (Ben Mendelsohn) proposes to partner with Luke in a string of spectacular bank robberies—which will place Luke on the radar of ambitious rookie cop Avery Cross (Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook). Avery, who has to navigate a local police department ruled by the menacing and corrupt detective Deluca (Ray Liotta), is also struggling to balance his professional life with his family life, which includes his wife Jennifer (Rose Byrne) and their infant son. The consequences of Avery's confrontation with Luke will reverberate into the next generation. Official Web Site Richard Roeper's Chicago Sun-Times review...

Now Playing at the E Street Cinema
Must End Thursday, May 23!

In writer/director François Ozon's (Swimming Pool) dramatic thriller In the House, sixteen-year-old Claude (Ernst Unhauer) insinuates himself into the house of fellow high school student Rapha (Bastien Ughetto), writing about his family in essays that perversely blur the lines between reality and fiction for his jaded literature teacher Germain (Fabrice Luchini). Intrigued by this gifted and unusual student, Germain rediscovers his taste for teaching, but the boy's intrusion sparks a series of uncontrollable events. Germain's wife Jeanne (Kristin Scott-Thomas), a contemporary art gallery director, avidly follows Claude's semi-imaginary escapades, while Rapha's mom (Emmanuelle Seigner) is Claude's object of desire. Winner of the Critics Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. Official Web Site Michael O'Sullivan's Washington Post review...

Now Playing at the E Street Cinema
Must End Thursday, May 23!

Midnight's Children is an epic film from Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta (Water), based on the Booker Prize-winning novel by Salman Rushdie. At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, as India proclaims independence from Great Britain, two newborn babies are switched by a nurse in a Bombay hospital. Saleem Sinai (Satya Bhabha), the illegitimate son of a poor woman, and Shiva (Siddharth), the offspring of a wealthy couple, are fated to live the destiny meant for each other. Their lives become mysteriously intertwined and are inextricably linked to India's whirlwind journey of triumphs and disasters. From the unlikely romance of Saleem's grandparents to the birth of his own son, Midnight's Children is a journey at once sweeping in scope and yet intimate in tone. Hopeful, comic and magical—the film conjures images and characters as rich and unforgettable as India herself. Official Web Site

Starts Friday, May 24 at the E Street Cinema
and Bethesda Row Cinema

Frances Ha, a modern comic fable from Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale), explores New York, friendship, class, ambition, failure and redemption. Frances (co-writer Greta Gerwig), the exuberant 27-year-old heroine, is always on the move without ever seeming to get anywhere. The truth is she knows exactly where she wants to go, she's just unwilling to make the kind of compromises that might get her there. A fount of optimism, Frances is singularly compelling because she never lets anything—including reality—slow her down. Frances lives in New York, but she doesn't really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but she's not really a dancer. Frances has a best friend named Sophie (Mickey Sumner), but they aren't really speaking anymore. Frances throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible reality dwindles. Frances wants so much more than she has, but lives her life with unaccountable joy and lightness. Director/co-writer Baumbach shot this exhilarating comedy in black and white, using the music of Georges Delerue, composer for Truffaut's French New Wave classics. Official Web Site

Starts Friday, May 24 at the Bethesda Row Cinema

A contemporary reimagining of Henry James' novel, What Maisie Knew is a heartbreaking but redemptive story of family, self-sacrifice and the indelibility of one child's love. Maisie (Onata Aprile) navigates the turmoil of her parents' bitter custody battle with a six-year-old's innocence, charm and generosity of spirit. Aging rock star Susanna (Julianne Moore) and contemporary art dealer Beale (Steve Coogan) are too self-involved even to notice their neglect and inadequacy as parents; their fight for Maisie is just another battle in an epic war of personalities. As they raise the stakes by taking on inappropriate new partners, the ex-nanny Margo (Joanna Vanderham) and the much younger bartender Lincoln (Alexander Skarsgård), the shuffling of Maisie from household to household becomes more and more callous, the consequences more and more troubling. Always watchful, however, Maisie begins to understand that the path through this morass of adult childishness and selfish blindness will have to be of her own making. From the directors of The Deep End and Bee Season and producers of The Kids Are All Right. Official Web Site Directors Scott McGehee & David Siegel on how a 6-year-old carries a film

One Week Only!
Starts Friday, May 24 at the E Street Cinema

Bert Stern: Original Mad Man is the definitive voyage into the life and work of one of the greatest American photographers of all time. After working alongside Stanley Kubrick at Look magazine, Bert Stern became an original Madison Avenue "mad man," his images helping to create modern advertising. He also directed the iconic music film Jazz on a Summer's Day. Groundbreaking photos of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Bridget Bardot, Twiggy and the infamous Lolita image from Kubrick's film, coupled with his astonishing success in advertising, minted Stern as a celebrity in his own right; indeed, Stern's photographs of Monroe in her last sitting are considered to be the ultimate images of the 20th century icon. After marrying the stunning ballet dancer Allegra Kent, the kid from Brooklyn was sitting on top of the world... until a dramatic fall from grace. Filmmaker Shannah Laumeister uncovers Stern—from his bad boy antics to his iconic photography. Shockingly frank, it explores creativity, celebrity, and desire through the eyes of a man who got everything he wanted. Almost. Official Web Site

Fri & Sat, May 24 & 25 'Round Midnight
at the E Street Cinema!

The Room is an electrifying American black comedy about love, passion, betrayal and lies, starring writer/director Tommy Wiseau as a successful banker with a great respect for—and dedication to—the people in his life, especially his future wife Lisa (Juliette Danielle). As the film depicts friendships and relationships in the lives of its five major characters, it raises life's real and most-asked question: "Can you really trust anyone?" A midnight cult sensation, this quirky black comedy has been running for over 10 years in Los Angeles and has now taken the rest of the country by storm. You'll want to be there for the devastation it will leave in its wake! Official Web Site

Fri & Sat, May 24 & 25 at Midnight,
Sun, May 26 at 10:30am & Wed, May 29
at 7:00pm at the E Street Cinema!

Working together for the 12th time, John Wayne and director John Ford forged The Searchers into a landmark Western offering an indelible image of the frontier and the men and women who challenged it. Wayne plays an ex-Confederate soldier seeking his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won't surrender to hunger, thirst, the elements or loneliness. And in his five-year search, he encounters something unexpected: his own humanity. The Searchers was beautifully shot by Winton C. Hoch, thrillingly scored by Max Steiner and memorably acted by a wonderful ensemble including Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Natalie Wood and Ward Bond.

Friday & Saturday Movies
'Round Midnight at the E Street Cinema!
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May 24 & 25: The Room, can you ever really trust anyone? May 31 & Jun 1: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, makes Ben Hur look like an epic! Jun 7 & 8: Samurai Cop, you have the right to remain silent... dead silent! Sun, Jun 9 at 8:00pm: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with live shadow cast Sonic Transducers, in honor of Gay Pride celebrations! Jun 14 & 15: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with live shadow cast Sonic Transducers! Jun 21 & 22: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, starring Ricardo Montalban. Jun 28 & 29: The Room, "You are tearing me apart, Lisa!" Jul 5 & 6: Serenity, Joss Whedon's sci-fi adventure! Jul 12 & 13: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with live shadow cast Sonic Transducers! Jul 19 & 20: V/H/S/2, D.C. theatrical premiere! Jul 26 & 27: The Room, can you ever really trust anyone?

Fri & Sat Late Shows, Sun Matinees
and Wed Evenings at the E Street Cinema!
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May 24 & 25 at Midnight, May 26 at 10:30am and May 29 at 7:00pm: The Searchers (1956), starring John Wayne. May 31 & Jun 1 at Midnight, Jun 2 at 10:30am and Jun 5 at 7:00pm: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), directed by Frank Capra. Jun 7 & 8 at 11:30pm, Jun 9 at 10:30am and Jun 12 at 7:00pm: Funny Girl (1968), Digitally Restored! Starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif. Jun 14 & 15 at Midnight, Jun 16 at 10:30am and Jun 19 at 7:00pm: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), starring James Stewart and Doris Day. Jun 21 & 22 at Midnight, Jun 23 at 10:30am and Jun 26 at 7:00pm: Bonnie and Clyde (1967), starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. Jun 28 & 29 at Midnight, Jun 30 at 10:30am and Jul 3 at 7:00pm: The Maltese Falcon (1941), starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor. Jul 5 & 6 at Midnight, Jul 7 at 10:30am and Jul 10 at 7:00pm: Safety Last! (1923), Digitally Restored! Starring Harold Lloyd. Jul 12 & 13 at 11:30pm, Jul 14 at 10:30am and Jul 17 at 7:00pm: Oliver! (1968), a film by Carol Reed. Jul 19 & 20 at Midnight, Jul 21 at 10:30am and Jul 24 at 7:00pm: Barbarella (1968), starring Jane Fonda. Jul 26 & 27 at Midnight, Jul 28 at 10:30am and Jul 31 at 7:00pm: Breaking Away (1979), a film by Peter Yates.

Starts Friday, May 31 at the E Street Cinema
and Bethesda Row Cinema

Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) first met in their twenties in Before Sunrise, reunited in their thirties in Before Sunset, and now, in director/co-writer Richard Linklater's Before Midnight, they face the past, present and future. Jesse's a successful novelist, and they're in Greece at a writer's retreat, staying in the bucolic country villa of an older expat writer, Patrick (Walter Lassally). As a treat, their Greek friends have gifted Jesse and Celine with a night at a luxurious seaside hotel while they babysit their young twin daughters Ella and Nina (Jennifer and Charlotte Prior). Feeling the undercurrent of friction between them, Celine wants to beg off, but their friends insist. They set off on foot through the spectacular countryside, enjoying each other's company, talking, teasing, debating, flirting. But for Jesse and Celine, realities intrude: the weight of children, work, ambitions, disappointments and the strains of an evolving, deepening relationship. Their idyllic night tests them in unexpected ways, and before the clock strikes midnight, their story again unfolds. Official Web Site

One Week Only!
Starts Friday, May 31 at the E Street Cinema

In the hilarious dark comedy Sightseers, Chris (co-writer Steve Oram) wants to show Tina (co-writer Alice Lowe) his world, and he wants to do it his way—on a journey through the British Isles in his beloved Abbey Oxford Caravan. Tina's led a sheltered life and there are things that Chris needs her to see—the Crich Tramway Museum, the Ribblehead Viaduct, the Keswick Pencil Museum and the rolling countryside that separates these wonders in his life. But it doesn't take long for the dream to fade. Litterbugs, noisy teenagers and pre-booked RV sites, not to mention Tina's meddling mother, soon conspire to shatter Chris's dreams and send him, and anyone who rubs him the wrong way, over a very jagged edge... Directed by Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace, Kill List). Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the British Independent Film Awards. Official Web Site

Fri & Sat, May 31 & June 1 'Round Midnight
at the E Street Cinema!

It's Square Pegs at the Round Table as England's zaniest humorists take on the Middle Ages and convert Arthurian legend into uncontrollable lunacy! Written and performed by all your favorites—Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin—Monty Python and the Holy Grail has been fully re-mastered in high definition and now includes the new, never-before-seen 12-minute short feature “Terry Gilliam’s Lost Animations.” If you’re already a fan (and name one person who’s seen it who isn’t!), you won’t want to miss the chance to enjoy the film the way it’s meant to be experienced—on the Big Screen, in a movie theater, with other die-hard fans laughing at the gags (the clippety-clopping coconuts!) and reciting the dialog (“It’s just a flesh wound!”). And if you’ve never seen this comic masterpiece, you’re in for a very special treat. As reviewer Jeff Shannon writes, “The comedy highlights are too numerous to mention...The sum of this madness is a movie that’s beloved by anyone with a pulse and an irreverent sense of humor.” What more can we say, except "Ni!" Official Web Site

Fri & Sat, May 31 & June 1 at Midnight,
Sun, June 2 at 10:30am & Wed, June 5
at 7:00pm at the E Street Cinema!

Small-town honesty and naïvete triumph over big-city sophistication and corruption in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, an endearing and charming screwball comedy that warmed Depression-era audiences, and earned Frank Capra an Academy Award for Best Director. Gary Cooper is simply superb as the innocent Mr. Deeds, a small-town idealist who inherits a fortune, only to discover it's all more trouble than it's worth! Also starring Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander and Douglas Dumbrille.

Starts Friday, June 7 at the E Street Cinema

The enthralling drama Fill the Void tells the story of an Orthodox Hasidic family from Tel Aviv. Eighteen-year-old Shira (Hadas Yaron) is the youngest daughter of the family, about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream come true, and Shira feels prepared and excited. But on Purim, her 28-year-old sister, Esther (Renana Raz), dies while giving birth to her first child, and the pain and grief that overwhelm the family postpone Shira's promised match. When an offer is proposed to match the late Esther's husband, Yochay (Yiftach Klein) to a widow from Belgium, Yochay feels it's too early, although he realizes that sooner or later he must seriously consider getting married again. When the girls' mother finds out that Yochay may leave the country with her only grandchild, she proposes a match between Shira and the widower, and Shira will have to choose between her heart's wish and her family duty. Written and directed by Rama Burshtein (her feature film debut), Fill the Void is Israel's official 2012 submission for Best Foreign Language Film. Official Web Site

One Week Only!
Starts Friday, June 7 at the E Street Cinema

In the intriguing mystery Wish You Were Here, four friends indulge in a carefree Southeast Asian holiday, but their sun-soaked retreat quickly takes a horrific turn when one of the travelers disappears. What happened on that fateful night when they were dancing under the full moon in Cambodia? As the search for the missing member of their party ensues, the others return home, racked with guilt and struggling to return to their daily lives. Does one of them hold the answer to the fate of their lost companion? Tightly-held secrets from their life-altering trip are brought to light, revealing clues to the whereabouts of their missing friend. Starring Joel Edgerton (The Great Gatsby, Animal Kingdom), Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies), co-writer Felicity Price and Antony Starr. Directed and co-written by Kieran Darcy-Smith. Official Web Site

Sun, Jun 9 at 8:00pm and
Friday & Saturday, Jun 14 & 15
'Round Midnight at the E Street Cinema!
With Live Shadow Cast Sonic Transducers!

The longest-running midnight movie of all time stars Tim Curry as the kinky yet endearing “transsexual from Transylvania” Dr. Frank N. Furter, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick as his hapless guests Brad and Janet, Meat Loaf as motorcycle-riding rough trade and author Richard O’Brien as the hunchbacked butler Riff Raff. It’s harmless musical fun—a delightful spoof of Hollywood horror movies and Old Dark House melodramas. The Rocky Horror Picture was the first—and is still the best—interactive movie experience! Official Web Site

One Show Only! Monday, June 10 at 7:00pm
at the E Street Cinema

Bill W. tells the story of William G. Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, a man included in TIME Magazine's "100 Persons of the 20th Century." Interviews, recreations, and rare archival material reveal how Bill Wilson, a hopeless drunk near death from his alcoholism, found a way out of his own addiction and then forged a path for countless others to follow. With Bill as its driving force, A.A. grew from a handful of men to a worldwide fellowship of over 2 million men and women—a success that made him an icon within A.A., but also an alcoholic unable to be a member of the very society he had created. A reluctant hero, Bill Wilson lived a life of sacrifice and service, and left a legacy that continues every day, all around the world. Official Web Site

Two Shows Only! Sat & Sun, June 29 & 30
at 11:00am at the Bethesda Row Cinema

Helen Mirren reprises her Academy Award-winning role as Queen Elizabeth II in the highly-anticipated West End production of The Audience, recorded earlier in 2013 and broadcast as part of National Theatre Live. For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met with each of her twelve Prime Ministers, privately, in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace—a meeting like no other in British public life. Both parties have an unspoken agreement never to repeat what is said, not even to their spouses. The Audience breaks this contract of silence—and imagines a series of pivotal meetings between the Downing Street incumbents and their Queen. From Churchill to Cameron, each Prime Minister has used these private conversations as a sounding board and a confessional—sometimes intimate, sometimes explosive. From young mother to grandmother, these private audiences chart the arc of the second Elizabethan Age. The Audience reunites Mirren and writer Peter Morgan following their collaboration on the critically-acclaimed movie sensation The Queen. Directed by Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours). Official Web Site

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