DC independent film festival

For the DC folks, I just learned via Chutry that the DC Independent Film Festival is going on now. Due to a variety of mitigating factors, I may not be able to make much of it, but there are certainly a couple of films on the list that look interesting. Also of interest to District area cinephiles is AFI's unfortunately named Law Enforcement Museum Film Festival. And though the moniker may be a bit of a mouthful, it ceases to matter when you see the list of movies. Thursday will see a screening of Friedkin's The French Connection, which is one of, if not the single best, gritty 70s cop thrillers out there. It's worth seeing for the spectacularly exhilarating car chase alone. Friday night they'll be screening David Fincher's gloomy serial killer masterpiece Se7en, one of my all time favorite movies. I too-rarely take advantage of AFI's great repertoire programs--I stupidly skipped all of the Cronenberg retrospective--but I'm hoping to make it out for both of these shows.

And on a final DC note, I can't reccomend the Dada exhibit at the National Gallery enough. I've been twice already, and I'll surely be there again this weekend. At some point I'll have some things to say about the various films they're showing as part of it, but until then, I implore you: Go! Go! Go!