Now playing!
🏆 2026 Oscar® Selection, Iceland
Against the backdrop of Iceland’s magnificent landscape — a rugged island filled with winding roads amidst a majestic tundra — a marriage falls apart, threatening to fracture a loving family. Fisherman Magnús (Sverrir Guðnason) has just moved out of the house he shares with his visual-artist wife, Anna (Saga Garðarsdóttir), and their three children, Ída and twins Þorgils and Grímur (all three played by the real children of filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason, A WHITE, WHITE DAY, GODLAND).
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🏆 2026 Oscar® Selection, Colombia
Winner of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard Jury Prize, A POET is a sharp tragicomedy about a washed-up poet mentoring a gifted teen writer. Blending absurdist humor with social critique, Simón Mesa Soto’s film explores art, class and ego with biting wit, raw humanity and a standout performance by Ubeimar Rios.
January 30–April 22
Silver Spring-based author, producer and screenwriter George Pelecanos returns to present a new series dedicated to classic films produced and presented in glorious black and white. Pelecanos will introduce select shows.
This week:
★ OUT OF THE PAST (1947) in 35mm — Feb. 13 + intro, Feb. 15
January 30–March 19
What makes a great film even greater? Seeing it at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center! Our programmers have rounded up an eclectic slate of critically acclaimed 2025 releases — some that did not screen at the Silver during their initial run — to give local cinephiles another chance to see a selection of the year’s best cinema on the big screen.
This week:
★ THE MASTERMIND — Feb. 13, 16–19
★ WEAPONS — Feb. 15, 18 & 19
Now playing!
On October 7, 2023, Israeli-American Liat Atzili and her husband, Aviv, were captured when Hamas attacked their kibbutz. Caught between international diplomacy and a rapidly escalating war, their family must face conflicting political perspectives in the pursuit of Liat and Aviv’s release. Through the intimate lens of a family’s experience, HOLDING LIAT poses complex questions of identity across generations.
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🏆 2026 Oscar® Selection, South Korea
🏆 Three 2026 Golden Globe nominations: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Based on Donald E. Westlake’s novel “The Ax,” the latest film from South Korean master Park Chan-wook is a biting dark satire about Man-su (Lee Byung-hun), a man abruptly laid off from a company he served for 25 years. Desperate for a new job, Man-su embarks on a ruthless plan to eliminate his competition — permanently. An incisive critique of modern workplace dynamics and the perils of late-stage capitalism, NO OTHER CHOICE is a thrilling, violent and wildly entertaining film.
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Gift cards may be used to buy tickets & concessions
at the theatre, or tickets online.
Gift cards may be used to buy tickets & concessions
at the theatre, or tickets online.
Opening February 13
A POET
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS
Opening February 20
Oscar®-Nominated Short Films 2026:
Animation, Live-Action and Documentary
Check back for showtimes.
