Movies ANN HORNADAY’S PICK
Museums & Galleries
STEPHANIE MERRY’S PICK
A royal life in tabloid glory
Remembering
The 21st Washington Jewish Film Festival gets underway with a red-carpet screening at the Avalon of “La Rafl e” (“The Round-Up”), Roselyne Bosch’s drama based on events of 1942, when the Vichy government in France rounded up thousands of Parisian Jews and transported them to extermination camps. Bosch will be at the screening of the fi lm, which stars Jean Reno and Melanie Laurent. This year’s festival includes documentaries about baseball, bagels and the artist Grace Paley, as well as a sneak preview of John Madden’s Mossad drama, “The Debt,” starring Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington. // Thursday through Dec. 12 at venues throughout the city. 202-777-3231.
www.wjff.org. $25 opening and closing nights, $10 evenings and weekends.
DON’T MISS
“Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky’s portrait of a ballerina (Natalie Portman) driven to the brink is potentially Oscar-worthy and is one of the buzzier movies on the holiday season agenda. // Opens Friday in area theaters.
Directed by Victor Fleming Revisit the fi lmmaker’s best-known works — “The Wizard of Oz” and
“Gone With the Wind” — and explore more of his movies — including 1933’s “Bombshell” with Jean Harlow and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” starring Spencer Tracy — as this AFI series unfolds. // Series runs through Dec. 19. “Wizard of Oz” and “Gone With the Wind” screen today. AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring. 301- 495-6700.
www.afi .com/silver. $10. — Jen Chaney
IMAGE FROM “LA RAFLE” COURTESY OF MENEMSHA FILMS; “COMMENTUM FAMILIARE IN CICERONIS OFFICIA,” THE LAST COPY OF CICERO WITH HENRY VIII’S WRITING IN IT AS A YOUNG BOY. FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY; KATHERINE TIER AS DORABELLA IN “COSÌ FAN TUTTE.” PHOTOGRAPH BY ANNE M. PETERSON
28 THE WASHINGTON POST MAGAZINE | NOVEMBER 28, 2010
MENORAH LIGHTING Munch on latkes and doughnuts, and watch as the National Me- norah is lighted. There will be musical perfor- mances by the U.S. Navy Band and the Three Cantors, and menorah- and dreidel-making. // Wednesday at 4. The Ellipse, 1600 Constitu- tion Ave. NW. 202-332-5600.
www.afl
dc.org/ ellipse. Free; tickets required. A hundred tickets are being set aside for Post readers, so type “Washington Post” in the comment section when you register online for tickets. — Amy Orndorff
Who needs soap operas when we have history? The Folger’s exhibit shows how rich — and sordid — real life can be with “Vivat Rex!” a show dedicated to Henry VIII, whose cult of personality has persisted over centuries. Visitors will fi nd documentation of Henry’s infamously rocky relationships with women, including a prayer book that was a gift from fourth wife Anne of Cleves to Henry, who annulled their marriage. // Through Dec. 30. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. 202-544-4600.
www.folger.edu. Free.
DON’T MISS
“Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer” The Portrait Gallery transports museum-goers to 1956 with photographs of the young Presley. // Through Jan. 23. National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F streets NW. 202-633- 1000.
www.npg.si.edu. Free. — Stephanie Merry
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