Two 70mm showings in the Washington, D.C. area, March 2010

Fans of Play Time will be interested to know that the American Film Institute Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C., will be offering two 70mm showings of the film on the third weekend of March 2010. The specific times are Saturday, March 20th at 7:00 and Sunday, March 21st at 5:00. The showings are part of the theater's March-19th-through-28th "The World of Jacques Tati" series (see http://www.afi.com/silver/new/nowplaying/2010/v7i1/tati.aspx), which will also include Les Vacances de M. Hulot [Monsieur Hulot's Holiday], Jour de Fête [Holiday], Mon Oncle [My Uncle], Trafic [Traffic], and a program of shorts consisting of Soigne ton Gauche, L'École des Facteurs [School for Postmen], and Cours de Soir [Evening Classes].

The showings of Play Time, as well as those of Mon Oncle and Trafic, are also part of the March-16th-through-28th "2010 Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital" (www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org).

The American Film Institute Silver Theatre is located at 8633 Colesville Road, about three blocks northeast of the Red Line subway's Silver Spring station (which is also the main Silver Spring station for local buses, and the Silver Spring station of the Brunswick Line of the MARC commuter train system). This makes the theater easily accessible from Washington Union Station, the Washington Greyhound station, and National Airport; somewhat less easily accessible from BWI and Dulles airports. The theater is also about six blocks northwest of Greyhound's Silver Spring station, and about a mile and a half south of the Capital Beltway (I-495), exit 30 or 31. Downtown Silver Spring has several hotels, all within easy walking distance of the theater.