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[Concerts]
STYLEISTICS -- Saturday, doors at 9 p.m. Local designers show their wares while members of the Brazilian Girls -- a quartet that is three-quarters male and not at all Brazilian -- perform DJ sets. The Rock & Roll Hotel, 1353 H St. NE. Free-$10. 202-388-7625.
[Movies]
Films open Friday and are in general release unless otherwise noted. Opening dates subject to change. Checkhttp:/
  Luis Guzman stars in Fast Food Nation. Opens Friday. (See Movies, this page.) (By Matt Lankes -- Fox Searchlight Pictures) |
THE BRIDESMAID -- French director Claude Chabrol's unsettling story about a man (Benoit Magimel) who becomes enamored with his sister's crazed bridesmaid (Laura Smet). Based on Ruth Rendall's psychologically thrilling novel. At Landmark's E Street Cinema.
CASINO ROYALE -- Daniel Craig takes on the James Bond role in Martin Campbell's re-imagining of the Ian Fleming book that began the 007 series.
COPYING BEETHOVEN -- Ed Harris stars as the composer who has gone deaf and gets the assistance of a young female copyist (Diane Kruger) to finish his new symphony. At Landmark's Bethesda Row.
FAST FOOD NATION -- Based on Eric Schlosser's 2001 bestseller that scrutinized the fast-food industry, the satire stars Wilmer Valderrama, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Greg Kinnear, Bobby Cannavale, Luis Guzman, Patricia Arquette, Avril Lavigne and Ethan Hawke. Directed by Richard Linklater.
FUR: AN IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF DIANE ARBUS -- Directed by Steven Shainberg ("Secretary"), the biopic stars Nicole Kidman as the photographer who had a penchant for bizarre, piercing work and eventually committed suicide. Co-starring Robert Downey Jr.
HAPPY FEET -- The animated comedy features Elijah Wood as the voice of Mumble, a penguin who must attract his soul mate through dancing because he doesn't have much of a singing voice. Also includes the voices of Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman.
LET'S GO TO PRISON -- See Can't Miss, previous page.
SHUT UP & SING -- The documentary follows the ups and downs of country singers the Dixie Chicks.
[On Stage]
NATIVE DANCE: 'KSAN PERFORMING ARTS GROUP -- Friday at 10:30 a.m. and noon, Saturday at noon and 3:30 p.m. Dancers from the Gitxsan Nation of British Columbia perform. National Museum of the American Indian, Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW. Free. 202-633-1000.
