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1. W.

[MOVIE] A renegade drunk from a privileged family turns his life around and, in a matter of 15 years, becomes governor of Texas and then president of the United States. How could you not make a movie about this man? Oliver Stone has tackled administrations before ("JFK," "Nixon") but never has he trained his theatrically interpretive camera on a sitting president. With just a few weeks until the election and three months before George W. Bush leaves office, Josh Brolin and a superb cast give us the behind-the-scenes look we will never get for real.

Opens Friday.

2. ROLE MODELS: FEMININE IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY

[EXHIBIT] This exhibition examines the way portraiture, self-portraiture and narrative photographs have influenced our understanding of gender and identity over the past three decades. The collection includes the work of such 1980s innovators as Eleanor Antin, Cindy Sherman, Nan Goldin, Sally Mann and Mary Ellen Mark, as well a new generation of photographers that emerged in the late '90s, including Anna Gaskell, Catherine Opie and Nikki S. Lee.

Opens Friday. Through Jan. 25. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-5000. $10, seniors and students $8.

3. THE NOTWIST

[CONCERT] The German indie rockers had been around for more than a decade and had already released a handful of albums by the time they broke into the U.S. indie-rock scene with 2002's "Neon Golden." One would think that after such a hit they would strike while the iron was hot, but instead, while working on side projects, they made us wait six years for a follow-up. Luckily, they don't seem to be too out of practice. The band's new album, "The Devil, You + Me," is as tight and well written as its predecessor and manages to feel like both a logical extension and an update of their sound. With Dosh.

Wednesday at 7 p.m. 9:30 club, 815 V St. NW. 202-393-0930 or 800-955-5566. $15.

4. DOUBLE INDEMNITY

[MOVIE] A worn-out insurance man (Fred MacMurray) and a bored housewife (Barbara Stanwyck) conspire to murder her husband and collect on the insurance policy. Directed by brilliant genre-hopper Billy Wilder and based on a novella by James M. Cain, this 1944 movie is packed to the gills with double entendres, stolen kisses and general malfeasance. It's part of AFI Silver Theatre's Noir City DC series, which opens Friday and runs through Nov. 5.

Friday at 4:45, 7 and 9:15 p.m.; Saturday at 4:45 and 9:30 p.m.; Oct. 19 at 9:40 p.m. AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring. 301-495-6720. $7.50-$10, age 12 and younger $6.