▌BIOPICS ▌Turnaround: Don Cheadle as Miles Davis (via @shadowandact)

Once the dust settles from the Iron Man 2 gig, prepare to see the Don [Cheadle] as woodwinded great, Miles Davis.

Cheadle will star and direct in the pic about the man who got Pearl Cleage readers a dash past peeved in 1990 (and forward!), but whose sound is unapologetically epic in the halls of jazz.

How does one treat a respected, revered, fundamentally and brazenly flawed legend--and not piss people off? Cheadle tells MTV to expect the "truth," but don't look for facts. Very diplomatic answer. *Nodding my head* He also advises that this is not a biopic. Mhmmmmmmm. I'm gonna be a likkle geeked for this one. He's working on the script now.

Til' then, go try to cop those Iron Man 2 tix from @WCP and check Cheadle's full interview aqui.

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▌SCREENINGS ▌Get Earthy and Jazzy Around the DMV Tonight

April is Jazz Appreciation Month (whoo hoo!) and it brings us the fast approaching Earth Day. Celebrate both tonight and all week with these festivities y mas going down about and around the DMV.

Monday, April 19
Busboys and Poets

6:00P

Free and open to the Public

With Earth Day approaching, Busboys and Poets at 14th and V streets is offering a screening of the award-winning documentary Tapped, a look into the unregulated and environmentally harmful bottled-water industry from the producers of Who Killed the Electric Car? [I {HEART} THEM!] and I.O.U.S.A. The event begins at 6.

Monday, April 19

Library of Congress

Mary Pickford Theater

7:00P

Free and open to the public

Dexter Gordon's film 'Round Midnight will be shown for free at the Library of Congress. Last Friday Gordon's mishc and films became a collection of the Library of Congress. Gordon's wife will be in attendance for Q&A following the screening.

Thursday, April 22

Pure Lounge

DMV International Film Festival Presents: The Greenhouse Effect Music Showcase

8:00P - 2:00A

$10 before midnight

$15 after

Celebrate Earth Day, quench your thirst for DMV music, and get excited for the upcoming First Annual DMV International Film Festival all at once this Thursday at Pure Lounge. Support international cinema coming to the DMV!