All posts by Doug Rule
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Sometimes, Anthony Dortch Jr.'s parents just don't understand. ''My parents look at my artwork,'' he says, ''and sometimes go, 'Why? Why not just make some...
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War and Witchcraft
As Arms and The Man opens, Amy Quiggins flutters across the stage playing Raina Petkoff as if she were Barbie come to life. She's giddy...
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Longhorns
Reel Affirmations 2011 Review by Doug Rule Rating: (3 out of 5) Friday, 10/21/2011, 7:15 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium "ALL GUYS GO...
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Sweet Revenge from la Suite Noire
Reel Affirmations 2011 Review by Doug Rule Rating: (4 out of 5) Thursday, 10/20/2011, 5:00 PM Shorts presentation, $12 at West End Cinema French with English subtitles ...
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Blue Decade
''Basically, they were playing all of the wrong music,'' Mark Rutstein says about Cobalt when he became the dance club's manager three years ago. ''They...
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Religious Enrichment
Jay Michaelson thought coming out would spell the end of his religious life. He was wrong. It became a new beginning. ''I really thought that...
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The People Sing
''Oh, I don't know if this is something my parents would want to come see me in,'' Eric Van Tielen remembers thinking when he auditioned...
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Photos of Angie / Bullied
Reel Affirmations 2011 Review by Doug Rule Rating: (4 out of 5) Tuesday, 10/18/2011, 5:00 PM Feature presentation, $5 at West End Cinema JUSTICE WAS SERVED...
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An enchanted evening at the NSO
Rebecca Luker is as corny as Kansas in August. Well, at least that’s what she’s singing at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall this weekend. What...
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We Were Here
Reel Affirmations 2011 Review by Doug Rule Rating: (5 out of 5) Saturday, 10/15/2011, 11:00 AM Feature presentation, $12 at Globe Theatre DAVID WEISSMAN...
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Bashment
Reel Affirmations 2011 Review by Doug Rule Rating: (5 out of 5) Saturday, 10/15/2011, 6:00 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Atlas Center for the Performing...
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Lesbian Central
Why have all the lesbians gone to Alexandria? That may be the question on many minds next weekend, when the Birchmere hosts a couple shows...
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Surround Sounds
''In the '80s, I was a synth-pop boy,'' says Richard Chartier. ''I was very into that.'' But unlike many or even most synth-pop fans, the...
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Reel Affirmations 20
Welcome to Metro Weekly's total review and guide to the Reel Affirmations film festival for 2011. Reel Affirmations 20 runs from Thursday, Oct. 13, through...
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A Musical Mystery
Adam Gwon got the idea for his new musical The Boy Detective Fails from the most mysterious of places: Amazon.com. The online superstore's complicated algorithms...
