Nobody Knows why this movie was made

As far as movie premises go, it’s hard to beat the ingenuity of Hirokazu Koreeda’s Nobody Knows.

By the Voice Staff March 3, 2005

Bloc Party, Silent Alarm, Vice

Hipsters everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief. Just as they’re getting bored with the dance-rock of Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party is ready to take its place.

By the Voice Staff March 3, 2005

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The Evens, The Evens, Dischord

I met rock star, record producer, label head and certifiable legend Ian MacKaye at a show once in an abandoned school in Northeast D.C. during the wee hours of the morning.

By the Voice Staff March 3, 2005

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Chevre et al

You Taste Like a Burger – rotating column about eating leisurely

By the Voice Staff March 3, 2005

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Donn B. Murphy One Acts

This Week on the Hilltop – Part 2

By the Voice Staff February 24, 2005

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Groove Theory shake it

This Week on the Hilltop – Part 3

By the Voice Staff February 24, 2005

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Living Wage takes on acting

This Week on the Hilltop – Part 4

By the Voice Staff February 24, 2005

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Born into Brothels, given a camera

In the world of filmmaking, reality is often distorted beyond recognition. And so, for truth, we turn to documentaries.

By the Voice Staff February 24, 2005

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Rembrandt-mania at the National Gallery

Rembrandt Van Rijn, a Dutch painter of the Baroque era, is best known for his ten-foot wide guild commissions featuring notable members of Amsterdam society.

By the Voice Staff February 24, 2005

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Tapioca Tea

You Taste Like A Burger – a rotating column about eating leisurely

By the Voice Staff February 24, 2005

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Groundbreaking Arabic play

This Week on the Hilltop – Part 1

By the Voice Staff February 24, 2005

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Cai Guo-Qiang’s explosive exhibit at the Hirshhorn

For Chinese-born “artistic engineer” Cai Guo-Qiang, an unrealized vision does not beget remorse, self-pity or disappointment.

By the Voice Staff February 17, 2005

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Getting Inside Deep Throat

Watching the new documentary Inside Deep Throat, I was struck by the idea that in the early ‘70s the best way to get into the legitimate film industry was through porn.

By the Voice Staff February 17, 2005

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Baby got Bak

Any certified Disney Classic in which a major character utters the line, “the fate of the village rests in your hands” had better have some major redeeming qualities.

By the Voice Staff February 17, 2005

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Indian Tacos

You Taste Like A Burger- a rotating column about eating leisurely

By the Voice Staff February 17, 2005

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Kertesz captures the “decisive moment” at National Gallery

Dodging around other visitors in the National Gallery of Art, I worried that I didn’t have the aesthetic experience to do Andre Kertesz’s photography justice.

By the Voice Staff February 10, 2005

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