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DC Shorts 2020 brings a world of short films into the comfort of your home
By André Hereford on September 11, 2020
DC Shorts International Film Festival offers 160 shorts from 34 countries
Film Review: Irving Park
By André Hereford on June 16, 2020
The BDSM doc Irving Park offers the safest introduction to living a radically alternative sexual lifestyle: watching somebody else’s.
Spotlight: Queer-themed Vietnamese drama ‘Song Lang’
By André Hereford on April 16, 2020
Reel Affirmations streams the award-winning, slow-simmering romance
Tom Shepard’s documentary ‘Unsettled’ highlights LGBTQ asylum seekers in America
By André Hereford on February 20, 2020
"Unsettled" offers four compelling personal stories that shed light on LGBTQ refugees who seek asylum in the U.S.
Metro Weekly Print Edition: October 17, 2019 – Reel Affirmations
By Randy Shulman on October 17, 2019
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A Complete Guide to Reel Affirmations 26
By Various Contributors on October 17, 2019
From drama to comedy to everything in between, we have your definitive critic's guide to Washington's LGBTQ film festival
Spotlight: ‘Last Ferry’ at Landmark’s E Street Cinema
By André Hereford on August 15, 2019
For his first starring role, Ramon O. Torres cast himself as a man embroiled in mystery, in gay thriller "Last Ferry"
Reel Affirmations Xtra offers generation gap drag comedy ‘Tucked’
By André Hereford on April 11, 2019
Writer-director Jamie Patterson breaks down some behind-the-scenes T on his film "Tucked"
A Complete Guide to Reel Affirmations 25
By Various Contributors on November 1, 2018
Every film at this year's Reel Affirmations reviewed!
Film Review: “Hard Paint” at Reel Affirmations XTRA
By Rhuaridh Marr on August 23, 2018
Hard Paint is a vivid, beautiful exploration of a troubled, isolated mind
God’s Own Country: Exclusive interview with director Francis Lee
By Randy Shulman on November 9, 2017
Francis Lee had personal issues to work out. So he made God's Own Country and brought gay romance to a whole new level.
Metro Weekly magazine: 2017-10-19 edition (PDF)
By Metro Weekly Contributor on October 21, 2017
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Your Complete Guide to Reel Affirmations 24
By Various Contributors on October 19, 2017
Reviews of every film showing at this year's Reel Affirmations Film Festival!
Powerful trans rights doc “Raising Zoey” screens at HRC Equality Center
By Doug Rule on September 28, 2017
Documents teenage trans activist Zoey Luna's fight to be recognized by her school
Reel Affirmations presents The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
By Doug Rule on August 17, 2017
David France examines the extraordinary life of beloved "street queen" Marsha P. Johnson