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Your Official 2012 Halloween Film Viewing Guide (or something like that)
So, you’re throwing the Halloween party to end all Halloween parties, and you need a midnight movie to seal the deal. Fear not, boys and ghouls, for your friendly neighborhood horror author (insert shameless plug for Trailer Park Trash & Vampires here) is on the case, and I have come to save the night.
SUNDAY: Documentary Pays Tribute To Horror Host At The Byrd Theatre
Hi There Horror Movie Fans is a documentary that tells the story of Bill Bowman, a TV host who presented late night horror movie programming on multiple Virginia television stations over the span of nearly 20 years. His character, The Bowman Body, was extremely popular during the era in which he appeared on TV, and still has a local cult following even today. On Sunday, beginning at 1 PM, The Byrd Theatre will present a screening of this documentary, featuring a personal appearance by Bill Bowman himself.
THURSDAY: Tom Robbins Introduces Even Cowgirls Get The Blues At The Byrd Theatre!
We just heard about this, but we're super excited, and I'm guessing you will be too! Legendary novelist Tom Robbins, who graduated from VCU back when it was still Richmond Professional Institute, will be receiving a lifetime achievement award as part of the 2012 Virginia Literary Festival. And while he's in town, he'll be introducing a free screening of Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, the 1994 film adaptation of his most famous novel, at the Byrd Theatre!
WEDNESDAY: Machotaildrop At Gallery 5!
Calling all fans of comedy, skateboarding, and independent film! You need to clear your schedule on Wednesday night and head on down to Gallery 5, where they'll be showing Machotaildrop.
DAILY FIX: PLF Visuals Art Show/Carnival Of 5 Fires Opening Ceremony
October is turning out to be a big month for the local art scene, with the Party Liberation Front, Vaudeville Galore, Deanna Danger's Boom Boom Burlesque crew, and quite a few others all coming together to present the sixth annual Carnival Of 5 Fires, taking place all month long at Gallery 5. The PLF's Visuals art show, curated by Todd Raviotta and Parker S. Galore, opened the same night as the Carnival Of 5 Fires, and Todd Raviotta, who is also a staff photographer for RVA Magazine, made sure to document the entire night in yet another of his always excellent photoanimation films.
DAILY FIX: Characters With Bikes--Neil Hise
FBM, a BMX bike company based in New York, has started a new series of videos entitled Bikes With Character, Characters With Bikes. The mission of the video series, as described on FBM's website, is to showcase their "unique brand, from our cast of characters on the team, the staff, to our own factory in Johnson City New York, and our hand-built bikes ridden throughout the world." FBM rider and RVA resident Neil Hise is indeed a unique guy, and FBM recognized that fact and chose to begin their series with a video showcasing Neil.
VCU Graduate Directs Sigur Ros Video
Here's something interesting that we were sent recently; it seems that Sigur Ros are running a competition in which filmmakers are invited to direct an original video for one of the songs on Sigur Ros's latest album, Valtari. The winner will be selected through an online voting campaign, which is happening now and ends September 18. VCU Film graduate Mairin Hart has made a video for the Sigur Ros song "Ég Anda" and entered it into the competition, and we're pleased to have the opportunity to bring you that video now.
Found Footage Fest: Dude, you’ve GOTTA see this…
This Saturday, the Visual Arts Center is hosting the 6th Volume of the Found Footage Festival, presented by the James River Film Society. Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett will be showing scores of, well, found footage, collected from thrift stores and donated collections all around the country.
VCU Cinematheque's Fall Season Begins Tonight!
Are you the sort of movie buff who often finds the selections available at the local multiplex to be a bit limited? Well then, you're in luck, because the fall season of VCU Cinematheque at the Grace Street Theater begins tonight!
DAILY FIX: Magick Margaritasville
Here's a truly bizarre short film for you all to puzzle over. Put together by John Sebastian Vitale & Richard Perkins, two VA visual artists that we've featured in our print edition in the past, this video is certainly interesting, though it's also a bit difficult to understand.
DAILY FIX: Aspect
BEHOLD, the next generation of Richmond rippers. Aspect by Levi Douthit and PJ Coleman features skating by Devante Walker, Levi Douthit, Thomas Goldman, Deon Hawkins, Daniel Ravenal, Friends, Lee Smith, PJ Coleman, and Caleb McNeely. Peep these youngsters crushing spots from Richmond to Pittsburgh, all before finishing their homework.
Photo by Thomas Goldman
Seasons With Brian And Julia: A Documentary About A Small Virginia Farm
Seasons With Brian And Julia is an independently produced documentary by local filmmaker Robert Griffith, which acts both as an intimate portrait of the lives of one farming family in rural Virginia and as an education in what goes into the act of responsibly and sustainably creating the food that we all eat every day.
Chris Marker Has Passed, La Jette Is Still Amazing.
The influence of French director Chris Marker resonates throughout cinema. His passing made me pause today, and I wanted to share the full version of La Jette in the hopes that maybe a few more people could appreciate his genius and understand why it bothered me to see him go.
RVA TV: The Fire Tapes, "Reprise"
RVA TV is proud to present the exclusive premiere of "Reprise," the newest video by Charlottesville, VA's The Fire Tapes. Directed by RVA TV alumnus William Pence, the video mixes what looks to be a Depression-era cartoon demonstration of the way your body processes soundwaves into information that is decoded by your brain, and strange graphics that appear to depict sea life swarming through people's bodies and other off-kilter images.
MOVIE REVIEW: The Dark Knight Rises
I left the theatre less than an hour ago and, despite being way too old to put on a cape(towel) and run around kicking and punching things the way I did as a kid after some superhero movie or another, I did get those butterflies. You know those butterflies.
MOVIE REVIEW: Get the Gringo
Get The Gringo (2012, dir. Adrian Grunberg)
Rating: 5 cans of PBR.
Maybe I should have given this one the whole six-pack. I had a blast with Get the Gringo, and I strongly recommend it to anyone who needs an obnoxious action film in their life. It’s 2012, and such movies are hard to find these days, so I was hoping that the man who once portrayed Mad Max wouldn’t let me down.
James Wayland's Top Vampire Books and Movies
I’ve frequently dropped Top 5 lists on my RVA peeps, but this is more like a Top 6 or a pair of Top 3 lists. You may have seen a post or two referencing my novel, Trailer Park Trash & Vampires, which I’m extremely proud of. I like to think of it as the anti-Twilight, as it ditches sweetheart vampires and sappy romance in favor of bloodthirsty beasts born of nightmare.
This Machine Kills Fascists Premiere @ The Byrd
This Machine Kills Fascists premieres tomorrow afternoon at the Byrd Theatre. Featuring extended skate footage from Richmond's cream of the crop rippers Caleb Ocasio, Ty Beall, Jack Beckett, and Erich Bielefeldt, you don't want to miss this on the big screen. Peep the trailer and check the links below for more info.
WHO: This Machine Kills Fascists
WHAT: TMKF Video Premiere
WHEN: Friday, July 6th, 2012 5PM
WHERE: Byrd Theatre
ADMISSION: FREE
DAILY FIX: Little Black Rain Clouds Wonderland Show Promo
It seems like a safe bet that everyone reading this website right now has been handed more than their fair share of show flyers. And most of the time, they get looked at for five seconds, crumpled up, and shoved into a pocket, to be forgotten about until laundry day rolls around (by which time the show has usually already happened). But wouldn't it catch your interest if, instead of just another piece of paper, a band handed you a horror film? Local electronic groups Little Black Rain Clouds and Gutter Gloss have basically done just that in promotion for their upcoming gig this Friday at Wonderland, and it certainly caught my attention!
Jameil X Player's Ballin In The Fall Of America
I recently got a chance to link up with director/videographer Jameil X Player to discuss his upcoming short film, Ballin In The Fall Of America, which will be premiering at the Byrd Theatre on June 30 at 1:30pm. This is Jameil's second short film, about a successful black man in corporate America who is living beyond his means and is brought back to reality by the decline of the American dollar.
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