Editor's Note: What makes D(e)ad a bit different isn’t just the story or performances, it’s the way it came together. 344% funded on Kickstarter with more than 5,000 backers, the film turned community support into momentum. After getting passed over by the big...
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to make a film in 48 hours. Depending on your natural disposition, this either sounds hella fun or like a huge trainwreck waiting to happen. Regardless of which category you fit into, there are always enough people up for the challenge to produce a fascinating crop of entries. Each year, one filmmaker...
Davis Bradley, the creator of Robot Apocalypse, is not the story here. In fact, he’s mad that you’re reading this article about him. DB: Just show my art… Davis came up through the DIY art scene of NYC in the late 80’s and early 90’s, reading zines that promoted music, alternative art, and punk rock shows. They featured Dada-inspired collages...
THEM: Why do you like horror movies? Do you think killing and violence is funny? ME: Sometimes. THEM: Yeah, I’m just not into gore and monsters. ME: Why do you like Law and Order SVU? Do you think killing and violence against children is funny? THEM: That’s different. ME: Well, that show is...
Coming this Sunday to Richmond International Film Festival, Mixtape Trilogy is a film featuring the Indigo Girls, Talib Kweli, and Vijay Iyer, and exploring the power music still has to shape and change our lives. I know that I’m officially old because I now unironically open sentences with “Back in the day, my generation…” I’m coming to terms...
We want to encourage more independent films to be made in Richmond, VA, and the 48 Hour Film Project (48HFP) has been doing that for a long time. Therefore, we thought it only made sense for us to team up. Which is our way of announcing that RVA Magazine will be presenting the film that wins this year's 48HFP Virginia. It will premiere right here...
All you really need to know about me as a person to get the full effect is that, when I was twelve years old, my father let me watch Serial Mom and Cry Baby, along with a healthy dose of Kids in the Hall. My mother also let me watch Child's Play at four, but that one's between me and my therapist. Believe it or not, once upon a time, in a...
The excitement was as heavy as a Charizard in the Greater Richmond Convention Center. Aisles and booths of various heroes of every true Millennial's youth littered the convention center with lines extending in every direction. But while all of the celebrities in attendance at GalaxyCon 2022 had some kind of wait at their booth, no one, and I mean...
Independent filmmaker Dorie Barton has only been in Richmond for a couple of years, but she's definitely made an impact. Her latest movie, Welcome To The Show, is the first she's made since arriving in RVA. It features a group of college kids stuck in an immersive game with shifting rules while lost in and around the city. Dorie already had a...
Ron Dillard Jr. does it all. He writes his own plays and screenplays. He has television shows in his head ready to go out into the world. A storyteller has to have stories to tell, and Ron is ready to tell his. Finding his way through the business of filmmaking and finding an audience hasn't been easy, but to hear him tell it, this is all part of...
