Editor's Note: This story that begins, as too many do, with a clown in someone’s DMs and ends with a camera duct-taped to a toy train. The first thing to know is that Mike Shea tried to make a normal introduction. In his mind, it was a filmmaker reaching out to a...
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...
What are you doing with your life? Everyone wants you to have a vision for the future: the motivational guru will tell you about it, for a fee. The barfly has an idea for you. Your buddy is always ready to tell you what's about to happen. Then one day, you have a conversation and realize you have bumped into the future. It brings you a kernel of...
Sometimes you meet someone with so much energy, you have to take notice. That's how it went recently when Andee Arches was helping out around the studio a bunch. Pretty soon, Kimberly Frost suggested I interview her. Andee is a young filmmaker, audio engineer, editor, and photographer. She's currently working on a documentary called Sister Radio...
Richmond-based independent film production company Remember Tommy gets a lot done, but they keep friendship and love of their hometown at the heart of it all. Austin Lewis and Dewey Collins of Richmond, VA embody what it means to have a dream and pursue it. Lewis, CEO and Director of up-and-coming production company Remember Tommy, enlisted his...
Headwaters Down is the winner of this year's Virginia Environmental Film Contest and a highlight of the RVA Environmental Film Festival 2022, which kicks off tonight. Kieran Cleary delves into the story behind the film to better understand what can be learned from a two-week trip down the James River. On Friday, February 18, the James River...
The weather's crummy, but it's Halloween weekend, so the time is right to get your scares on -- even if you have no interest in putting on a costume and leaving the house. For the perfect way to kick off Halloweekend, here an essential streaming horror marathon, from us to you. Grab your sour candies, fun size M&Ms, and Halloween Joe Joes;...
We sent Ryan Kent to the Richmond International Film Festival. He came back raving about a short film from the Philippines called Basurero. So we got him to interview Basurero's director, Eileen Cabiling -- who, it turns out, has some strong connections to Richmond. I know nothing about film. I’ve never even seen GREASE. Do you know...
Upcoming Hulu limited series Dopesick, based on a book by Virginia author Beth Macy, will be filming in the commonwealth in 2021, making it the latest in a list of notable productions filmed within Virginia's borders. Dopesick, a Hulu limited series, will film in Virginia, according to Gov. Ralph Northam’s office. The series was inspired by...
