Let’s get down to business: This film is fucking bananas. Not your average store-bought bananas, not even your farm-to-table free range bananas, this is 160 metric tonnes of high-explosive, slow-motion, dual pistol, Hong Kong bullet spraying bananas; shipped directly...
We’re all aware of the bustling and ever-growing Richmond music scene, regardless of who you are or what you play. And it’s a scene that’s largely self-made - made possible by a unique sense of community that relies on helping each other out when it comes to getting your name and music out there. That’s what the new local music and film...
Debuting at Cannes last May, Raw follows a teenager named Justine (Garance Marillier) as she begins veterinary school and soon develops carnal, carnivorous desires. Justine’s parents, who drive their timid daughter to school, are oddly both vets and vegetarians, and, Justine seems to follow this logic as well. The first week of Justine’s foray...
Time supposedly heals all wounds. At a certain point one wonders what does and doesn’t matter in a stable, lifelong, longstanding committed romantic relationship. For any couple to even outlast the trials and tribulations that comes with marriage for good length of time is a small miracle. After all, we as individuals are constantly changing,...
Most of you know him as one of the most celebrated poets of the 20th century, but Chilean poet and politician Pablo Neruda also faced political persecution in 1948 after Chile outlawed communism. The 2016 Chilean film "Neruda", which will be screened at the Bijou Film Center this weekend, takes you through the life of the famous writer, the...
Local film collective Good Day RVA are back and have just released a shiny new Guest Sessions video featuring Rick Maguire from the Boston-based indie band Pile. We’ve spoken to Good Day RVA quite a few times here on RVAMag, but if you’re not familiar, the non-profit group explores and uplifts the local music scene and our greater community via...
“My name is Kenneth Williams, I am 67 years old and I am about to vote for the very first time in my entire life. And I’m looking forward to it.” Kenneth Williams is one of 53 people interviewed for the Richmond Justice Project who have been touched by the criminal justice system in a significant way. At the time of his interview, Williams had...
"Next," hollers a well dress federal agent to a line of people stretching around a crowded room. "What's your religion?" the man asks a bespectacled woman wrapped in a hijab. "Muslim" she says averting her eyes. This terrifying image hopes to remind the American people of what's at stake if remarks from the Trump Administration come to pass...
With friends like this, who really needs enemies? Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1975 stunningly devastating Fox and His Friends is among the German auteurs strongest social and political film mixing a tragic tale that is provocatively progressive, darkly funny, and forthright. Fassbinder himself chose to portray Franz (Fox) the openly gay circus...
To sum up artist Laurie Anderson would be a task onto itself; having been a pioneer in electronic music, a film-maker, an inventor, an avant-garde multi-media artist, pop star of sorts, but perhaps what she also wants to be known as well is a dog lover. To sum up artist Laurie Anderson would be a task onto itself; having been a pioneer in...
