The enchanting world of Studio Ghibli returns to Richmond this week as Studio Ghibli Fest takes over the historic Byrd Theatre. Kicking off Monday, March 31 with a screening of Howl’s Moving Castle (2004), the fest brings a lineup of beloved animated films that have...
"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...
It's 1989 and there's a pulsing electronic soundtrack flowing over the screams of high school kids as they're being chased by demons in a dingy Richmond basement. It's 1989 and there's a pulsing electronic soundtrack flowing over the screams of high school kids as they're being chased by demons in a dingy Richmond basement. This isn't a nightmare...
The legendary anime Princess Mononoke is reaching its 20th anniversary next year and movie theaters around the country, including at least one in the RVA area, are celebrating with a limited The legendary anime Princess Mononoke is reaching its 20th anniversary next year and movie theaters around the country, including at least one in the RVA...
Divorce is hard. The Squid and the Whale, Noah Baumbach’s 2005 semi-autobiographical film about a Reagan-era, bohemian Brooklyn family dealing with a painful and confusing separation, is a humorous composition of a wounded family in denial of martial dissolution. Divorce is hard. The Squid and the Whale, Noah Baumbach’s 2005 semi-autobiographical...
Christine follows the lead-up and death of Christine Chubbuck, a Sarasota TV journalist who committed live, on-camera suicide in 1974. Before shooting herself, Chubbuck read a sardonic statement wherein her death would be incongruent to the “blood and guts” reporting her station had been weaving to. While shocking, her public statement of media...
If being crass were a science, then the Virginia-bred movie star Danny McBride would have a PhD. If being crass were a science, then the Virginia-bred movie star Danny McBride would have a PhD. McBride returned to his home state over the weekend to a sell-out crowd for the 2016 Virginia Film Festival’s special presentation of his and frequent...
Richmond-based electronic artist London Perry or Dazeases, as most of the city has come to know her, has dropped a new video for “Medusa,” just prior to the release of her upcoming album, Crumbs. Richmond-based electronic artist London Perry or Dazeases, as most of the city has come to know her, has dropped a new video for “Medusa,” just prior to...
