“Everything seemed the same, but it wasn’t. It was a nightmare.” By 1978, the American Dream was officially dead. The counterculture of the ’60s and early ’70s had been absorbed into the mainstream, packaged and sold through a matrix of unlimited consumerism and...
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...
In the giant grab-bag of comedy ventures that Netflix chooses to reproduce, resurrect or freshly launch, a Christopher Guest mockumentary movie seems like a damn good idea. Since the 80s, Guest has been doing this form of comedy since the “This is…Spinal Tap” days to his directorial debut of 1996’s “Waiting for Guffman” which combined documentary...
It's no question that the Coen Brothers have firmly established themselves as the godfathers of crime-caper storytelling via the silver screen. It's no question that the Coen Brothers have firmly established themselves as the godfathers of crime-caper storytelling via the silver screen. So when Queens-based film collective Cinema Under the...
It’s showtime this Friday. It’s showtime this Friday. The Bijou Film Center will make its grand opening at First Friday, Sept. 2, from 6-10:30 p.m.. Movie buffs can gather, drink beer, wine or soft drinks, and watch a few short movies and a live performance. Terry Rea and James Parrish (founders of the Bijou) hope to move into a slightly bigger...
Everyone get pumped as Netflix's hit summer sci-fi show Stranger Things is set for a season two and Netflix has given us a few hints as to what's in store. Everyone get pumped as Netflix's hit summer sci-fi show Stranger Things is set for a season two and Netflix has given us a few hints as to what's in store. Featuring the haunting intro (with a...
Much like The 400 Blows which followed a young misfit coping with society, coming to terms with the outside world that doesn’t understand it, and the post-war milieu of it all, 1961’s A Taste of Honey follows a similar story of fledgling yearning, misunderstanding, searching, rebellion, and ending on uncertainty. Much like The 400 Blows which...
Daniel Radcliffe continues to work to shake the lighting bolt from his forehead with his latest cinematic release and the film, which was shot in Central Virginia, is getting a local debut this weeken Daniel Radcliffe continues to work to shake the lighting bolt from his forehead with his latest cinematic release and the film, which was shot in...
