If you walk into Penny Lane Pub early on certain mornings, you can usually tell how Liverpool is doing before you even glance at the screen. The mood gives it away. Some days the room is loud and loose, other days the tension settles in and conversations tighten....
Local author and comic artist, Kristin Beale has a pretty good sense of humor. While most of us would chalk up a bad or weird date to a night and an overpriced cocktail wasted, and roll our eyes over it with close friends the next morning before it fades into our personal history books of our lives, Beale decided to do one better. Beale decided...
Horror nerds of Richmond, unite! We finally have our own horror convention coming to town, and just in time for Halloween—courtesy of our old friends at GalaxyCon. GalaxyCon first made its appearance in the Richmond area in March 2019 and has been an increasingly popular hit ever since. With stops under the original GalaxyCon brand in Raleigh,...
Morgan Carey, local candlemaker community organizer has been putting together a fundraising event at Starr Bill Brewery. On the second Tuesday of every month Carey has organized Good For Her, a monthly event that screens a film featuring a woman overcoming societal brutality and disadvantages. To learn more about what goes on at Starr Hill, and...
We’re a week out from the 12th annual installment of the Richmond International Film Festival. For the general populace, particularly cinephiles, this is a time to plunge headfirst into our shared passion for movies. Think of it as ComiCon for film nerds. If that was all it was, that’d be enough. But it is so much more. For the city, it serves as...
One of the great privileges of teaching is seeing and hearing about students advancing in their careers, going from the student filmmakers they originally were to accomplished professionals. Justin Geldzahler’s recent independent film, Glue Trap, is being shown as part of the Richmond International Film Fest. I was able to ask him some questions...
Anthony J. Davis is bringing his short film Yogurt Raisin to the Richmond International Film Festival next week. Enjoy our interview with him. Christian Detres: First of all, it's really nice to welcome an RVA-raised filmmaker back home to the Richmond International Film Festival. Tell our readers about your journey from being a production...
Candice is a short film by Tyler Martin showing at the Richmond International Film Festivalnext week. Here is our interview. Christian Detres: Let’s talk about Candice. How long has this story been rattling around in your head? How long did it take from the moment you thought about this character, to the point where...
Christian Detres: I watched Situations, the short you directed, wrote, and acted in, and was impressed as all hell. I'm thinking, "Look at this new talent I've never seen before!" and IMDb'd you out of curiosity. Dude, you're in everything! I love your work. Funny how much a beard can change a face: Mayans, Vinyl, Orange is the New Black, Parks...
The city of Richmond has been quietly fermenting a musical movement, a kinetic uprising of creativity and community, and no one represents this dynamism quite like Tyler Scheerschmidt and Dillon Douglasson of Hourglass Sessions. Founded during the chaos of the 2020 COVID pandemic, Hourglass Sessions has achieved a real milestone: 50 videos...
