““There is no public safety without guns. If guns didn’t exist, yes,” said Ra-Twoine Fields. “But we live in America, where there are more guns than people. So no, there is no public safety without guns. What we can do is learn how to manage it, how to live with it...
Tattoos are no longer a piece of art that are occasionally seen on someone’s body around Richmond. Everyone from VCU students to musicians, teachers to soccer moms, seem to have collected at least one tattoo on their body. It’s become integrated into our culture and also landed us as the third most tattooed city in the country. With our community...
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...
The Garber Door Company warehouse, a well-known haven for bands and artists in the RVA creative scene, closed its doors in June and with it ended an era. With more than just a 65,000 square foot warehouse, the building had come to be known over the years for its flourishing community of musicians who used the space to practice and network. Since...
"If you notice how I'm the only person here, it's because my dad's locked up right now." This article was featured in RVAMag #25: Summer 2016. You can read all of issue #25 here or pick it up at local shops around RVA right now. He takes another puff off of his Black & Mild and exhales it into the smoke-filled room off Belmont Road. He...
And what a fantastic planet it was. Renè Laloux’s 1973’s Fantastic Planet (or Wild Planet depending on how literal you like your translations) is a positively surreal. Winning the 1973 Cannes Grand Prix Prize, the film is imaginative, engrossing, and original in the most fantastical sense. And what a fantastic planet it was. Renè Laloux’s 1973’s...
