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Hubris, Hedonism, and Hair: Warren Beatty’s Shampoo (1975)

Directed by Hal Ashby (Being There, Harold & Maude), 1975’s Shampoo is a multifaceted comical look at sex, politics, gender, and well, hair. Set on the day that Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election, Shampoo stars Warren Beatty as George Roundy, a...

“Menace II Society” is still a Classic 25 Years Later

Last Friday night, The Virginia Film Festival offered the chance to catch what can only be described as a bona fide classic. Emerging as a tense and raw debut from the impossibly young Hughes brothers, 1993’s Menace II Society acts not only as cautionary tale, but a...

Wham City Comedy Rides Again Just in Time For Halloween

Baltimore-based comedy troupe Wham City Comedy has always straddled the dirty railing that is dark comedy and horror. If you’re like me, then they clearly speak to you and your spooky-365-days-a-year kind of soul. Lucky for us, they’re back again with something for...

Fashion East to West

*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #34, on the streets now at all your favorite spots.  As intricately embroidered blouses, vibrant floral kimonos, and brightly-colored tasseled earrings decorate department store racks this season, an Eastern flair is...

Trash Bang’s Going To Hell and Taking Richmond Comedy With Them

Richmond sketch group Trash Bang is making an impact. Winning the judge’s prize at Unified Scene Theater’s 24-Hour Sketch Fest in Washington D.C. this August, this group is taking the local sketch comedy scene to a higher level. This weekend, they'll be performing at...

Carytown’s Need Supply Co. offers international looks for Spring 2017

Opening the 10-foot steel door to enter Need Supply Co. in Carytown sets a tone of importance for the experience that awaits. Your stomach flutters; did you come prepared for this level of decorum? Are you up to snuff on your fashion vocabulary? What constitutes a culotte? Fortunately, the store’s interior room quickly soothes any anxiety. The...

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Kyle’s Criterion Corner: Woman of the Year (1942)

It’s remarkable how much or little we have changed in America. Around the center of George Stevens’s 1942 Woman of the Year, recently married couple Sam Craig (Spencer Tracy) and Tess Harding (Katharine Hepburn) are going through a newlywed rough patch and come to the conclusion a child would be a great quick fix. Tess, without much forethought,...

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