It’s 1983 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and I didn’t go to class much. I took Theater 101 as an elective because I thought it would be easy (it wasn’t). One Tuesday in October, the professor ditched the day’s syllabus and spent the next 75 minutes...
Every Christmas holiday, we as a society are saturated with TV and film specials made in the spirit of celebrating the season. The excitement is so great that it takes over both November and December. After two months of non-stop Christmas cheer, it makes Christmas slightly anti-climactic. This is the reason why BBC’s Blackadder’s Christmas Carol...
Sometimes you get unlucky: the holes in your pocket break their borders and become one. You slip and drop every last banana-shaped salt shaker your mother ever made. Maybe your job left, and you fired your wife and kids. Or your roof decided your bed needed to see the stars. Or maybe you are Dave, co-owner of All For One Tattoo, and the world and...
Update: Sadly this print is already sold out, but we wanted to let folks know the option is available and maybe more prints will get released. The folks at Art Whino are supporting Etam Cru as they begin to sell prints of one of the most recognizable images from the Richmond Mural Project. Update: Sadly this print is already sold out, but we...
The local PBS station, WCVE show Virginia Currents shows off some of the best our fair state has to offer. The local PBS station, WCVE show Virginia Currents shows off some of the best our fair state has to offer. In a segment from last month, they highlighted the work RVA Mag, Art Whino, and the city did to make the Richmond Mural project...
Anthology is one of the most entertaining and unique formats in film today. An anthology can be described as one film made up of many shorter plot lines with many different characters that sometimes cross paths. The point of the film is generally an abstract idea or an elemental focus rather than the achievement of any specific overall plot or...
This week’s film takes us back to the year 1914 and the start of World War I. John Huston’s 1951 adaptation of C.S. Forrester’s novel of the same title, The African Queen, is truly a vibrant look at cinema when Technicolor production was on the rise. The audience can really see the film's stars, Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, as well as...
As part of their 'On the Road' series, CNN gave some airtime to Poland's Etam Cru, a group of street artists who have helped make the Richmond Mural Project world-renowned. As part of their 'On the Road' series, CNN gave some airtime to Poland's Etam Cru, a group of street artists who have helped make the Richmond Mural Project world-renowned....
If you are a fan of animation or of quirky gothic films, it’s more than likely that you're familiar with the works of Tim Burton. However, this time of year always calls to mind one of his most outstanding cinematic achievements. In today's society, The Nightmare Before Christmas seems jarringly prophetic of the current commercial standard, in...
Salinger (2013, dir. Shane Salerno) Unlike most people from my generation, I have never once read Catcher In The Rye. As a book-lover, I have always wanted to change that. However, the intensity of Catcher In The Rye scared me. You see, I fiercely believe that books, films, music, and other such art forms have a power over us. These portals of...
