Perhaps no face has been scorched into cinema quite like Renée Falconetti’s, whose portrayal of Joan of Arc is considered to be the face of tension-filled injustice and martyrdom put to film. 1928’s “The Passion of Joan of Arc” is Carl Theodor Dreyer’s spiritual...
Martin Scorsese once described his own adaptation of Edith Wharton’s classic 1920 novel, “The Age of Innocence” as the “…most violent film I’ve ever made”, and it is hard to counter this claim given the emotional stakes and the explored world around that. While this...
Walking into local artist-run gallery Sediment Arts after seeing a very 80s neon pink and yellow flyer for “Video Party” I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. It said it was on tour and with little information online other than independent filmmakers would be showcasing...
The 8th Annual Richmond Environmental Film Festival, which kicked off last night, has come around once again for its week-long showcase to raise awareness on environmental issues featuring local and national films at various venues across the city. Every year, the...
Good nonsense is indeed hard to find. Terry Gilliam’s 1977’s “Jabberwocky” is less the spiritual successor of his previous landmark comedy “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”, but more of a continuation on that film’s satirical bent of the Dark Ages with silliness run...