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Author Archives: F.T. Rea
Thanks for the Magic
On the most recent February 11th, if you were in the VCU Grace Street Theater’s cozy auditorium you may have sensed a touch of magic in the air. From being there, what I detected was a particular brand of magic … Continue reading
Posted in Birthdays, James River Film Society, Orson Welles
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How About 139 Worthwhile Movies? Part Three
Why another list of old movies? With the Biograph Theatre’s 40th anniversary celebration on Saturday, February 11, in mind, my instinct to promote good movies has been reawakened. The 139 movies on the entire list all played at Richmond’s Biograph … Continue reading
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How About 139 Worthwhile Movies? Part Two
Why another list of old movies? With the Biograph Theatre’s 40th anniversary celebration next month in mind, my hope is that a reader might be persuaded to take a chance on watching one or two on this list. The movies … Continue reading
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The Biograph’s 40th
On its 40th anniversary, the Biograph Theatre, or perhaps something akin to its reanimated spirit, will serve up a pair of highly acclaimed films as a double feature. In other words, the James River Film Society will present “Breathless” — … Continue reading
Five Film Favorites: Midnight Shows
In the 1970s, during what was the Golden Age of Repertory Cinema, the midnight show was close to the heart of many such specialized movie houses. Although theaters still show films at the midnight hour, clearly, the cultural significance of … Continue reading
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Tagged Five Film Favorites, David Lynch, Biograph Theatre, Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Monterey Pop, D.A. Pennebaker, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Mamas and Papas, Otis Redding, The T.A.M.I. Show, Steve Binder, Beach Boys, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Phantom of the Paradise, Brian De Palma, William Finley, Paul Williams, Jessica Harper, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Eraserhead, Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allan Joseph, Big Brother and the Holding Co., Putney Swope, Robert Downey, Sr., Arnold Johnson, Stan Gottlieb, Allen Garfield, Chuck Berry, Smokey Robinson, Golden Age of Repertory Cinema, midnight movie, Chafed Elbows, Scorpio Rising, The Godfather, Fritz the Cat, El Topo, Animal Crackers, Marx Brothers, Reefer Madness, Mondo Cane, Blood Feast, WGOE-AM, midnight shows, 2000 Maniacs
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Five Film Favorites: Obscure Oldies on Netflix
Although Netflix has allowed me to catch up on a bunch of movies I had missed over the last 20 years, and at some point I’ll write about some of them, this time I want to put the spotlight on … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Film, Lists
Tagged Anne Bancroft, Anthony Quinn, Beverly Lunsford, Colleen Miller, Don’t Bother to Knock, Ed Begley, Everett Sloane, Farley Granger, Fielder Cook, Five Film Favorites, Frank Maxwell, Jack Arnold, Jeff Chandler, Man in the Shadow, Marilyn Monroe, Maxwell Shane, Netflix, Orson Welles, Patterns, Peter Graves, Richard Widmark, Roger Corman, Roy Ward Baker, The Intruder, The Naked Street, Van Heflin, William Shatner
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Time Warping
In 1975 “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” produced by Lou Adler, was released by 20th Century Fox. Adapted from the British gender-bending stage musical, “The Rocky Horror Show,” the movie died at the box office. The critics didn’t particularly like … Continue reading
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Tagged Biograph Theatre, Carole Kass, John Porter, Larry Rohr, Lou Adler, Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Floorshow
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Jake Wells: ‘Father of Richmond Movie Houses’
There are records of an exhibition of “moving pictures” having been presented at The Academy (the Mozart Academy of Music) at 103-05 N. Eighth Street in 1897. Built in 1886, that venue was generally considered to be Richmond’s most important … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic League, Bijou, Broad Street, Byrd Park, George W. Rogers, Idlewood Amusement Park, Jake Wells, major league baseball, movie houses, Mozart Academy of Music, New Reservoir Park, Richmond, Richmond movie houses, Richmond News Leader, Swan Tavern, Virginia
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‘Taxi Driver’ at 35
The viewer sees Travis Bickle, the loner, coping with his diffused rage as he drives a taxi cab in New York City. His life is utterly bleak. Travis, as the narrator, reads from a diary he keeps in a school … Continue reading
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