River City Confidential

Musings & reflections from Ward Howarth, author of RIVER CITY BLUES, a noir thriller set in #RVA during #WWII.

[wonderlandgirl4ever]

Olivier Bonhomme

[love-at-first-song]

it’s us…

[rivercityconfidential]

Love this art, a new discovery for me, so rich.

[secretcinema1]

Telephone Booths, 1968, Richard Estes

[blondebedroom]

Marilyn Monroe

[lynchgirl90]

Happy Birthday David Lynch

[poetry-siir]

[citizenscreen]

Lizabeth Scott and Barbara Stanwyck in THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946), directed by Lewis Milestone

[70sscifiart]

Happy new year. Here’s Robert Tanenbaum’s 1975 poster art for the film “A Boy and His Dog”

[thewindowofthesummerhouse]

[nevver]

Heeey Studio

[rivercityconfidential]

IDLES at The National, Richmond, Virginia, 6/21/23

So excited to have this next-level band on my radar, seeing them live is incredible!

[junkfoodcinemas]

Metropolis (1927) dir. Fritz Lang Blade Runner (1982) dir. Ridley Scott

[habit-forming]

Ann Miller

[rivercityconfidential]

Over the last several weeks, I’ve been fortunate enough to see two of favorite @jim.jarmusch films and a Kitano I’d never seen, care of @screeningsatsolitary and @lc.cinema. Viva La Cinema in #RVA! . . . #jimjarmusch #takeshikitano #cinema #richmondva #beattakeshi https://www.instagram.com/p/Co7f1HLueqN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[joetalbot]

do you hear that thunder? that’s the sound of strength in numbers there’s nothing brave and nothing useful you scrawling your aggro shit on the walls of the cubicle saying my race and class ain’t suitable so I raise my pink fist and say black is beautiful

IDLES - GROUNDS (2020)

[mournfulroses]

Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Vita Sackville-West c. October 1928

[rivercityconfidential]

I really think 2022 was a great year for movies and I'm thankful I had the time and resources to check these out. Here's my top 10! Of all of these, really hope 'To Leslie' gets love during the award season -- Andrea Riseborough is just incredible in it. https://www.instagram.com/p/CnHYrivO89O/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[rivercityconfidential]

I love seeing movies in the theater when I can and stepped out tonight to see BABYLON. A little dismayed to find that I am… the only person here. Still kinda fun to have the whole place to myself. Viva La Cinema! https://www.instagram.com/p/CnA2tJQuzSX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[rivercityconfidential]

‘… like David Attenborough clubbing seal clubbers with Lebron James… ‘ Ever since we saw @idlesband this past summer in London at @allpointseastuk, they have been a mainstay listen at Chez Howarth. Easily one of our favorite bands now. My amazing wife @amyrhowarth loves their fun and inventive lyrics so much she made a cross stitch for one of their best lines! She also got us some fun iron-on patches for Xmas, which now decorate our hoodies. And I’m loving the ‘Brutalism’ reissue on vinyl. Idles forever! #idles #idlesband https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm7sEtTuZl6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=