Martin Scorsese knows crime. Growing up on Elizabeth Street in New York City’s Little Italy, crime and a criminal code surrounded him like quicksand. Struggle, and you might escape. Succumb, and be dragged to the bottom. The two poles in … Continue reading KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the new end-of-life documentary, André is an Idiot, and this year’s Oscar winner for Best Documentary, Mr. Nobody Against Putin. Continue reading After Image: March 20, 2026
What’s next for the famed film festival? The answer may lie in the past. Continue reading Sundance 101
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Sirât, out now in limited release, and Micro Budget, available Video on Demand starting March 10. Continue reading After Image: March 6, 2026
Terry is everything that’s wrong with the world. Funny enough, it’s the least of his concerns. The wannabe filmmaker from Iowa has booked an Airbnb for a week to shoot a low-budget apocalyptic sci-fi movie about a “space meteor”—as opposed … Continue reading MICRO BUDGET
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the Oscar Nominated Shorts: Animation, Documentary, Live Action, playing area art house theaters, and highlight the newly restored The Lovers on the Bridge, playing Feb. 28 at the Sie FilmCenter. Continue reading After Image: Feb. 27, 2026
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Pillion, out now in theaters, and All That’s Left of You, playing the Dairy Arts Center, March 24-27. Continue reading After Image: Feb. 20, 2026
All relationships, romantic or not, revolve around a question of boundaries. Romantic ones just take it further into the realm of what is acceptable and what is desirable. That second component, desire, is difficult for some. For Colin (Harry Melling), … Continue reading PILLION
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about The Moment, now playing the Sie FilmCenter in Denver, alongside three other movies curated by Charli XCX: Perfect Blue, Persona, and The Square, and preview the latest edition to the Western Movie Club: The Gunfighter, which will screen 2 p.m. Sun., Feb. 8 at the International Film Series. Continue reading After Image: Feb. 6, 2026
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