Dick Johnson isn’t dead. Not yet, at least. But he will be. We all will, sooner or later. And it’s sooner for Dick if his daughter has anything to say about it. Born C. Richard Johnson in 1932, Dick was … Continue reading DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD
On this week’s super-sized edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Jungle Cruise, The Green Knight, Lorelei, Stillwater, and the Mimesis Documentary Festival. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., on KGNU’s Metro Arts: … Continue reading
Almost off the bat, you can tell something is rotten in Enemies of the State. Cloaked in steely blues and gunmetal gray, director Sonia Kennebeck telegraphs an unhappy ending. On that, she delivers. Maybe unresolved is a better description. She also … Continue reading ENEMIES OF THE STATE
They needn’t have bothered. Jungle Cruise, Disney’s latest live-action cinematic adaptation of a theme park ride, was already a classic Hollywood adventure before it became a pun-laden excursion down African and Asian rivers. That movie was 1951’s The African Queen, the key … Continue reading JUNGLE CRUISE
There’s a Green Knight in King Arthur’s court, and he wants to play a game—a Christmas game. The rules are simple: Whoever is “boldest of blood and wildest of heart step forth, take up arms and try with honor to … Continue reading THE GREEN KNIGHT
Bill Baker (Matt Damon) is no Philip Marlowe. He thinks he is, and with a bit of training, he might be. But he’s not there yet. You see, his daughter, Allison (Abigail Breslin), is incarcerated in a French prison for … Continue reading STILLWATER
A man has spent 15 years in prison. On the day of his release, his friends take him out, get him loaded, and drop him off at the local church that will house him until he gets his feet under … Continue reading LORELEI
Set among the streets, parks, and apartments of Harlem, 17-year-old Ayanna (Zora Howard, who co-wrote the movie with director Rashaad Ernest Green) has hopes and dreams. But they all hit a sizeable bump in the road when she meets and … Continue reading PREMATURE
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Old, now in theaters, and Working Girls, recently restored and released on Blu-ray and DVD from The Criterion Collection. Listen to After Image, Fridays … Continue reading
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