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PIERROT LE FOU

February 23, 2021February 18, 2021 Michael J. Casey

It’s the story of boy meets girl, but it’s all mixed up. He’s Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a married man with kids. She is Marianne (Anna Karina), the babysitter. But they are not strangers; they’ve known each other for years: Four … Continue reading PIERROT LE FOU

Boulder Weekly, Interviews

THE TALES OF HOFFMANN

February 22, 2021February 23, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Filmmaking is an act of optimism. Setting ideas to paper; convincing others to come and join the party; devoting time, money, blood, sweat, and tears to capture those images on celluloid; believing those images can carry meaning throughout the world; … Continue reading THE TALES OF HOFFMANN

Boulder Weekly, Sunday Streams

THE PEANUTS MOVIE

February 21, 2021February 18, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Based on Charles M. Schulz’s successful daily cartoon strip and incorporating elements from the TV specials, The Peanuts Movie captures the simplicity and wonder of childhood anxiety, neurosis, and imagination. Broken into chapters, The Peanuts Movie follows Charlie Brown as he tries to fly … Continue reading THE PEANUTS MOVIE

KGNU: After Image
February 20, 2021February 19, 2021 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Within Our Gates (screening for free on Kino Now in honor of Black History Month) and Nomadland, available now in select theaters and on … Continue reading

Boulder Weekly

This week in Film — WITHIN OUR GATES

February 19, 2021February 18, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Few films in the annals of American cinema have a longer shadow than D.W. Griffith’s 1915 silent epic, The Birth of a Nation. Many filmmakers have made works in direct conversation with Birth, and one of the best is Oscar … Continue reading This week in Film — WITHIN OUR GATES

Boulder Weekly, Sunday Streams

LOVING

February 14, 2021February 13, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Richard and Mildred Loving just wanted to be together. They loved each other and wanted to raise a family, and in 1958, the two drove from their home in Central Point, Virginia, to Washington D.C. to become man and wife … Continue reading LOVING

Boulder Weekly

This week in Film — Dispatches from the Sundance Film Festival

February 12, 2021February 11, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Some days it feels like this slog will never end. Other days, it feels like new life is just around the corner. This year’s Sundance Film Festival belongs firmly in the latter. What has brought around this sudden turn of … Continue reading This week in Film — Dispatches from the Sundance Film Festival

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SENSES OF CINEMA: World Cinema Poll

February 11, 2021February 14, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Every year, the Australian-based online quarterly, Senses of Cinema, invites writers from all over the globe to submit their selections for the best movies of the year. This year, over a hundred writers sent in their picks, giving a pretty comprehensive … Continue reading SENSES OF CINEMA: World Cinema Poll

Boulder Weekly, Sunday Streams

THE DEATH OF STALIN

February 7, 2021January 29, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Multi-hyphenate Armando Iannucci might be the best working satirist today (all seven seasons of Veep are streaming on HBO Max and DirecTV). His take on the transfer of power in the USSR circa 1953 is so loaded with jokes you have to … Continue reading THE DEATH OF STALIN

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