Skip to content

Michael J. Cinema

  • Home
  • Reviews
    • Books
    • Home Video
    • Film Festival
    • Best Of…
  • Boulder Weekly
  • KGNU: After Image
  • Sunday Streams
  • Interviews
  • About

Author: Michael J. Casey

Boulder Weekly, Sunday Streams

ON THE BOWERY

August 7, 2022August 1, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Shot in stark black and white like a moving Weegee photograph, Lionel Rogosin’s On the Bowery is a stunning piece of filmmaking instrumental in dropkicking American movie making out of the studios and onto the streets. The story here is of an … Continue reading ON THE BOWERY

Film Festival, Reviews

Mimesis Documentary Festival — MANSCAPING

August 5, 2022August 4, 2022 Michael J. Casey

A gay painter in Pittsburgh, Devan Shimoyama (above), talks about the travails of finding a barber capable of cutting his Black hair. “We don’t cut hair with texture,” a stylist tells him. This leads Shimoyama to begin frequenting Black barbershops, … Continue reading Mimesis Documentary Festival — MANSCAPING

Film Festival, Reviews

Mimesis Documentary Festival — OUR ARK

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 Michael J. Casey

A lizard is photographed from 360 degrees. The lizard will soon become part of a computer archive that is recreating digital simulations of every animal on the planet, starting with the ones most likely to become extinct. For whom is … Continue reading Mimesis Documentary Festival — OUR ARK

Film Festival, Reviews

Mimesis Documentary Festival — WHAT TRAVELERS ARE SAYING ABOUT JORNADA DEL MUERTO

August 3, 2022August 4, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Trinity, New Mexico. The site where the American military tested the atomic bomb before dropping two on Japan. Today the site is an army base and tourist attraction. Despite some green glass where the blast fused sand and rocks and … Continue reading Mimesis Documentary Festival — WHAT TRAVELERS ARE SAYING ABOUT JORNADA DEL MUERTO

Boulder Weekly, Home Video, Reviews

BOYHOOD

August 2, 2022August 3, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Since his 1991 debut, Slacker, writer/director Richard Linklater has quietly become the most reflective director in American cinema. In the documentary Double Play: Jack Benning and Richard Linklater (Gabe Klinger 2013), Linklater casually outlines his philosophical thesis: “I think ultimately the most interesting view … Continue reading BOYHOOD

Boulder Weekly, Film Festival3 Comments

Mimesis Documentary Festival 2022

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 Michael J. Casey

I ask my grandmother whether she remembers her old house. She says: ‘It’s good that I never had a photograph of my childhood home. Because if I had a photo of it, I would have forgotten what it looked like. … Continue reading Mimesis Documentary Festival 2022

Boulder Weekly, Sunday Streams

CATCH-22

July 31, 2022June 27, 2022 Michael J. Casey

George Clooney’s 2019 adaptation for Hulu was faithful to Joseph Heller’s novel until it missed the mark. He condemned Yossarian to a Sisyphean hell rather than set him free and off into the world. Clooney’s deviation probably comes from a … Continue reading CATCH-22

KGNU: After Image
July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the triumphant return of the Mimesis Documentary Festival, screening at the Dairy Arts Center Aug. 2-7, and the feature debut of writer/director B.J. Novak, … Continue reading

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

ALL THESE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

July 29, 2022July 25, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Have you ever wondered why memories from your high school and college years always seem the clearest? The fondest? Back in the day, music sounded better, beer tasted crisper, energy was boundless, and you, and only you, really understood how … Continue reading ALL THESE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

Posts navigation

Older posts
Website Powered by WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Michael J. Cinema
    • Join 160 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Michael J. Cinema
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...
 

You must be logged in to post a comment.