He’s handsome and intelligent, well dressed, and a good dancer. He even listens intently, and his eyes don’t stray when a pretty girl walks by. He’s almost too good to be true. Alma can’t believe it: It’s as if he … Continue reading I’M YOUR MAN (ICH BIN DEIN MENSCH)
Above all, cinema is a style. Movies are a glorious and exciting exploration of the human condition, but without style, the images hang to the screen, failing to be anything more than a light flickering on a blank canvas. That’s … Continue reading PICKPOCKET
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Dear Evan Hansen (out now in wide release), recap the Toronto International Film Festival, and pay tribute to the late, great Melvin Van Peebles, … Continue reading
It’s never been an even playing field. It’s always been about sex, blood, and money. It’s all that matters. All that matters to Kate Sanders (Diana Silvers) is being the best. Hailing from Virginia, Kate has won a spot at … Continue reading BIRDS OF PARADISE
Evan Hansen is crippled by social anxiety. He’s a high school student, so that’s not unusual, but Evan is a little bit more. It’s as if he wants to speak, but the words just won’t come. Not to his mother, … Continue reading DEAR EVAN HANSEN
When the French writers for Cahiers du cinema coined the term “auteur” in the late ’50s, they envisioned an author of motion pictures—a director who exerted their will, their psychology, over every aspect of the films they made. These directors, almost all … Continue reading Robert Bresson
You don’t know it at first, but this is purgatory. Well, a way station might be a better description. Regardless, all the clients who arrive are deceased, and it’s up to the clerks to get them to the next place. … Continue reading AFTER LIFE (ワンダフルライフ)
It started with an image. On Dec. 24, 1968, the astronauts of the first manned mission to orbit the moon—William Anders, Frank Borman, and James Lovell—were busy snapping photos of the moon’s surface when Borman noticed a beautiful blue Earth … Continue reading Jon Shenk and Bonnie Cohen on AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL
Written, produced, and co-starring Shia LaBeouf, Honey Boy is filmmaking by way of catharsis. Written during a stint in rehab, Honey Boy presents two periods of LaBeouf’s life in parallel: the first of 22-year-old Otis (Lucas Hedges), who lands in court-appointed rehabilitation program while … Continue reading HONEY BOY
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