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Boulder Weekly, Sunday Streams

HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG

January 29, 2023January 28, 2023 Michael J. Casey

You know the song. You probably know John Cale’s version, maybe even Jeff Buckley’s. You’ve heard it in movies like Watchman and TV shows like Scrubs. We’re not talking just iconic, but ubiquitous. But you might not know the number of revisions Leonard … Continue reading HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG

KGNU: After Image
January 28, 2023January 28, 2023 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about CU-Boulder’s International Film Series spring calendar and the plethora of great movies hitting the big screen for those living in the Boulder/Denver area. Listen … Continue reading

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

SON OF SAUL (SAUL FIA)

January 27, 2023January 28, 2022 Michael J. Casey

The Hungarian film, Son of Saul, opens on Saul Ausländer (Géza Röhrig), a Sonderkommando member at the Auschwitz concentration camp. German for “special unit,” the Sonderkommandos were Jewish prisoners tasked with disposing the bodies after mass executions and then cleaning … Continue reading SON OF SAUL (SAUL FIA)

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

REMEMBER

January 26, 2023December 30, 2022 Michael J. Casey

William Faulkner wisely wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” No matter how hard we try to suppress and forget, the sins of the past will come to light, often in an unpleasant manner and especially at … Continue reading REMEMBER

Boulder Weekly

Back on the Big Screen

January 25, 2023January 12, 2023 Michael J. Casey

CU-Boulder’s International Film Series returns January 26 with a free 35 mm screening of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Between tomorrow night screening and May 2’s presentation of the Indian spectacle RRR, there are more than 50 programs to … Continue reading Back on the Big Screen

Books, Boulder Weekly, Reviews

PERPLEXING PLOTS: POPULAR STORYTELLING AND THE POETICS OF MURDER

January 24, 2023January 12, 2023 Michael J. Casey

The cinema has few theorists as gifted as David Bordwell. Film Art: An Introduction, co-written with Kristin Thompson and Jeff Smith, is taught in just about every intro to film class, while Reinventing Hollywood: How 1940s Filmmakers Changed Movie Storytelling … Continue reading PERPLEXING PLOTS: POPULAR STORYTELLING AND THE POETICS OF MURDER

Essays

Fun with aspects ratios in THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI

January 23, 2023January 27, 2023 Michael J. Casey

How many times can you watch a movie before you discover its secrets? I’ve probably seen Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane more than any other movie. That’s not something I set out to do; it just sort of happened that way. Ten years ago, … Continue reading Fun with aspects ratios in THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI

Boulder Weekly, Sunday Streams

RIOTSVILLE, USA

January 22, 2023January 16, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Following the long, hot summer of 1967, the U.S. Army built a series of mock towns called “Riotsville,” serving as training grounds for military and police on how to deal with civil unrest at home. The trainings went hand in … Continue reading RIOTSVILLE, USA

KGNU: After Image
January 21, 2023January 20, 2023 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Saint Omer, out now in theaters, and Imitation of Life, newly restored and released on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection. Listen to After Image, … Continue reading

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