ONWARD
Once upon a time, the world was filled with magic and wonder. But that was “once upon a time.” Nowadays, the world is dull and boring and routine. For Ian Lightfoot (Tom Holland), school is a drag, the dog, err, … Continue reading ONWARD
Author: Michael J. Casey
On this week’s edition of After Image, I sit down with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo to discuss Emma., and two upcoming film festivals: the Boulder International Film Festival, and the Boulder Jewish Film Festival. Listen to After Image, Fridays … Continue reading
Something for Everyone: 2020 Boulder International Film Festival
The Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) keeps getting bigger. Helmed once again by Beeck sisters Robin and Kathy, BIFF 16 (March 5-8) offers moviegoers 88 features and shorts to choose from. And, as has become the tradition in recent years, … Continue reading Something for Everyone: 2020 Boulder International Film Festival
EMMA.
Emma Woodhouse (Anya Taylor-Joy) is handsome, clever, and rich. She’s also a bit of a wrecking ball—the kind who thinks she’s holding the world together when she’s the one holding on for dear life. And if she spent a little … Continue reading EMMA.
Hometown Heroes: Previewing the 2020 Boulder Jewish Film Festival
March might be the best month for Boulder moviegoers. From the smattering of archival prints unspooling at CU-Boulder’s International Film Series to the delightfully bizarre and thought-provoking images beaming from the Brakhage Center Symposium (March 14-15). From regional premieres and … Continue reading Hometown Heroes: Previewing the 2020 Boulder Jewish Film Festival
On this week’s edition of After Image, I sit down with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo to talk about what’s coming up at CU-Boulder’s International Film Series, and The Lyric‘s latest, Essential Cinema: South Korea. Listen to After Image, Fridays at … Continue reading
DAGUERRÉOTYPES
For 50 years, Agnès Varda lived on Paris’ Rue Daguerre, a quiet street of merchants not far from Montparnasse. She saw the men and women (mostly husbands and wives) who ran the shops, cut the hair, baked the bread, and … Continue reading DAGUERRÉOTYPES
Essential Cinema: South Korea
Once you overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films. —Bong Joon-ho’s Golden Globe acceptance speech. On May 25, 2019, Bong Joon-ho, the 49-year-old filmmaker from Daegu, South Korea, ascended the stairs … Continue reading Essential Cinema: South Korea
THE LIGHTHOUSE
As the story goes, the Greek titan Prometheus so loved man that he stole fire from Mount Olympus and brought it to Earth for all to use. For that theft, the allfather Zeus chained Prometheus to the rock and commanded … Continue reading THE LIGHTHOUSE
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