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Author: Michael J. Casey

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

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

DEMOLITION

January 20, 2023January 16, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Before you can fix something, you must first take it apart. Before you can be reborn, you must first be destroyed. That line of thinking motivates director Jean-Marc Vallée’s film, Demolition, a movie that focuses on the self-destruction required to survive … Continue reading DEMOLITION

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

CÉZANNE ET MOI

January 19, 2023January 28, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Friendship, much like a marriage, isn’t just a long commitment of support, encouragement, and acceptance; it’s a reflection of you, them, and the world around and the world inside. No matter how similar two friends are in the beginning, their … Continue reading CÉZANNE ET MOI

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

SWISS ARMY MAN

January 18, 2023January 16, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Hank has given up. Marooned on a deserted island in the Pacific, he has run out of food, water, and reasons to live. All he has is trash. Piles and piles of trash, all of it cast off once it … Continue reading SWISS ARMY MAN

Denver Film Critics Society

And the winner is…

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Michael J. Casey

On January 16, the Denver Film Critics Society—15 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their picks for the best of 2022. Of the 38 movies nominated, Everything Everywhere All at Once cleaned up … Continue reading And the winner is…

Boulder Weekly, Sunday Streams

EMMA.

January 15, 2023January 12, 2023 Michael J. Casey

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.

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

AMERICAN MURDERER

January 13, 2023January 5, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Americans are fascinated with criminals. You know this because you watch movies and TV, listen to podcasts, read books and magazines, and encounter their stories everywhere. Sometimes they’re protagonists you root for. Sometimes they’re villains who are more entertaining than … Continue reading AMERICAN MURDERER

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