If you were to judge a movie by its poster, then you might expect The Bikeriders to be anchored by Austin Butler’s brooding, wild-haired motorcycle fiend. His name is Benny, and though he’s an integral part of the narrative, Benny … Continue reading THE BIKERIDERS
The specter of death hangs over everyone and everything. In the movie Tuesday by writer-director Daina Oniunas-Pusić, that specter takes the form of a size-shifting parrot—a filthy, scarred one with a deep and terrifying voice supplied by Arinzé Kene. How … Continue reading TUESDAY
I don’t remember when I started puberty or when I became aware that something was happening, but I distinctly remember a recurring fantasy throughout the process of wanting to condense six or seven years of hormonal, physical, and mental growth … Continue reading INSIDE OUT 2
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about a new series coming to the Boedecker Theater: The International Road Movie with Suranjan Ganguly. Continue reading
When Orson Welles was asked what filmmakers he admired, he responded, “I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.” Born John Martin Feeney in Maine in 1894—though he disputed two of those … Continue reading Decoding John Ford
Nothing screams summer quite like a road trip. The pull of the open road, the freedom to choose this path or that, the small pockets of life one comes across on the way to the destination, the transformative experience of … Continue reading The International Road Movie with Suranjan Ganguly
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about two new music documentaries streaming on Disney+: The Beach Boys and Let It Be. Continue reading
Few cinematic forms benefited from the advent of digital technology like the documentary. And not just in cost and access to equipment but in the proliferation of digital archives directors can draw upon. Add social media’s connective power to track … Continue reading THE BEACH BOYS and LET IT BE
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, in theaters everywhere, and the newly released set from The Criterion Collection: Three Revolutionary Films from Ousmane Sembène. Continue reading
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