On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about two movies out now in wide release, The Whale and Babylon; the new restoration of a bona fide classic, The Rules of the Game; … Continue reading
Author: Michael J. Casey
NO BEARS (خرس نیست)
Somewhere in Turkey, a man and a woman obtain a foraged passport. The passport is for her, and once the man receives his, he will join her in Europe. Getting across the border is the tricky part. But they are … Continue reading NO BEARS (خرس نیست)
BABYLON
Damien Chazelle loves movies. He thinks you should too, which is probably why he includes a lengthy scene from one of the most recognizable movies ever made as the climax of his latest, Babylon. It’s a cheat, a cop, a sham, … Continue reading BABYLON
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Avatar: The Way of Water (out now in theaters everywhere), White Christmas and Black Christmas (playing Dec. 22 at the Sie Film Center in … Continue reading
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
Everything was going so well for Jake Sully (Sam Worthington). He became a full-fledged Na’vi, the leader of the Omatikaya clan, married Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), fathered two boys (Jamie Flatters and Britain Dalton), a daughter (Trinity Jo-Li Bliss), and adopted … Continue reading AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
The Best in 2022 Home Video Release
The year is 1918, and Red troops are rounding up the White guards. War is on, and the insurgents are to be executed. But as the victors take their time playing by the rules of engagement, a fresh batch of … Continue reading The Best in 2022 Home Video Release
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
The story of Pinocchio, first penned in 1883 by Italian writer Carlo Collodi, has long been a favorite of storytellers: A lonely man fashions a boy out of wood; the wooden boy becomes sentient; a cricket teaches the wooden child … Continue reading GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about The Inspection, now in theaters, and All Quiet on the Western Front, now streaming on Netflix. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., … Continue reading
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (IM WESTEN NICHTS NEUES)
The soldier is shot. One bullet to the head just as he was going over the top. We learn his name, Gerber, but little else. The year is 1917, three years into the War to End All Wars. But Gerber … Continue reading ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (IM WESTEN NICHTS NEUES)
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