Nicaragua, modern day: An American journalist meets an English businessman in a bar. Except she’s not really a journalist, and he’s not really a businessman. She offers sex for money, and he complies. She falls for him and continues sleeping … Continue reading STARS AT NOON
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
Eveleth, Minnesota, is home to fewer than 5,000 residents and the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. Up here, hockey is a way of life—specifically, high school hockey with the Eveleth Golden Bears. The Golden Bears used to be a juggernaut, … Continue reading HOCKEYLAND
October marks the 75th anniversary of Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, and Dalton Trumbo’s refusal to answer the House on Un-American Activities Committee’s question: “Have … Continue reading HIGH NOON ON THE WATERFRONT
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about two to catch at CU-Boulder’s International Film Series: Mad God and Memoria. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., on KGNU’s Metro Arts: 88.5 … Continue reading
Jessica first heard the bang in the early morning hours. It’s an unearthly sound, a loud thump she describes as a big concrete ball falling into a metallic well surrounded by seawater. Certainly not a sound you hear every day. … Continue reading MEMORIA
Burt and Harold have been accused of murder. Not in the legal sense, mind you, with arrests and affidavits, attorneys and judges, but in the old-fashioned way of finger-pointing and yelling louder than everyone else. You see, Burt Berendsen (Christian … Continue reading AMSTERDAM
She was born Norma Jean Baker in 1926, but she died Marilyn Monroe in 1962. Between those two dates and names lived one of the 20th century’s most enduring icons—a not-unusual collection of complications and contradictions exacerbated all the more … Continue reading BLONDE
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about movies new in theaters (Moonage Daydream and Don’t Worry Darling) and new to streaming (Blonde). And if that wasn’t enough, there’s a new doc … Continue reading
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