THE LEARNING TREE
Any town is sort of like a fruit tree: Some of the people are good, some of them are bad. Just like the fruit on a tree. No matter if you go or stay, think of it like that until … Continue reading THE LEARNING TREE
Author: Michael J. Casey
Skinner Myers on THE SLEEPING NEGRO
What I’m trying to do is theorize a way to create a brand new Black cinema,” Skinner Myers says. “Like a new Black cinematic language that does not adhere to anything that’s Eurocentric or Hollywood.” And Myers’ feature film, The Sleeping … Continue reading Skinner Myers on THE SLEEPING NEGRO
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the movies that played the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., on KGNU’s Metro Arts: 88.5 FM and 1390 … Continue reading
NIGHTCRAWLER
No city represents the double edge of the American Dream like Los Angeles. The City of Angels is home to glitz and glam, idyllic beachfront, cosmopolitan melting pots, enchantment, and dreams. Yet, like the movies made in La-La Land, many … Continue reading NIGHTCRAWLER
Things to Come: Dispatches from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival
Movies are most often windows to what is and what was. But sometimes, they’re windows to what could be. And it doesn’t have to be in a grand sense either. Take Cha Cha Real Smooth, writer/director/star Cooper Raiff’s sophomore effort, for starters. About … Continue reading Things to Come: Dispatches from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival
SENSES OF CINEMA: 2021 World Cinema Poll
Every year, the Australian-based online quarterly, Senses of Cinema, invites writers from all over the globe to submit their selections for the best movies of the year—including those seen for the first time regardless of the year of release. As I … Continue reading SENSES OF CINEMA: 2021 World Cinema Poll
On this edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Jockey, out now in wide release, and Charli XCX: Alone Together, out now in limited release. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., on … Continue reading
HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.
Trinitie Childs (Regina Hall) has that look in her eyes, a look that’s masking a lot of pain for the greater good. Or, at least, that’s what she tells herself. Her husband, Lee-Curtis Childs (Sterling K. Brown), is the pastor … Continue reading HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.
Dana Stevens on CAMERA MAN
He’s just this strange figure who was sort of prodigiously talented at something that he never chose to do,” Dana Stevens says. “And then continued to invent new ways of exploring that.” Continue reading Dana Stevens on CAMERA MAN
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