When did the world break? That’s the question on Ari Aster’s mind in his latest film, Eddington. In a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival where the movie premiered, the writer-director said the script was born of his “fear … Continue reading EDDINGTON
Remakes may feel like the name of the game these days, but it’s always been like this. What’s changed is the availability of the original. Saw How to Train Your Dragon in theaters? Watch the animated version on Peacock today! … Continue reading Sweaty Double Feature: THE WAGES OF FEAR and SORCERER
How does one live in a world after it ends? I’m not talking about hoarding provisions and the nuts and bolts of kill-or-be-killed survival, but the impulse to live when everything around you dies. For the characters of 28 Years … Continue reading 28 YEARS LATER
When you see Elio this weekend, hang around for the end credits and keep an eye out for the name Matthew Silas. He’s a CU Boulder grad, and he’s working for Pixar Animation Studios in layout. “Layout is the department … Continue reading The Animated Life: Matthew Silas on ELIO
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about two new movies in theaters: Elio and F1: The Movie. Continue reading After Image: June 27, 2025
Sure, he’s handsome, but can he drive? You bet. His name is Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt), and he can drop behind the wheel of a Formula One racecar, take it for a spin and tell you exactly what’s wrong with … Continue reading F1: The Movie
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon, out now in theaters, and discuss the nature of remakes thanks to two new restorations and releases from The Criterion Collection: 1953’s Wages of Fear and 1977’s Sorcerer. Continue reading After Image: June 20, 2025
Two nations are at war—so long now that no one living might even know why. All they know are the losses each side has suffered, which are many, and the extent to which they are willing to win, which is … Continue reading HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
Once upon a time, American letters were full of subversives, satirists, and provocateurs. They made you laugh. They made you think. They changed how you saw the world. The best of them made you uncomfortable within safe spaces and made … Continue reading Dad Strangelove: Nile Southern on Terry Southern
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