PIG
Deep in the Oregonian woods, a man lives with his pig. He is a recluse with a past; she is a Kunekune with a gorgeous ginger coat. Together they hunt truffles, which are all the rage down in Portland. In … Continue reading PIG
Author: Michael J. Casey
ANNETTE
Annette begins with a proclamation: “Breathing will not be tolerated.” What follows is meant to be taken in whole. For if you were to take it bit by bit, the whole thing would fall apart. Only totality can save Annette. Though I’m … Continue reading ANNETTE
WHIRLYBIRD
Los Angeles is enormous. The city’s home to 3 million alone, but bring in the whole county, and you have 10 million living across 4,700 square miles. To the north, Kern County, another million or so and 8,000 square miles … Continue reading WHIRLYBIRD
On this week’s super-sized edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Jungle Cruise, The Green Knight, Lorelei, Stillwater, and the Mimesis Documentary Festival. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., on KGNU’s Metro Arts: … Continue reading
ENEMIES OF THE STATE
Almost off the bat, you can tell something is rotten in Enemies of the State. Cloaked in steely blues and gunmetal gray, director Sonia Kennebeck telegraphs an unhappy ending. On that, she delivers. Maybe unresolved is a better description. She also … Continue reading ENEMIES OF THE STATE
The Art of the Real: 2021 Mimesis Documentary Festival
Screening Aug. 4-10, the Mimesis Documentary Festival (MDF) takes over the Dairy Arts Center’s cinemas for a simultaneous return and debut. A return as this is the second summer MDF will immerse viewers in screenings, workshops, and conversations, and a … Continue reading The Art of the Real: 2021 Mimesis Documentary Festival
FILM ABOUT A FATHER WHO
Pulling from home video, and footage shot between 1965 and 2019 (on six different formats no less: 8 and 16mm, VHS, Hi8, Mini DV, and digital), Film About centers on Ira Sachs, a successful bohemian businessman who worked out of a shoebox, … Continue reading FILM ABOUT A FATHER WHO
JUNGLE CRUISE
They needn’t have bothered. Jungle Cruise, Disney’s latest live-action cinematic adaptation of a theme park ride, was already a classic Hollywood adventure before it became a pun-laden excursion down African and Asian rivers. That movie was 1951’s The African Queen, the key … Continue reading JUNGLE CRUISE
THE GREEN KNIGHT
There’s a Green Knight in King Arthur’s court, and he wants to play a game—a Christmas game. The rules are simple: Whoever is “boldest of blood and wildest of heart step forth, take up arms and try with honor to … Continue reading THE GREEN KNIGHT
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