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. This year, over a hundred writers sent in their picks, giving a pretty comprehensive … Continue reading SENSES OF CINEMA: 2020 World Cinema Poll
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about two World War II dramas: Dara of Jasenovic (now playing in select theaters) and The Ascent (available now on Blu-ray and DVD from The … Continue reading
Established by the Independent State of Croatia, under the rule of the fascist Ustase government, Jasenovac was a chain of extermination camps designed to murder Serbs, Jews, and Roma people during World War II. Significantly, they were the only such … Continue reading DARA OF JASENOVAC
Great movies don’t require a signature shot, but it helps when they have one. What would Vertigo be without that dizzying dolly zoom? The Godfather without the door closing on Kay? The Graduate without Benjamin Braddock trapped in the crook of Mrs. Robinson’s leg? They are … Continue reading THE ASCENT (Восхождение)
The best music and the best whiskey come from the same part of the country.” You don’t find taglines like that very often. Then again, you don’t come across movies like Heartworn Highways that often either. First released in 1976—available Feb. 5 … Continue reading HEARTWORN HIGHWAYS
Edee (Robin Wright) has no desire to live. She was once a wife and a mother, but a cruel twist of fate snatched both in one blow. So Edee packs up and leaves Chicago for a remote cabin located deep … Continue reading LAND
Of all the ideas to come out of Michael Lewis’ Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, the notion that the difference between a team making the playoffs—and a team not—coming down to the success or failure of a single … Continue reading TRY HARDER!
Throughout the summer of 1969, Harlem attracted thousands by assembling some of the best musical talents around for the Harlem Cultural Festival. B.B. King brought the blues, Mahalia Jackson brought the gospel, Jesse Jackson brought the church, and Sly and … Continue reading SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Supernova (out in theaters, where available), The Little Things (in theaters and on HBO Max), and the Flatirons Food Film Festival (virtual until Feb. … Continue reading
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