In 1970, Björn Andrésen was just another skinny Swedish 15-year-old. In 1971, he was dubbed “the most beautiful boy in the world” by Italian director Luchino Visconti. Visconti had adapted Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice for the screen and cast Andrésen in … Continue reading THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD
Joe Deacon (Denzel Washington) used to be the Los Angeles Police Force’s top detective. Used to be: Five years ago, a momentary decision proved momentous, and Deacon traded in his LAPD shield for a Kern County sheriff’s badge and started … Continue reading THE LITTLE THINGS
As far as cinema is concerned, 2021 opened not with a bang but with cautious optimism. For starters, moviegoing has returned with AMC, Cinemark, and the Mayan Theatre in Denver leading the charge. So if you’re jonesing for that big-screen … Continue reading SUPERNOVA
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about One Night in Miami…, now playing on Amazon Prime, Rolling Thunder Revue, available now on Blu-ray and DVD from The Criterion Collection, and about … Continue reading
In 1975, the U.S. was at a crossroads. The Vietnam War was over, and Americans were more disillusioned than ever. Big cities out east, like New York and Washington D.C., prepped for the Bicentennial, but Small Town, U.S.A., seemed not … Continue reading ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: A BOB DYLAN STORY
On Jan. 18, the Denver Film Critics Society—16 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their picks for the best of 2020. Of the 42 movies nominated, The Trial of the Chicago … Continue reading And the winners are…
J. Edgar Hoover was no fan of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Where others saw the leader for racial equality, Hoover saw a communist on U.S. soil. They saw a preacher professing non-violence, but Hoover saw a sexual deviant. And … Continue reading MLK/FBI
Young Mr. Lincoln might be John Ford’s greatest film. And that’s saying something. Especially considering Young Mr. Lincoln was one of three films Ford made in 1939 alone. The other two: Stagecoach is cited by many to be the best western an American studio ever … Continue reading YOUNG MR. LINCOLN
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Some Kind of Heaven, available now at CU-Boulder’s International Film Series’ virtual theater, and Young Mr. Lincoln, available to stream on TubiTV or for … Continue reading
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