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Category: Boulder Weekly

Reviews, interviews, and festival coverage courtesy Boulder’s only independent newspaper.

Boulder Weekly, Sunday Streams

EMMA.

January 15, 2023January 12, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Emma Woodhouse (Anya Taylor-Joy) is handsome, clever, and rich. She’s also a bit of a wrecking ball—the kind who thinks she’s holding the world together when she’s the one holding on for dear life. And if she spent a little … Continue reading EMMA.

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

AMERICAN MURDERER

January 13, 2023January 5, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Americans are fascinated with criminals. You know this because you watch movies and TV, listen to podcasts, read books and magazines, and encounter their stories everywhere. Sometimes they’re protagonists you root for. Sometimes they’re villains who are more entertaining than … Continue reading AMERICAN MURDERER

Boulder Weekly, Sunday Streams

ROY’S WORLD: BARRY GIFFORD’S CHICAGO

January 8, 2023December 30, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Barry Gifford, who has been hailed as “William Faulkner by way of B-movie film noir,” authored more than 40 books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and the bulk of Roy’s World concerns growing up in the 1950s when the post-war boom was … Continue reading ROY’S WORLD: BARRY GIFFORD’S CHICAGO

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

FRAMING JOHN DELOREAN

January 6, 2023February 3, 2022 Michael J. Casey

The John DeLorean story has it all: Cars, cocaine, supermodels, countries at war, political scuffles on both sides of the Atlantic, an FBI sting of ridiculous proportions, secret off-shore bank accounts, deception, avarice, opulence, and ego. It could be a … Continue reading FRAMING JOHN DELOREAN

Best Of..., Boulder Weekly

2022: Accommodating for Others

January 5, 2023December 30, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Lydia Tár is broken. Pulled from the podium, kicked out of her Berlin apartment, barred from seeing her daughter, the disgraced conductor returns to her family house on Long Island, pokes around her childhood room—perfectly preserved as if she were … Continue reading 2022: Accommodating for Others

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

THE CONFORMIST (IL CONFORMISTA)

January 4, 2023January 4, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Watching movies in the 21st century is no longer a question of where, but why. It could be everywhere: Multiplexes, art house theater, film societies, living rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, public transportation, parks—name the space and you’ll be able to watch … Continue reading THE CONFORMIST (IL CONFORMISTA)

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

TANNA

December 30, 2022December 23, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Traditions may come in all shapes and sizes, but the rigid ones always seem to be the ones that last. On the island of Tanna in the South Pacific, tradition is called “Kastom,” and it’s the one thing the islanders … Continue reading TANNA

Boulder Weekly, Reviews1 Comment

NO BEARS (خرس نیست)

December 29, 2022December 22, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Somewhere in Turkey, a man and a woman obtain a foraged passport. The passport is for her, and once the man receives his, he will join her in Europe. Getting across the border is the tricky part. But they are … Continue reading NO BEARS (خرس نیست)

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

FLOWERS

December 28, 2022December 23, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Ane (Nagore Aranburu) lives her life of quiet desperation one bland day at a time. Stuck in a loveless marriage and grappling with early on-set menopause, the childless Ane sighs. She always thought there would be more. More life, more … Continue reading FLOWERS

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