There were action comedies before Jackie Chan, and there were action comedies after Jackie Chan. The ones that come after are better. Technically, the ones with Chan are the best. He’s the Fred Astaire of his genre, a transformative presence … Continue reading The Project A Collection
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the black comedy A Different Man and the uplifting documentary Blink, both out now in theaters. Continue reading
These movies may take you as far away as a dilapidated house deep in the heart of Texas, a disappearing glacier in Iceland, or even as close as a wildlife refuge in Rocky Flats. But they all have one thing … Continue reading Locally Grown: Previewing the 2024 Denver Film Festival
Edward is a man alone. He lives a solitary life in a decaying New York apartment with a rotting ceiling. He’s an actor on an industrial short, the kind new hires have to watch as part of their diversity, equity, … Continue reading A DIFFERENT MAN
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Megalopolis and My Old Ass, both out now in theaters. Continue reading
It’s a typical fantasy: the desire to go back and tell the younger version of yourself something. Steer yourself in one direction over another, maximize pleasure and minimize pain. Do this, don’t do that, and you won’t have to experience … Continue reading MY OLD ASS
Their world crumbled, so they came to ours. They came from far away and are doing their best to assimilate—to our ways, our beliefs, our culture, even our appearance. It’s all pretty baffling to them, but they’re trying, and they … Continue reading THE BECOMERS
This weekend, you could celebrate the 70th anniversary of Seven Samurai—“one of the most thrilling movie epics of all time,” according to esteemed film critic, Roger Ebert. Next week, it could be a quiet but powerful drama starring Dakota Johnson … Continue reading Cinematic Staple: Previewing the Fall 2024 International Film Series
Politics and entertainment have always been entangled. Sometimes, it’s mockery with a message (Charlie Chaplin clowning on Adolph Hitler in The Great Dictator). Other times, it’s an attempt to expose a local cause to a larger public (the striking miners … Continue reading Making Change: The Most Significant Political Films of All Time
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