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Category: Outlets

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

IN BED WITH ULYSSES

July 21, 2022August 1, 2023 Michael J. Casey

On June 16, 1904, a 22-year-old James Joyce walked with 20-year-old Nora Barnacle around the Dublin suburb of Ringsend. They enjoyed each other’s company, the sunshine in the park and the sea lapping against the rocks lining the port. And … Continue reading IN BED WITH ULYSSES

KGNU: Metro Arts
July 16, 2022July 17, 2022 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the passing of James Caan and highlight one of my favorite Caan performances, 1981’s Thief. Turning now to the present, the Boulder Environmental/Nature/Outdoors Film … Continue reading

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

THIEF

July 14, 2022August 10, 2023 Michael J. Casey

The man is silent. He removes a welder’s helmet and reveals his face: tired, soaked in sweat and soot. He pulls a chair to the center of the room and sits, taking a cigarette out and lighting it. A crinkle … Continue reading THIEF

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

APPLES (Μήλα)

July 7, 2022July 4, 2022 Michael J. Casey

The premise for Apples, from Greek director Christos Nikou, is so bonkers it feels real: There’s a pandemic goin’ ‘round, and it’s claiming memories. How and why are never explained. All we know is that it strikes suddenly, attacks without prejudice, … Continue reading APPLES (Μήλα)

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

OLGA and the 2022 Boulder Environmental / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival

July 7, 2022July 30, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Fifteen-year-old Olga (Anastasiia Budiashkina) isn’t sure where she belongs. Her mother is a Ukrainian journalist covering the unrest and revolution building in Kyiv. The year is 2013, and things are getting testy in the streets and harder for Olga to … Continue reading OLGA and the 2022 Boulder Environmental / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival

KGNU: Metro Arts
July 2, 2022July 2, 2022 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about two new comedies out in theaters, Minions: The Rise of Gru, available everywhere, and Official Competition, out now in limited release. And if that … Continue reading

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

OFFICIAL COMPETITION

June 30, 2022August 1, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Don Humberto (José Luis Gómez) has turned 80. He’s the head of a pharmaceutical company that has made him filthy rich. Still, he gets no respect. He knows this because he knows how others see him: obscenely wealthy with no … Continue reading OFFICIAL COMPETITION

KGNU: Metro Arts
June 25, 2022June 25, 2022 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Neptune Frost and Crimes of the Future—two tales of techno-futures that feel perfectly lived-in and broken down. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 … Continue reading

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

NEPTUNE FROST

June 23, 2022August 1, 2023 Michael J. Casey

It opens in an African coltan mine. Black bodies dig through the rocks for precious metals. “Metal precious currency,” the narrator intones. “Third and First world currency. Black market currency… That old black-bodied currency.” Men with guns demand the workers … Continue reading NEPTUNE FROST

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