On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Deep Water, now playing on Hulu, The Last Waltz, which will be on 4KUHD/Blu-ray on March 29 from The Criterion Collection, and—if you click … Continue reading
Deep Water is a preposterous movie. Particularly the ending, which crosscuts one character chasing after another through the woods and the young daughter of one of those characters throwing a suitcase into the backyard pool. Why, you ask? Well, to answer … Continue reading DEEP WATER
A young girl spies her mother in bed with a man who is neither her father nor the woman’s husband. The young girl is Flora (Anna Paquin), the speaking child of her mute mother, Ada (Holly Hunter). Both were bought and … Continue reading THE PIANO
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about The Batman (out now in theaters) and preview the 18th Boulder International Film Festival (March 3-6). Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., … Continue reading
Not even the pandemic could upset the Boulder International Film Festival. Back in 2020, BIFF was one of the last times local moviegoers had a chance to get together before locking down one week later. In 2021, festival directors Kathy … Continue reading Unmasked and Fancy-Free: Previewing the 2022 Boulder International Film Festival
Sometimes they are complete stories told with brevity and punch. Sometimes they are elongated trailers for talent yet to come. Sometimes they are provocations designed to rally and rile, but every year, the Oscar-nominated short films prove to be categories … Continue reading From Provocation to Inspiration: 2022 Oscar Nominated Short Films
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the 94th Academy Award nominations—with some special attention to Drive My Car and the three short subject categories. Listen to After Image, Fridays at … Continue reading
If everything goes according to plan, the moving picture industry will convene on March 27 at Hollywood’s Dolby Theater to celebrate the best in the cinema for the 94th Academy Awards. Yes, it’s the time of the year when some … Continue reading The 94th Academy Award Nominations
Any town is sort of like a fruit tree: Some of the people are good, some of them are bad. Just like the fruit on a tree. No matter if you go or stay, think of it like that until … Continue reading THE LEARNING TREE
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