Style is half the picture. Story is the other half. William Shakespeare’s 17th-century play, The Tragedie of Macbeth, might be one of the greatest stories ever penned. If not, it’s at least one of the most durable. The desire for power, … Continue reading THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about two new movies in theaters: Nightmare Alley and The Tender Bar. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., on KGNU’s Metro Arts: 88.5 FM … Continue reading
Geeks are not found; they are made. This is the lesson Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper), a drifter in 1940s America, learns first hand at the Ten-in-One traveling carnival. Ten-in-One is a carnival like any other: A strong man, a contortionist, … Continue reading NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Hollywood loves a remake. Sometimes it’s a successful foreign film recast with English-speaking celebrities. Sometimes it’s a decent story that just didn’t work the first time around. Most of the time, it’s a hollow-minded cash-grab by a studio rejiggering its … Continue reading WEST SIDE STORY
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Writing With Fire, out now in limited release, as well as Licorice Pizza and Red Rocket—both of which are out now in very limited … Continue reading
For many, it’s the greatest of all time. But when it was released 80 years ago, Citizen Kane was a death sentence. The movie’s director and star, Orson Welles, came to Hollywood by way of the stage and radio with a contract … Continue reading CITIZEN KANE
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about C’mon C’mon, out now in limited release, and Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time, available in select theaters on On Demand. Listen to After Image, … Continue reading
Nothing else matters when you’re in love. People come and go, jobs come and go, the world turns, but none of that sticks. Not that you’re oblivious to such things, it’s just that they all take a backseat to the … Continue reading LICORICE PIZZA
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Ghostbusters: Afterlife, out this weekend in theaters, House of Gucci, opening next Wednesday, alongside The Power of the Dog. Listen to After Image, Fridays … Continue reading
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