On this week’s edition of After Image (okay, last week’s edition if we’re being honest), I give a few thoughts on the new James Bond movie, No Time to Die (out now in theaters), and speak with Sarah Adina Smith … Continue reading
Category: Outlets
LAMB and POSSESSION
Out in the hinterlands of Iceland, a married couple is grieving. Some time ago, they lost a child. It has created a noticeable rift in their relationship, even if they continue to spend every waking moment together on the ranch. … Continue reading LAMB and POSSESSION
Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films
He was a filmmaker, an actor, a novelist, a playwright, and a revolutionary. He made one of the most profitable and overlooked independent films of all time. He was Melvin Van Peebles, a titan of American filmmaking, and he died … Continue reading Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Dear Evan Hansen (out now in wide release), recap the Toronto International Film Festival, and pay tribute to the late, great Melvin Van Peebles, … Continue reading
A World at Odds with Itself: Dispatches from the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival
Westermarkt 20 in Amsterdam is home to the Anne Frank House, the secret annex where the Frank and van Pels families hid from the Nazis for more than two years before being captured and sent to the camps. Today, Anne … Continue reading A World at Odds with Itself: Dispatches from the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Blue Bayou (now playing in theaters), recap the Telluride Film Festival, and identify some themes coming out of the Toronto International Film Festival. Listen … Continue reading
Alone, Together: Dispatches from the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival
The Koreans call it holojok—a portmanteau of holo (alone) and jok (together)—a growing phenomenon of young adults choosing to live alone in single-family homes. By some estimates, one-third of the total homes in Seoul are occupied by holojok. Aloners, the debut feature from writer/director Hong Seong-eun, … Continue reading Alone, Together: Dispatches from the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival
The Show Must Go On: Dispatches From the 48th Telluride Film Festival
There was no show last year; it was called on account of pandemic. Just as well: Wildfires all along the West draped a burnt orange curtain inside Telluride’s box canyon and cut visibility from miles to feet. Movies are about … Continue reading The Show Must Go On: Dispatches From the 48th Telluride Film Festival
On this week’s on-the-road edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (out now in theaters) and preview the 48th Telluride Film Festival—with a strong recommendation for … Continue reading
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