On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about The Sparks Brothers (now in theaters). Not enough? Click here for reviews of Luca (now playing Disney+ and the El Capitan Theatre in Los … Continue reading
There’s an old story (probably embellished, possibly apocryphal) from Blackboard Jungle’s opening weekend. Not many people remember that 1955 teen drama starring Sidney Poitier and Glenn Ford, but everyone knows the song that made it famous: Bill Hayley & His Comets’ … Continue reading THE SPARKS BROTHERS
On this edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Undine (currently in limited release) and In the Heights (now in wide release and on HBO Max until July 11). Listen to After Image, Fridays … Continue reading
For centuries, New York City has welcomed immigrants from every nation, matching each wave of newcomers with an enclave of their own. True, there’s a lot to who lives where and why, but at least there’s a place, no matter … Continue reading IN THE HEIGHTS
Undine—the latest from German filmmaker Christian Petzold—is a curious little mystery about one woman, two men, and a whole lot of water. Derived from the Latin word for wave, unda, Undine is a water nymph in European mythology, which ought … Continue reading UNDINE
It was the 1960s, and revolution was in the air. For French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, cinema was the way to express ideas artistic, political, and otherwise. He opened the decade with Breathless, a free-flowing anarchic take on cinematic language that was … Continue reading MASCULIN FÉMININ
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the return to movie theaters with A Quiet Place Part II and Cruella (also available on Disney+ Premiere). But if those aren’t your bag, … Continue reading
A man goes to the movies. The critic must be honest enough to admit he is that man. —Robert Warshow Like a lot of you, I spent 2020 at home. And, as you probably know, that meant an awful lot … Continue reading A QUIET PLACE PART II
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Dream Horse, now in theaters, and Merrily We Go to Hell, an underrated pre-Code gem restored and released on Blu-ray and DVD from The … Continue reading
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