On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Epicentro and Beau travail, now playing at virtual theaters, and discuss what’s missing from the 2020 remake of Mulan, now available on Disney+ Premier … Continue reading
In 1998, Walt Disney Feature Animation released its 36th film, its first and only retelling of a Chinese legend: Mulan, the story of a daughter who dons her father’s armor and pretends to be his son to fight the invading Huns. … Continue reading MULAN
Released at the tail end of the last century, Beau travail was filmmaker Claire Denis’ fifth film: the one that launched her onto the world stage and established her as one of the key cinematic voices of this century. The emphasis on … Continue reading BEAU TRAVAIL
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about The Personal History of David Copperfield, new in theaters, and Women Make Film, 14 weeks of cinematic celebration coming to TCM. Technical glitches be … Continue reading
In 1850, Charles Dickens published his eighth novel, an autobiography of sorts, and his proclaimed favorite: The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He Never Meant to Publish on Any Account). It … Continue reading THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
Running 14 hours and featuring the work of 183 directors, 700 clips, and seven narrators, Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema might be writer/director Mark Cousins’ most ambitious project to date. “Many films about cinema feature only … Continue reading WOMEN MAKE FILM: A NEW ROAD MOVIE THROUGH CINEMA
On this week’s edition of After Image, I sit down with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo to discuss the bio-pic Tesla, new to Video On Demand, and Dark Circle, a documentary from 1982 about the dangers of nuclear radiation, which … Continue reading
It means possibility. It means history. And, most importantly, what I understand is that I’m going to be the one who says: I am a Black, lesbian filmmaker. Who’s just beginning. But I’m going to say a lot more and … Continue reading Home Viewing: Cheryl Dunye
For Nikola Tesla, it all started with a cat. Specifically, a black cat named Macak, a feline friend from Tesla’s boyhood. One day while stroking Macak’s back, Tesla managed to raise a series of static electric sparks from the cat’s … Continue reading TESLA
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