BOYS STATE
A plane has two wings,” a high school junior representing the Federalist Party says to a room full of teens. “A right one and a left one…” And you need both to make the plane fly. Maybe not the best … Continue reading BOYS STATE
Category: Outlets
On this week’s After Image I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the newly released documentary, You Never Had It: An Evening With Bukowski and how that doc got me thinking of another, American Boy: A Profile of … Continue reading
See You at the Movies?
It’s Tuesday at 3 p.m. outside the Century Theater in Boulder’s Twenty Ninth Street Mall, and it’s quiet. Too quiet. You’ll have to excuse the cliché, but it fits. This courtyard should be filled with voices of patrons coming and … Continue reading See You at the Movies?
YOU NEVER HAD IT: AN EVENING WITH BUKOWSKI
Soft-spoken and even, Charles Bukowski sounds nothing like his face looks. Or like his prose reads. In his introduction to the 1979 edition of John Fante’s Ask the Dust, Bukowski recounts his early days of living in Los Angeles, drinking wine, … Continue reading YOU NEVER HAD IT: AN EVENING WITH BUKOWSKI
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the new (delightful) wartime melodrama, Summerland, and mark the passing of Hollywood titan Olivia de Havilland. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., … Continue reading
Home Viewing: Olivia de Havilland
Walking through life with you, ma’am, has been a very gracious thing. —They Died With Their Boots On Like all great Hollywood stars, her story starts nowhere near the City of Angels. She was born Olivia Mary de Havilland on … Continue reading Home Viewing: Olivia de Havilland
SUMMERLAND
They’ll be love and laughterAnd peace ever afterTomorrow, when the world is free —Vera Lynn, “The White Cliffs of Dover” Frank (Lucas Bond) has come to Summerland. Sort of: Under normal conditions, he’d be living in London, but it’s World … Continue reading SUMMERLAND
HELMUT NEWTON: THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
Helmut Newton had a sense of humor. That might not be your immediate takeaway if you do a Google search for his photographs (after you deactivate all the safe search controls). But the more you peruse his oeuvre, the more … Continue reading HELMUT NEWTON: THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
THE BREAKING POINT
When Jack Warner previewed The Breaking Point in the summer of 1950, he knew he had a hit on his hands. And with good reason: The director was Michael Curtiz, Warner Bros.’ top man with hits like Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood, and Mildred Pierce. … Continue reading THE BREAKING POINT
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