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?
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
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
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 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
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
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the stasis of cinema, and recommend a few new titles to stream, not to mention a festival gone virtual, while movie theaters remain shuttered. … Continue reading
This was the weekend we were waiting for: A return to movie theaters in the time of coronavirus. Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster, Tenet, was going to kick things off, fitting considering that fewer filmmakers are as personally devoted to the theater-going … Continue reading In Lieu of a Theatrical Experience: Summer Edition
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