There are two moments in 2019’s Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood that take your breath away. The first is visual: A series of neon signs flickering on in the setting Los Angeles sun on Friday, Aug. 8, 1969. The second takes … Continue reading ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD and YESTERDAY
Stories of how movies get made are as varied as the movies themselves. For Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, two first-time writers/directors, the story of their debut feature goes back 13–14 years to an apartment building along the Santa Monica … Continue reading Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz on THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON
It feels like summer blockbuster season is a little late to the party this year, but Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw makes up for a lot of missed opportunities: Kinetic, bananas, and a hell of a lot of … Continue reading
With the wisdom of the wise and the smile of a sage, Toni Morrison sits before the camera. No background behind her, nothing in front to distract, just Morrison talking directly to the camera as if we are opposite her. … Continue reading TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM
Metro Art’s producer Veronica Straight-Lingo and I sit down to discuss Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood and The Farewell. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., on KGNU’s Metro Arts: 88.5 FM and 1390 AM Denver/Boulder, 93.7 FM in Nederland, 98.7 FM … Continue reading
Billi (Awkwafina) has come home to China. Specifically, Changchun—a city she left at the age of 6 when her father relocated his wife and daughter to the U.S. in search of a better life and more opportunity. That was 25 … Continue reading THE FAREWELL
To Disney, from the desk of Mufasa: “Remember who you are.” The Lion King, Disney’s computer-generated remake, isn’t like the rest. Yes, the story—Hamlet meets Bambi with a touch of The Jungle Book—is intact, as are the memorable Elton John and Tim Rice songs. … Continue reading THE LION KING
Rose-Lynn Harlan (Jessie Buckley) is leading an inauthentic life. In her mind, she is the Queen of Memphis, a country singer born in Scotland but destined for the U.S. And though Rose-Lynn has been singing in the Grand Ole Opry … Continue reading WILD ROSE
Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo and I sit down to discuss the release of Midsommar, a slew of summer series happening along the Front Range, and the newly opened Alamo Drafthouse in Westminster. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., … Continue reading
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