When Agnès Varda died March 29, 2019, at the age of 90, cinema lost a titan. Varda’s first film, La pointe courte (about an unhappy couple trying to work through their problems), was shot on location in a fisherman’s village and mixed … Continue reading VAGABOND (SANS TOIT NI LOI)
To see a Studio Ghibli film is to believe: In wonder, in magic, in childhood imagination, and, most importantly, in the capacity for human compassion. And what could we use more right now than a little compassion? Thankfully, GKIDS and … Continue reading Studio Ghibli Fest 2019
Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo and I sit down to discuss Toy Story 4 and Walking on Water. 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 in Fort … Continue reading
Why am I alive?” she asks.“I have no idea,” he replies with a kind smile. Those are the final words of Toy Story 4, Disney/Pixar’s latest, and reportedly last, addition to the beloved franchise that launched the computer-generated animation empire back … Continue reading TOY STORY 4
The John DeLorean story has it all: Cars, cocaine, supermodels, countries at war, political scuffles on both sides of the Atlantic, an FBI sting of ridiculous proportions, secret off-shore bank accounts, deception, avarice, opulence, and ego. It could be a … Continue reading FRAMING JOHN DELOREAN
Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo and I sit down to discuss Dark Phoenix, The Dead Don’t Die, a few to see for Pride Month, and the opening movie of this summer’s Chautauqua’s Silent Series, Hot Water. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 … Continue reading
As the reality of summer blockbuster season sets in, a simple truth becomes all too clear: Moviegoing can be quite stressful. Death and destruction abound on the silver screen, sometimes from monsters raging for alpha dominance, other times from mutants … Continue reading ZEN FOR NOTHING
Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo and I sit down to discuss Rocketman, Nureyev, and a few classics to catch up with. 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 … Continue reading
Why do you want to dance?Why do you want to live?Well, I don’t know exactly why, but I must.That’s my answer too. —Boris Lermontov and Vicky Page, The Red Shoes Born March 17, 1938, in Irkutsk, Russia, Rudolf Nureyev was a … Continue reading NUREYEV
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