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Boulder Weekly, Reviews

JOHN MCENROE: IN THE REALM OF PERFECTION (L’EMPIRE DE LA PERFECTION)

May 20, 2022May 18, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Politics, cinema, and literature can lie, not sport. —Jean-Luc Godard When one considers the history and scope of cinema, rarely do “how-to” instruction videos come to mind. But there they are, hours upon hours of step-by-step techniques recorded for posterity: … Continue reading JOHN MCENROE: IN THE REALM OF PERFECTION (L’EMPIRE DE LA PERFECTION)

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MEN

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Men, the latest from writer/director Alex Garland, opens with unfathomable horror: As a husband falls to his death, he passes by the window of his apartment and momentarily locks eyes with his wife. This is the crucial moment Garland anchors … Continue reading MEN

Boulder Weekly, Home Video, Reviews

DEKALOG

May 17, 2022April 20, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Famed Polish writer/director Krzysztof Kieślowski already had a handful of feature films and documentaries under his belt when his writing partner, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, gave him the idea: “Someone should make a film about the Ten Commandments. You should do it.” … Continue reading DEKALOG

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

THE FAREWELL

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 Michael J. Casey

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

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

ORIENTED

May 12, 2022May 3, 2022 Michael J. Casey

These days, more and more Americans divide themselves across party lines and political predilections. Yet, few see these divisions as dividing—they see them as unifying: this is my identity, and these are the people who feel the same. Individual identity … Continue reading ORIENTED

Boulder Weekly, Home Video, Reviews

TOUCH THE WALL

May 10, 2022January 4, 2022 Michael J. Casey

In 2012, Missy Franklin—a swimmer from Centennial, Colorado—caught the attention of the Olympic world. The fresh-faced phenom became the first female to qualify for seven Olympic events and ended up collecting one bronze and four gold medals while setting two … Continue reading TOUCH THE WALL

Boulder Weekly, Home Video, Reviews

DEATH IN VENICE

May 10, 2022May 1, 2022 Michael J. Casey

English actor Dirk Bogarde may have lived in the closet, but Italian filmmaker Luchino Visconti did not. Visconti also had the luxury of being born into an aristocratic family. So did German novelist Thomas Mann, but he struggled with his … Continue reading DEATH IN VENICE

Boulder Weekly, Home Video, Reviews

THE LURE (CÓRKI DANCINGU)

May 10, 2022May 1, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Working from Hans Anderson’s The Little Mermaid, the Polish musical The Lure (Córki dancingu—literally, “daughters of the dance club”) tells the tale of two seductive mermaid sisters: Silver (Marta Mazurek) and Golden (Michalina Olszanska), who beckon men to their watery graves with both … Continue reading THE LURE (CÓRKI DANCINGU)

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Megan Bloomfield (Natasha Lyonne) is the all-American girl next door. She’s bubbly and perky, lives in the suburbs with her parents, and is dating Jared (Brandt Wille), the high school football star. He’s a John Travolta look-a-like with the hair … Continue reading BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER

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