What are you boys fighting for? That’s the question writer-historian Shelby Foote tries to answer in Ken Burns’ landmark 1990 documentary The Civil War. Foote finds it in the story of a Union soldier encountering a beleaguered Confederate rebel, a … Continue reading CIVIL WAR
Midway through his life, Samet (Deniz Celiloğlu) looks around and sees nothing he likes. Originally from Istanbul, he obliges his mandatory teaching service in this remote village of perpetual winter with detachment and resentment. Samet’s only friend is a 13-year-old … Continue reading ABOUT DRY GRASSES (KURU OTLAR ÜSTÜNE)
Some people have all the luck, but Jabez Stone is not some people. He’s a New Hampshire farmer with little more to show than the mortgage he owes Miser Stevens. And he’s not the only one: All the farmers in … Continue reading ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY
Alejandro dreams of toys. Not crazy, outrageous toys or toys that bring excitement and pleasure, but pensive, melancholy toys reminding kids that time is finite and our actions meaningless. There’s a toy truck with a slowly leaking tire, a Cabbage … Continue reading PROBLEMISTA
It started as love but it ended with a body in the desert. Sometimes, that’s how these things go. But one look at the small New Mexico town where Loves Lies Bleeding is set, and you’ll get the impression that … Continue reading LOVE LIES BLEEDING
She makes the bed. She peels and boils the potatoes. She prepares the coffee and drinks milk. She cleans the small apartment she shares with her son. She takes a bath and services a john. Then she goes to bed, … Continue reading JEANNE DIELMAN, 23, QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES
On this edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the 20th Boulder International Film Festival, playing Feb. 29-March 3, and Dune: Part II, now playing in wide release. Continue reading
You know he’s the one because he’s a movie star with piercing eyes, floppy hair, goth vulnerability, and untapped strength all in one. He’s Prince Hal making good. His name is Paul Atreides. It’s the name his parents gave him, … Continue reading DUNE: PART TWO
Eddie Bartlett is a victim of circumstance. He enlisted and fought in the War to End All Wars and figured his job, his life, and his room would be waiting for him when he returned. Eddie was wrong. Then, he … Continue reading THE ROARING TWENTIES
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