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Category: Reviews

Boulder Weekly, Film Festival

Local Buzz: 2023 Ebert Interruprtus & Women+Film Festival

April 13, 2023July 25, 2023 Michael J. Casey

There are some months when life in Colorado is an embarrassment of riches. April is one such month. And those craving moving images and good conversation will have two exceptional choices this weekend. Let’s start in Boulder with the Ebert … Continue reading Local Buzz: 2023 Ebert Interruprtus & Women+Film Festival

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SHOWING UP

April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Lizzy is an artist. Her landlord is also an artist. So are her dad, mother, and colleagues at the Portland art and craft school where Lizzy works. Creation surrounds Lizzy in a way that feels wholly organic and so common … Continue reading SHOWING UP

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SUZUME (すずめの戸締まり)

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Suzume Iwato is your typical 17-year-old Japanese girl, which means it’s up to her to save the world.  One morning while on break between classes, Suzume and her friends’ cell phones all light up with earthquake warning messages. It’s not … Continue reading SUZUME (すずめの戸締まり)

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

PAINT

April 6, 2023August 3, 2023 Michael J. Casey

With a tightly wound blond perm, a smoker’s pipe and a voice that registers just north of a whisper, Carl Nargle is one of the biggest draws on Burlington, Vermont public television. Broadcasting daily from 3 to 4 p.m., Carl … Continue reading PAINT

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AIR

April 5, 2023April 6, 2023 Michael J. Casey

A shoe is just a shoe. Until someone steps into it. That’s Nike’s mantra, repeated by the man who designs the shoes, the man who markets the shoes, and the man who is on the cusp of revolutionizing them. A … Continue reading AIR

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

A THOUSAND AND ONE

March 30, 2023August 3, 2023 Michael J. Casey

If necessity is the mother of invention, then Inez de la Paz needs to invent a new life for herself and her little boy. Terry is 6 years old and drowning in the New York foster care system. Inez doesn’t … Continue reading A THOUSAND AND ONE

Boulder Weekly, Essays, Reviews

THE BOSTON STRANGLER

March 23, 2023August 3, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Boston was in a panic. Thirteen women were murdered from June 1962 to January 1964. All were in their homes; all were alone. There was no evidence of forced entry, and though the cabinets and dressers were ransacked, police couldn’t … Continue reading THE BOSTON STRANGLER

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

THE RUNNER (دونده)

March 16, 2023August 3, 2023 Michael J. Casey

The child has no parents, no siblings, no relatives to speak of. He’s 11 years old, and what happened before the movie starts is of little concern. Ditto for what happens after the credits roll. If that makes The Runner … Continue reading THE RUNNER (دونده)

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED

March 9, 2023August 3, 2023 Michael J. Casey

When money talks, who speaks the truth? That’s one of the guiding questions behind All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, the Oscar-nominated documentary by Laura Poitras. But the driving force is Nan Goldin, a celebrated queer photographer and founding member … Continue reading ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED

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