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Category: Reviews

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

SPEER GOES TO HOLLYWOOD

November 3, 2022August 3, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Albert Speer was Adolph Hitler’s ally and chief architect, but unlike Hermann Göring and Alfred Jodi, he was not sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials. His excuse: He did not know about the crimes being committed—though he had no … Continue reading SPEER GOES TO HOLLYWOOD

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

October 27, 2022August 2, 2023 Michael J. Casey

The year is 1923, and a civil war wages on Irish soil. The country won independence from British rule the year prior, but conditions of the truce have motivated former brothers in arms to take up rifles against one another … Continue reading THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

TÁR

October 20, 2022August 2, 2023 Michael J. Casey

It’s about time. For conductor Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett), time is her job. Her right hand “starts the clock,” while her left shapes the music and guides the orchestra. She can also stop time, slow it down, speed it up, … Continue reading TÁR

Boulder Weekly, Home Video, Reviews

EVE’S BAYOU

October 20, 2022August 2, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Memory is the selection of images. Some elusive, others printed indelibly on the brain. Each image is like a thread, each thread woven together to make a tapestry of intricate texture. And the tapestry tells a story, and the story … Continue reading EVE’S BAYOU

Reviews

STARS AT NOON

October 14, 2022October 13, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Nicaragua, modern day: An American journalist meets an English businessman in a bar. Except she’s not really a journalist, and he’s not really a businessman. She offers sex for money, and he complies. She falls for him and continues sleeping … Continue reading STARS AT NOON

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

RIOTSVILLE, USA

October 13, 2022August 2, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Following the long, hot summer of 1967, the U.S. Army built a series of mock towns called “Riotsville,” serving as training grounds for military and police on how to deal with civil unrest at home. The trainings went hand in … Continue reading RIOTSVILLE, USA

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

HOCKEYLAND

October 13, 2022August 2, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Eveleth, Minnesota, is home to fewer than 5,000 residents and the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. Up here, hockey is a way of life—specifically, high school hockey with the Eveleth Golden Bears.  The Golden Bears used to be a juggernaut, … Continue reading HOCKEYLAND

Reviews

AMSTERDAM

October 6, 2022September 12, 2024 Michael J. Casey

Burt and Harold have been accused of murder. Not in the legal sense, mind you, with arrests and affidavits, attorneys and judges, but in the old-fashioned way of finger-pointing and yelling louder than everyone else. You see, Burt Berendsen (Christian … Continue reading AMSTERDAM

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

MEMORIA

October 6, 2022August 2, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Jessica first heard the bang in the early morning hours. It’s an unearthly sound, a loud thump she describes as a big concrete ball falling into a metallic well surrounded by seawater. Certainly not a sound you hear every day. … Continue reading MEMORIA

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