Native to sub-Saharan Africa, the guinea fowl is a communal bird that doubles as a guard animal. Whenever a predator is nearby, guinea fowl begin to chirp in cooperation with other guinea fowl to alert all within earshot that a … Continue reading ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL
Weird alien goo has attacked Earth. What are a pig and a duck to do? Well, if the pig is Porky and the duck is Daffy, then the results are bound to be loony. And in the case of The … Continue reading THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the 21st Boulder International Film Festival and pick four to see at this year’s fest: The Friend, The White House Effect, In Waves and War, and One to One: John & Yoko. Continue reading
The Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) turns 21 this year. If it were a person, it could order a drink. Frankly, BIFF could probably use one, with the sword of Sundance hanging over its head. And while questions of film … Continue reading BIFF Marches On: Previewing the 2025 Boulder International Film Festival
You might not believe it, but the Academy Awards mean a lot. Sure, it’s nice to be nominated, but winning that 8.5-pound golden statue—designed by the great MGM art director Cedric Gibbons and, allegedly, modeled after a nude sketch of … Continue reading FLOW and INCIDENT: Two First-Time Nominees to Root for at the 2025 Oscars
Kelly Sears isn’t impatient, but she’s eager for the 2025 Brakhage Symposium to begin. “I’m ready to hit play and see it unfold,” the CU Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts associate professor and filmmaker says. She’s not alone. For … Continue reading ‘New Forms of Cinema.’ Previewing the 2025 Brakhage Symposium
Though he’s from the jungles of Peru, Paddington is British through and through. Sent to London by his kind and wise Aunt Lucy, the orphaned bear was adopted by the Brown family, named after the train station where they found … Continue reading PADDINGTON IN PERU
In 1985, Jean-Luc Godard—the enfant terrible of the French New Wave—and the Israeli producer Menahem Golan signed a contract on a cocktail napkin: the story of King Lear, written by Norman Mailer, filmed by Godard, ready for the following year’s … Continue reading KING LEAR
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Continue reading
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