GUNMAN’S WALK
The father has two sons and one of them is rotten. The only problem is the father sees more of himself in the rotten one than the other. This here is the West, and 20 years ago, it took men … Continue reading GUNMAN’S WALK
On this week edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about The Shrouds, out now in wide release, and The Decline of Western Civilization, playing the Dairy Arts Center Friday Night Weird series. Continue reading
A WOMAN OF PARIS
The year was 1919, and Charles Chaplin, along with Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith, and Mary Pickford, formed the distribution company United Artists. Four years later, made with his own money and on his own schedule, Chaplin released his first film … Continue reading A WOMAN OF PARIS
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Sinners, out now in theaters. Continue reading
Documentaries for Concerned Citizens: Cinematic Survival Guide, Vol. 2
Concerned about what?” That was the question an attendee at the Conference on World Affairs posed after hearing about the theme of the ongoing Boulder Weekly special issue series: A Survival Guide for Concerned Citizens. “Concerned about the planet?” he … Continue reading Documentaries for Concerned Citizens: Cinematic Survival Guide, Vol. 2
SINNERS
The twins have come home. Years ago, they left for the war in Europe, then money in Chicago, but now they’re back in 1930s Mississippi with a truckload of Irish beer and Italian wine and designs to open up a … Continue reading SINNERS
Distress Flares: Cinematic Survival Guide, Vol. 1
We’ve been here before. Sure, it seems worse, and some of the problems we’re facing are novel, but you don’t have to look hard to find analogs and parallels from the past. As Mark Twain put it: “History doesn’t repeat … Continue reading Distress Flares: Cinematic Survival Guide, Vol. 1
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about The Wizard of Oz presented by Ebert Interruptus, April 8-10 at the Conference on World Affairs at the University of Colorado Boulder, and share some fond memories of Interruptus past. Continue reading
THE FRIEND
Aging and acclaimed writer Walter has died by his own hand. He leaves behind three wives, a friend, and a very large, very un-neutered Great Dane: Apollo. How Apollo (Bing) came to Walter (Bill Murray) is part of Walter’s mythology. … Continue reading THE FRIEND
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