JOKER
“I am a sick man… I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man.” —Notes From the Underground, Fyodor Dostoyevsky Who makes the monster, and where do they come from? We’ve been asking those questions for far too long … Continue reading JOKER
On this week’s edition of After Image, I sit down with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo to discuss the new Judy Garland bio-pic, Judy, a meta-zombie comedy, One Cut of the Dead, and the Boedecker’s screening of 1976’s Network. Listen to … Continue reading
ONE CUT OF THE DEAD (カメラを止めるな!)
Somewhere in a remote part of Japan, a film crew is shooting a low-budget zombie movie in an abandoned World War II facility. The two leads are teen heartthrobs, and the director is of the megalomaniac variety. He can’t get … Continue reading ONE CUT OF THE DEAD (カメラを止めるな!)
NETWORK
When writer Paddy Chayefsky penned the script for Network, he stumbled onto something special. When director Sidney Lumet and actors Faye Dunaway and William Holden joined, it became mythical. Released in 1976, Network is a landmark of American cinema. For some, it’s an … Continue reading NETWORK
(So You Want) Joe McDoakes Comedies…
One of my favorite TCM discoveries of 2018 was a 10-minute short Warner Bros. and Vitaphone production: So You Want to Be a Detective. Starring George O’Hanlon (who would go on to voice George Jetson), and created by Richard L. … Continue reading (So You Want) Joe McDoakes Comedies…
On this week’s edition of After Image, I sit down with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo to discuss the new sci-fi epic, Ad Astra, and a documentary about the epic abilities of mushrooms, Fantastic Fungi. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., on … Continue reading
AD ASTRA
Ad Astra, from filmmaker par excellence James Gray, opens with a shot of the cosmos, vast and terrifying. As the camera pans across the twinkling dots of a thousand suns, a lens flare catches the frame and briefly illuminates the … Continue reading AD ASTRA
FANTASTIC FUNGI
For Paul Stamets, it begins and ends with mushrooms. From death, they create life. From fractures, they create connections. And from sickness, they create health. “Mushrooms represent rebirth. Rejuvenation. Regeneration,” Stamets says. Fantastic Fungi, directed by Louie Schwartzberg and edited by … Continue reading FANTASTIC FUNGI
MS. PURPLE
Life at the bottom isn’t easy. Near the bottom ain’t any easier, and that’s where Kasie (Tiffany Chu) resides. Her mother left when she was a child, her father (James Kang) is a bed-ridden invalid in his final days, and … Continue reading MS. PURPLE
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