The Japanese New Wave (1956–1976) doesn’t get near the love the French New Wave does in cinephile circles, but that doesn’t make the work any less significant. A key entry, Funeral Parade of Roses (Bara no Sōretsu) from 1969, was … Continue reading FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES
There are few filmmakers in the annals of cinema as notorious as Pier Paolo Pasolini. From his first film, Accatone—documenting a messianic pimp—to his last, Saló, or the 120 Days of Sodom: an infamous and notorious work that is either 145 minutes … Continue reading PASOLINI
Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo and I sit down to discuss Dark Phoenix, The Dead Don’t Die, a few to see for Pride Month, and the opening movie of this summer’s Chautauqua’s Silent Series, Hot Water. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 … Continue reading
Dark Phoenix, the latest installment in the current X-Men series, is fine. Yes, that is damning with faint praise, but considering Dark Phoenix’s odd mishmash of tones and race to the finishing line, “fine” is both good enough and the best outcome one could … Continue reading DARK PHOENIX
As the reality of summer blockbuster season sets in, a simple truth becomes all too clear: Moviegoing can be quite stressful. Death and destruction abound on the silver screen, sometimes from monsters raging for alpha dominance, other times from mutants … Continue reading ZEN FOR NOTHING
With the fourth round of the 2019 French Open underway, this weekend seems like the perfect time to re-visit one of 2018’s lesser-seen, but exquisitely constructed, documentaries, John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection (L’empire de la perfection). Directed by … Continue reading JOHN MCENROE: IN THE REALM OF PERFECTION
It’s not easy being a high schooler, let alone a high schooler in a small town. It seems like everyone knows who you are. And if they don’t, then they at least know who your parents are. Sometimes that’s worse. … Continue reading MA
Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo and I sit down to discuss Rocketman, Nureyev, and a few classics to catch up with. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., on KGNU’s Metro Arts: 88.5 FM and 1390 AM Denver/Boulder, 93.7 FM in Nederland, 98.7 … Continue reading
Why do you want to dance?Why do you want to live?Well, I don’t know exactly why, but I must.That’s my answer too. —Boris Lermontov and Vicky Page, The Red Shoes Born March 17, 1938, in Irkutsk, Russia, Rudolf Nureyev was a … Continue reading NUREYEV
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