On September 8, 2018, Sir Elton Hercules John—born Reginald Kenneth Dwight—began the first leg of the five-leg farewell concert tour, his last lap around the world as a touring musician before retiring in 2021. John plans to play over 300 … Continue reading ROCKETMAN
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare: Their child has gone missing. Father Julien Perrin (Guillaume Canet) races home to his estranged ex-wife (Mélanie Laurent) and her new beau (Olivier de Benoist). There, the police greet him, show him the camp from … Continue reading MY SON (MON GARCÇON)
Written and directed by Lukas Feigelfeld, the Austrian/German film Hagazussa: A Heathen’s Curse is divided into four chapters: Shadow, Horn, Blood, and Fire. In Shadow, a single mother cares for her daughter in a lone cabin located somewhere in the 15th century … Continue reading HAGAZUSSA: A HEATHEN’S CURSE
Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo and I sit down to discuss Aladdin, Hagazussa, and Long Day’s Journey Into Night. 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 FM in Fort … Continue reading
Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) have been living under a false assumption. Wanting to get ahead, they decided to eschew social lives and spend high school with their noses in the books. And with the walls of their … Continue reading BOOKSMART
Some movies are better left misunderstood. A Long Day’s Journey Into Night might be one of those movies. Sure, if you wanted to, you could noodle out the plot, the main characters’ desires, and what it all means. Or, you can surrender … Continue reading LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (地球最后的夜晚)
Good news, Longmont: The movies have returned to Main Street. You’ve probably seen the building about a hundred times: the Longmont Performing Arts Center at 513 Main St. It’s been there for years (since 1939, to be precise), and though … Continue reading Movies on Main: The Return of the Trojan Movie House
There’s no point in rehashing the plot of Aladdin, Disney’s 2019 live-action remake of their similarly titled 1992 animated film—screenwriters John August and Guy Ritchie (who also directs) closely follow the story of a diamond-in-the-rough street rat and his monkey sidekick … Continue reading ALADDIN
Science fiction writers and dreamers have long been fascinated with the concept of life beyond Earth. Maybe it’s on the dark side of the moon, maybe Mars; maybe Titan, maybe another solar system altogether. Surely we can’t be the only … Continue reading ANIARA
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