On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Gladiator II, out now in theaters, and, in honor of Thanksgiving, highlight some of my favorite food moments, including slicing garlic in GoodFellas, making a mushroom omelet in Phantom Thread, slicing fish in Jiro Dreams of Sushi, and favorite food movies: Babette’s Feast and The Taste of Things. Continue reading

‘Making Something Special’ Sean Baker on his Palme d’Or winning ANORA

I don’t know why film school teaches you certain things; I really don’t,” filmmaker Sean Baker says, shaking his head. “I’ve had to unlearn everything I learned.” Maybe that’s not a ringing endorsement for Baker’s alma mater, but the unlearning … Continue reading ‘Making Something Special’ Sean Baker on his Palme d’Or winning ANORA