There were action comedies before Jackie Chan, and there were action comedies after Jackie Chan. The ones that come after are better. Technically, the ones with Chan are the best. He’s the Fred Astaire of his genre, a transformative presence … Continue reading The Project A Collection
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the black comedy A Different Man and the uplifting documentary Blink, both out now in theaters. Continue reading
These movies may take you as far away as a dilapidated house deep in the heart of Texas, a disappearing glacier in Iceland, or even as close as a wildlife refuge in Rocky Flats. But they all have one thing … Continue reading Locally Grown: Previewing the 2024 Denver Film Festival
Edward is a man alone. He lives a solitary life in a decaying New York apartment with a rotting ceiling. He’s an actor on an industrial short, the kind new hires have to watch as part of their diversity, equity, … Continue reading A DIFFERENT MAN
The world is closing in on the Pelletier family, and retinitis pigmentosa is the cause. An incurable disease, retinitis pigmentosa slowly erodes the vision into a closing iris of tunnel vision. Three of the four Pelletier children have it, and … Continue reading BLINK
The young girl has a vision. A knight in shining armor riding a horse in a forest approaches. But the vision ends there. “I never wanted to be rescued,” the woman says much later in life. She is Vivienne Le … Continue reading THE DEAD DON’T HURT
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Megalopolis and My Old Ass, both out now in theaters. Continue reading
They’re a young couple, and they’re in love. He’s a background actor working his way up, and she’s expecting their first child any day now. They have a yippy little Pomeranian, a beautiful apartment, and a life so idyllic that … Continue reading SLEEP (잠)
It’s a typical fantasy: the desire to go back and tell the younger version of yourself something. Steer yourself in one direction over another, maximize pleasure and minimize pain. Do this, don’t do that, and you won’t have to experience … Continue reading MY OLD ASS
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