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
As the story goes, writer/producer/director extraordinaire Francis Ford Coppola started working on Megalopolis in the early 1980s. Back then, Coppola was coming off one hell of a decade. The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, Apocalypse Now… He was … Continue reading MEGALOPOLIS
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the documentary ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! and the slightly sci-fi, wholly anti-aging body horror The Substance (both now in theaters). Continue reading
Collectively, they released 43 films over four decades, reinvigorated an infatuation with costume dramas, and became high-water marks of independent productions. Why they aren’t household names or the titles on the tips of future filmmakers’ tongues is a bit of … Continue reading MERCHANT IVORY
Their world crumbled, so they came to ours. They came from far away and are doing their best to assimilate—to our ways, our beliefs, our culture, even our appearance. It’s all pretty baffling to them, but they’re trying, and they … Continue reading THE BECOMERS
This weekend, you could celebrate the 70th anniversary of Seven Samurai—“one of the most thrilling movie epics of all time,” according to esteemed film critic, Roger Ebert. Next week, it could be a quiet but powerful drama starring Dakota Johnson … Continue reading Cinematic Staple: Previewing the Fall 2024 International Film Series
Politics and entertainment have always been entangled. Sometimes, it’s mockery with a message (Charlie Chaplin clowning on Adolph Hitler in The Great Dictator). Other times, it’s an attempt to expose a local cause to a larger public (the striking miners … Continue reading Making Change: The Most Significant Political Films of All Time
And then there were three. In a Sept. 12 press release, the Sundance Institute announced the top three candidates to host the future of the Sundance Film Festival. Boulder made the cut. The other two candidates are Cincinnati, Ohio, and … Continue reading Boulder Makes the Cut: Sundance Announces Top Finalists to Host Famed Film Festival
It seems like every time you go back to the core myths, the basic structures of morality governing practically any religion or region on the planet, you encounter the same three warnings: Don’t covet money; don’t covet power; don’t covet … Continue reading THE SUBSTANCE
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