Skip to content

Michael J. Cinema

  • Home
  • Reviews
    • Books
    • Home Video
    • Film Festival
    • Best Of…
  • Boulder Weekly
  • KGNU: After Image
  • Sunday Streams
  • Interviews
  • About
Boulder Weekly

This week in Film — Oscar-nominated Short Subjects

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The Oscar-nominated short subjects: They’re a highlight of every Academy Award ceremony: A snapshot of what is possible with less and what the future of the form might hold. Three categories—Animation, Documentary, Live Action—with five nominations apiece: Of the three … Continue reading This week in Film — Oscar-nominated Short Subjects

Boulder Weekly, Home Video, Reviews

SMOOTH TALK

March 30, 2021March 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Tall, skinny, blond, and lonely, Connie wants to meet someone and go somewhere. Where really doesn’t matter, and who she doesn’t know yet—maybe someone who looks like James Dean and sings like James Taylor. She’s only 15, so there’s a … Continue reading SMOOTH TALK

Boulder Weekly, Interviews

STORIES WE TELL

March 29, 2021March 13, 2021 Michael J. Casey

About halfway through Sarah Polley’s 2013 documentary Stories We Tell, Michael Polley turns to his daughter and asked, “What is this documentary about?” Well, it’s about stories and, as Melissa Tamminga adds, “Storytelling.” In addition to writing film criticism for Seattle Screen Scene, … Continue reading STORIES WE TELL

Boulder Weekly, Reviews, Sunday Streams

MY BRILLIANT CAREER

March 28, 2021March 13, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Adapted from the novel by Miles Franklin (the pen name for Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin), My Brilliant Career is the Australian story of one woman, two suitors, and a passion for the pen. Both men want marriage, and Sybylla (Judy Davis) … Continue reading MY BRILLIANT CAREER

KGNU: After Image
March 27, 2021March 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Oscar—Oscar, Oscar! Specifically, the short films nominated (playing CU-Boulder’s International Film Series starting April 2), and a couple other picks you can catch right … Continue reading

Reviews

FLANNERY

March 23, 2021March 15, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Born March 25, 1925, in Savannah, Georgia, Mary Flannery O’Connor made her public debut at the age of 5, when a Pathé cameraman from New York came to photograph her chicken. The chicken walked backward. If it didn’t, you could … Continue reading FLANNERY

Boulder Weekly, Interviews

BORN IN FLAMES

March 22, 2021March 13, 2021 Michael J. Casey

It’s been 10 years since the Social-Democratic War of Liberation: “The most peaceful revolution the world has known.” So opens director Lizzie Borden’s incendiary 1983 film, Born in Flames—a guerrilla-style collage of archival footage, documentary, and scripted narrative that’s as relevant … Continue reading BORN IN FLAMES

Sunday Streams

HYPOCRITES

March 21, 2021March 20, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The more things change, the more they stay the same. That’s the idea behind Lois Weber’s 1915 film, Hypocrites, a morality play that finds parallels between the medieval period and 1910s America. It’s also the thought that races through your brain … Continue reading HYPOCRITES

KGNU: After Image
March 20, 2021March 19, 2021 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about a few movies that premiered at the SXSW Film Festival that you can soon see via streaming (Introducing, Selma Blair and WeWork: or the … Continue reading

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts
Website Powered by WordPress.com.
Cancel

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Loading Comments...
Comment
    ×