This weekend should be the conclusion of the 73rd Cannes Film Festival and the crowing of the new Palme d’Or, but it was not to be. A highly communicable virus had other plans, so we soldier on without one. Thankfully, … Continue reading This week in Film — THE TREE OF LIFE and other Palme d’Or winners
Onward, Disney/Pixar’s latest, is the studios first original work in three years, but still feels derivative. A second viewing improves and deepens the character’s relationships, but the quest aspect of story introduces a lot of noise, and the magical creature … Continue reading ONWARD
Coco gets better with every viewing. Cars 3 improves slightly. Toy Story 4 does not. It makes the construction lazier, motivation messier, and rewrites a central character to make him the fool. It’s not one for the ages. From Boulder Weekly Vol. 26, No. 45, “To infinity, … Continue reading TOY STORY 4
One good turn deserves another, and from yesterday’s Coco to today’s Cars 3, there’s much to find in every Pixar movie. A revisit proves that the underlying story and emotion holds up—enough. McQueen’s decline and Cruz’s rise are unbalanced, and many middle scenes … Continue reading CARS 3
In 2017 I had the chance to interview Danielle Feinberg, director of photography at Pixar. The cause for the occasion was the release of Coco, a fantastical story of a young boy who inadvertently travels to the land of the dead. … Continue reading Interview with Danielle Feinberg
Journalist cum filmmaker Mark Cousins has done just a little bit of everything. He’s made documentaries (The Eyes of Orson Welles), city symphonies (What Is This Film Called Love?), narratives (Stockholm, My Love), even an alternative film school in the … Continue reading THE STORY OF FILM
On this week’s After Image, I chat with Veronica Straight-Lingo about Blow the Man Down (available on Amazon Prime), and recommend a couple of from Alfred Hitchcock, specifically Frenzy, The 39 Steps, and Shadow of a Doubt. Listen to After Image, Fridays at … Continue reading
I’ve had Hitchcock on the brain recently. Partly because Blow the Man Down (reviewed in this week’s Boulder Weekly), and partly because I’ve been going back through all my Hitchcock Blu-rays, listening to commentary tracks and enjoying the bonus features, … Continue reading VERTIGO
“I don’t make slices of life. I make slices of cake.” —Alfred Hitchcock From the Master of Suspense, to a slight case of accidental murder in a New England fishing village. Lots of good things to read and watch this … Continue reading This week in Film — BLOW THE MAN DOWN and Alfred Hitchcock
Going for a walk around the neighborhood, I spied several banners hung over front doors and balloons tied to mailboxes. Jeanne graduated from Arizona State University. Stephen just finished his stint at Wheat Ridge High School. Brittany also graduated, but … Continue reading EIGHTH GRADE
