On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about two new movies out in theaters: A Quiet Place: Day One and Kinds of Kindness. Continue reading
A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE
Why they’re here and what they plan to do is never spelled out. They’re a monstrous alien race that has invaded Earth and is systematically wiping out every last human they can hunt down. They can’t see, and they can’t … Continue reading A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE
KINDS OF KINDNESS
What do you even say about a movie like Kinds of Kindness? Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, the film is composed of three stories, each involving a handful of characters, each played by the same handful of actors. The stories don’t … Continue reading KINDS OF KINDNESS
JANET PLANET
Rural Massachusetts, 1991: Eleven-year-old Lacy sneaks out of her summer camp bunk, crosses a field under the darkness of night, enters the barn where the phone is, and calls her mom. “I’m going to kill myself if you don’t come … Continue reading JANET PLANET
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Hit Man (streaming on Netflix) and The Bikeriders (in theaters). Continue reading
HIT MAN
You wouldn’t see Gary Johnson coming a mile away. He looks a lot like a classic dweeb with those glasses and terrible haircut—never mind that it’s Glen Powell with his chiseled physique and disarming smile under all of that. Gary … Continue reading HIT MAN
THE BIKERIDERS
If you were to judge a movie by its poster, then you might expect The Bikeriders to be anchored by Austin Butler’s brooding, wild-haired motorcycle fiend. His name is Benny, and though he’s an integral part of the narrative, Benny … Continue reading THE BIKERIDERS
TUESDAY
The specter of death hangs over everyone and everything. In the movie Tuesday by writer-director Daina Oniunas-Pusić, that specter takes the form of a size-shifting parrot—a filthy, scarred one with a deep and terrifying voice supplied by Arinzé Kene. How … Continue reading TUESDAY
INSIDE OUT 2
I don’t remember when I started puberty or when I became aware that something was happening, but I distinctly remember a recurring fantasy throughout the process of wanting to condense six or seven years of hormonal, physical, and mental growth … Continue reading INSIDE OUT 2
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