On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about a new series coming to the Boedecker Theater: The International Road Movie with Suranjan Ganguly. Continue reading
Decoding John Ford
When Orson Welles was asked what filmmakers he admired, he responded, “I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.” Born John Martin Feeney in Maine in 1894—though he disputed two of those … Continue reading Decoding John Ford
The International Road Movie with Suranjan Ganguly
Nothing screams summer quite like a road trip. The pull of the open road, the freedom to choose this path or that, the small pockets of life one comes across on the way to the destination, the transformative experience of … Continue reading The International Road Movie with Suranjan Ganguly
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about two new music documentaries streaming on Disney+: The Beach Boys and Let It Be. Continue reading
THE BEACH BOYS and LET IT BE
Few cinematic forms benefited from the advent of digital technology like the documentary. And not just in cost and access to equipment but in the proliferation of digital archives directors can draw upon. Add social media’s connective power to track … Continue reading THE BEACH BOYS and LET IT BE
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, in theaters everywhere, and the newly released set from The Criterion Collection: Three Revolutionary Films from Ousmane Sembène. Continue reading
FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
The child comes from the land of abundance. There is greenery, fruit, water, animals—an entire civilization living and working together inside this Edenic enclave surrounded by hot desert. That hot desert is what’s left of Australia, possibly the world, after … Continue reading FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about I Saw the TV Glow and Evil Does Not Exist, both new to theaters. Continue reading
I SAW THE TV GLOW
The place is filled with glowing neon lights, loud noises, and whirling games. Families play and celebrate birthday parties, but down the center aisle shuffles an old-timer apologizing to everyone and no one for their behavior. It’s a new medication, … Continue reading I SAW THE TV GLOW
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