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
¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! is kind of like Kitchen Nightmares but with celebrities and a beloved artifact of kitschy 1970s Colorado history. The celebrities in question are Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the successful duo behind Cannibal: The Musical, South … Continue reading ¡CASA BONITA MI AMOR!
Maybe you were underwhelmed by the summer blockbuster season. A lot of them did feel somewhat unfinished and underdeveloped, didn’t they? Perhaps you felt the spring release slate was a little light, and the winter award season was a tad … Continue reading Here Comes Cinema: 2024 Fall Movie Preview
The magnificent stranger rides in from nowhere and with no destination. He sports brown boots, shrunk-to-fit dark jeans, and a forest green serape with a white pattern. He’ll give the name “Joe” when asked, but names don’t really mean much … Continue reading A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the 51st Telluride Film Festival, and some of my favorite titles from the fest: Will & Harper, Emilia Pérez, and The Apprentice. Continue reading
We’re coming up on the 200th birthday of motion pictures,” film editor Walter Murch told the audience at the 51st Telluride Film Festival. “I said pictures, not photography,” he continued, pointing out that the first zoetropes and phenakistiscopes created crude … Continue reading In the Cut: Dispatch From the 51st Telluride Film Festival
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the newly released International Film Series fall calendar and TCM’s new series, Making Change: The Most Significant Political Films of All Time. Continue reading
Former CU professor and current filmmaker Alex Cox is gearing up to make his final feature. “I don’t want it to be my last movie,” Cox says. “It’s just that it very well may be the case. It’s been seven … Continue reading Go West! Alex Cox on Making His Last Movie and the Re-Release of His First
The best Italian westerns revolve around revenge. And, as the old Confucian saying goes, “He who seeks revenge digs two graves.” Robert Hossein’s Cemetery Without Crosses (Une corde, un colt) is a revenge tale so sparse the characters needn’t speak … Continue reading CEMETERY WITHOUT CROSSES (UNE CORDE, UN COLT)
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