On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about two can’t miss movies to catch in theaters: The Boy and the Heron and A Brighter Summer Day. Listen to After Image, Fridays at … Continue reading
JOHN FORD
Joseph McBride has written extensively on the Hollywood director, always when Ford’s legacy needed rescuing. His first book on the filmmaker, which he co-authored with Michael Wilmington and first published in 1975, has been revised and expanded and will be re-released by the University Press of Kentucky on Dec. 5. Continue reading JOHN FORD
A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (牯嶺街少年殺人事件)
A crime drama about rival street gangs, a romance between two high schoolers, a history of shadow politics, and a young man who feels destined to become the Taiwanese Elvis—these are the components that comprise Edward Yang’s 1991 historical drama, … Continue reading A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (牯嶺街少年殺人事件)
THE STORY OF FILM: A NEW GENERATION
In The Story of Film, Mark Cousins traces the innovations and development of cinema’s first century. The book, published in 2004, spans roughly 400 pages with about as many photographs. Cousins’ 2011 documentary of the same name runs 15 hours and … Continue reading THE STORY OF FILM: A NEW GENERATION
The wonderful world of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Continue reading
WISH
It all started in Kansas City with a young dreamer named Walt Disney. Alice’s Wonderland wasn’t his first creation, but it was significant. The silent comedy, released in the fall of 1923, blended hand-drawn animation and live-action into something that … Continue reading WISH
THE POWER OF THE DOG
The year is 1925. In Europe, Benito Mussolini declares himself dictator of Italy. In nearby Germany, Adolph Hitler publishes the first volume of Mein Kampf. In America, F. Scott Fitzgerald also publishes a book, this one set in New York: The Great … Continue reading THE POWER OF THE DOG
New in theaters: “The Holdovers” and “Saltburn.” Continue reading
SALTBURN
Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) is an enigma. It’s 2006, and Oliver’s first day at Oxford University commences without any friends, without any family, and without any past. But something in his laser stare speaks louder than words ever could. Sporting … Continue reading SALTBURN
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