There’s a man in a jacket fashioned out of large reflective sequins, a woman clad in black dancing in the desert, a sparsely populated nightclub in Los Angeles, a bare-knuckle fight to the death in a warehouse, and two lovers … Continue reading CARMEN
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the new release, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, the 32nd feature installment in the MCU which kicked off 15 years ago with Iron … Continue reading
What’s your level of interest here? It’s been 15 years and 30-plus features—not to mention TV and streaming series—since Iron Man kicked open the doors to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), arguably the most significant, if not financially successful, franchise … Continue reading THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
There are Hollywood icons, and then there’s James Stewart. He was the guy who told Donna Reed he’d “throw a lasso around the moon” and bring it to her. He convinced more than a few people that a 6-foot-tall rabbit … Continue reading Anthony Mann Directs James Stewart
Some want to fit in; some want to stand out. Some want to raise healthy and happy babies; others crave financial security above all else. We all have goals, and teenager Ria Khan (Priya Kansara) wants to be a stuntwoman … Continue reading POLITE SOCIETY
A lonely man drifts into town. So begins countless westerns written for the page and made for the screen. But this one’s a little different. This time that lone soul isn’t a gunslinger making his bones, a mysterious man trying … Continue reading THE WESTERNER
It ain’t like it used to be. But it’ll do.” So says one grizzled old timer to another at the end of 1969’s The Wild Bunch—one of the few movies that can truly claim to have changed the trajectory of … Continue reading “You ain’t seen nothing yet!” Dispatches from the 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival
There are some months when life in Colorado is an embarrassment of riches. April is one such month. And those craving moving images and good conversation will have two exceptional choices this weekend. Let’s start in Boulder with the Ebert … Continue reading Local Buzz: 2023 Ebert Interruprtus & Women+Film Festival
Lizzy is an artist. Her landlord is also an artist. So are her dad, mother, and colleagues at the Portland art and craft school where Lizzy works. Creation surrounds Lizzy in a way that feels wholly organic and so common … Continue reading SHOWING UP
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