Located high in the Italian Alps, Grana is home to 183 residents, two shops, one bar, and a school. It’s a charming mountain village surrounded by breathtaking beauty, and it’s where Pietro and his mother have come for the summer. … Continue reading THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS (LE OTTO MONTAGNE)
Beth and Don have an enviable marriage. She’s a creative writing teacher for The New School in New York City, with a decent-selling memoir under her belt. He’s a psychiatrist with an office that just screams high fees. He seems … Continue reading YOU HURT MY FEELINGS
Muller combines a wealth of information about the films that have come to define his career along with the drinks he’s discovered, perfected, and invented. “Noir Bar” is one of those rare books that blends subjects so seamlessly that even non-drinkers or novice film lovers will find enjoyable. Continue reading EDDIE MULLER’S NOIR BAR
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the latest from Paul Schrader, Master Gardener (out now in limited release), and the documentary, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (out in limited … Continue reading
The man sits alone in his room. His name is Narvel Roth (Joel Edgerton) and he is a gardener, but he might as well be Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) or gambler William Tell (Oscar Isaac) or any one of … Continue reading MASTER GARDENER
Even before Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, he had a hard time sitting still. It was part of his go-getter attitude that made him a superstar while he was still in his 20s—to say nothing of how effectively … Continue reading STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE
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
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