AIR
A shoe is just a shoe. Until someone steps into it. That’s Nike’s mantra, repeated by the man who designs the shoes, the man who markets the shoes, and the man who is on the cusp of revolutionizing them. A … Continue reading AIR
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about A Thousand and One, the newly released winner of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize; a new documentary about an … Continue reading
A THOUSAND AND ONE
If necessity is the mother of invention, then Inez de la Paz needs to invent a new life for herself and her little boy. Terry is 6 years old and drowning in the New York foster care system. Inez doesn’t … Continue reading A THOUSAND AND ONE
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about The Boston Strangler times two. Two true crime narratives based on the 1960s serial murders from two different perspectives with two surprisingly different conclusions. … Continue reading
THE BOSTON STRANGLER
Boston was in a panic. Thirteen women were murdered from June 1962 to January 1964. All were in their homes; all were alone. There was no evidence of forced entry, and though the cabinets and dressers were ransacked, police couldn’t … Continue reading THE BOSTON STRANGLER
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about The Runner, newly restored and making the art-house theater rounds, and join the chorus of voices asking for your support. It’s KGNU’s Spring Fund Drive, don’tcha … Continue reading
THE RUNNER (دونده)
The child has no parents, no siblings, no relatives to speak of. He’s 11 years old, and what happened before the movie starts is of little concern. Ditto for what happens after the credits roll. If that makes The Runner … Continue reading THE RUNNER (دونده)
Sympathy for the Devil
The revolution as seen through the eyes of the those revolved out in Memories of Underdevelopment and Tár The year is 2022, and conductor Lydia Tár is a foot from the top. Her memoir, Tár on Tár, will be published in … Continue reading Sympathy for the Devil
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
When money talks, who speaks the truth? That’s one of the guiding questions behind All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, the Oscar-nominated documentary by Laura Poitras. But the driving force is Nan Goldin, a celebrated queer photographer and founding member … Continue reading ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
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