On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Knock at the Cabin, out now in theaters. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3 p.m., on KGNU’s Metro Arts: 88.5 FM and 1390 AM … Continue reading
SENSES OF CINEMA: 2022 World Cinema Poll
Every year, the Australian-based online quarterly, Senses of Cinema, invites writers from all over the globe to submit their selections for the best movies of the year. The top 10 you are probably familiar with at this point, but the following … Continue reading SENSES OF CINEMA: 2022 World Cinema Poll
CAUSEWAY
Jennifer Lawrence plays Lynsey, a soldier returning from Afghanistan after a traumatic experience. Brian Tyree Henry plays James, a mechanic drifting through life trying to put his own trauma behind him. Yes, they come together and help each other, but … Continue reading CAUSEWAY
ARGENTINA, 1985
The nominees for the 95th Academy Awards are in: 54 movies competing in 23 categories. The headlines already belong to the genre-smashing Everything Everywhere All at Once—11 nominations in total, including Best Picture, Best Director, and four acting noms—and the … Continue reading ARGENTINA, 1985
KNOCK AT THE CABIN
It starts with a young girl catching grasshoppers outside a cabin in the woods. Then a man approaches. He’s a big man, as thick as a tree and with tattoos covering practically every inch of skin, but his voice is … Continue reading KNOCK AT THE CABIN
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about CU-Boulder’s International Film Series spring calendar and the plethora of great movies hitting the big screen for those living in the Boulder/Denver area. Listen … Continue reading
THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI
Orson Welles needed money. That’s how this story begins. Back in 1946, Welles was putting the finishing touches on an ambitious stage production of Around the World in 80 Days—a musical!—and funds were running dry. So he called studio boss … Continue reading THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI
Fun with aspects ratios in THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI
How many times can you watch a movie before you discover its secrets? I’ve probably seen Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane more than any other movie. That’s not something I set out to do; it just sort of happened that way. Ten years ago, … Continue reading Fun with aspects ratios in THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Saint Omer, out now in theaters, and Imitation of Life, newly restored and released on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection. Listen to After Image, … Continue reading
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