On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the latest period drama from Robert Eggers, The Northman, now in wide release. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., on KGNU’s Metro Arts: … Continue reading
There’s a lot about The Northman that is ancient and just as much that’s mythic. It’s Shakespearean in its bones, but touches of Confucius, Sophocles and Wolfram von Eschenbach are never far from reach. There’s even a surprising tribute to Disney’s The Lion … Continue reading THE NORTHMAN
For the first time since COVID sank its spikey teeth into gatherings great and small, the TCM Classic Film Festival returns to Hollywood Boulevard for four days of essentials, discoveries, and anniversary screenings. The governing theme this year is, fittingly, … Continue reading All Together Now: Back to the Big Screen
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about a couple of new movies out in theaters: Nalvany and Dual. And for those looking for a bonus title, I toss in a third, … Continue reading
What does it take to make a masterpiece? Not something merely good, but among the greatest of all time. Meaningful not just to the time and place it was produced, but to the time and place with which it is … Continue reading Top Ten Territory
There’s no such thing as an American anymore. No Hispanics, no Japanese, no Blacks, no whites, no nothing. It’s just rich people and poor people.” That’s the line David (a slick and oily Jeff Goldblum) feeds drug kingpin Hector (René … Continue reading DEEP COVER
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with film critic and author Josh Larsen about this year’s iteration of Ebert Interruptus at the Conference on World Affairs. The movie: Jaws. The time: 3 p.m. April 6-9. The place: … Continue reading
In 1975, a movie about a killer shark terrorizing the waters surrounding a New England island hit theaters. That may not sound like much, but it was a massive success. Massive isn’t even the word for it: The movie broke … Continue reading JAWS
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about all things Oscar: The Power of the Dog, CODA, and my three favorite categories: Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature, and Best International Feature. … Continue reading
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