THIEF
The man is silent. He removes a welder’s helmet and reveals his face: tired, soaked in sweat and soot. He pulls a chair to the center of the room and sits, taking a cigarette out and lighting it. A crinkle … Continue reading THIEF
OLGA and the 2022 Boulder Environmental / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival
Fifteen-year-old Olga (Anastasiia Budiashkina) isn’t sure where she belongs. Her mother is a Ukrainian journalist covering the unrest and revolution building in Kyiv. The year is 2013, and things are getting testy in the streets and harder for Olga to … Continue reading OLGA and the 2022 Boulder Environmental / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival
APPLES (Μήλα)
The premise for Apples, from Greek director Christos Nikou, is so bonkers it feels real: There’s a pandemic goin’ ‘round, and it’s claiming memories. How and why are never explained. All we know is that it strikes suddenly, attacks without prejudice, … Continue reading APPLES (Μήλα)
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about two new comedies out in theaters, Minions: The Rise of Gru, available everywhere, and Official Competition, out now in limited release. And if that … Continue reading
OFFICIAL COMPETITION
Don Humberto (José Luis Gómez) has turned 80. He’s the head of a pharmaceutical company that has made him filthy rich. Still, he gets no respect. He knows this because he knows how others see him: obscenely wealthy with no … Continue reading OFFICIAL COMPETITION
MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU
Every little boy has a dream. And for Gru, it’s been to join the Vicious 6. They’re a band of super villains led by Wild Knuckles, Gru’s hero since he was 10. Now he’s 11 and three-quarters, and through a … Continue reading MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Neptune Frost and Crimes of the Future—two tales of techno-futures that feel perfectly lived-in and broken down. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 … Continue reading
NEPTUNE FROST
It opens in an African coltan mine. Black bodies dig through the rocks for precious metals. “Metal precious currency,” the narrator intones. “Third and First world currency. Black market currency… That old black-bodied currency.” Men with guns demand the workers … Continue reading NEPTUNE FROST
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the new documentary, Bitterbrush (playing theatrically in limited release on On Demand through all the usual providers), Cha Cha Real Smooth (also in limited … Continue reading
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