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KGNU: Metro Arts
January 29, 2022January 29, 2022 Michael J. Casey

On this edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Jockey, out now in wide release, and Charli XCX: Alone Together, out now in limited release. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., on … Continue reading

Film Festival, Reviews

HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.

January 28, 2022August 5, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Trinitie Childs (Regina Hall) has that look in her eyes, a look that’s masking a lot of pain for the greater good. Or, at least, that’s what she tells herself. Her husband, Lee-Curtis Childs (Sterling K. Brown), is the pastor … Continue reading HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.

Books, Boulder Weekly, Interviews

Dana Stevens on CAMERA MAN

January 27, 2022August 11, 2023 Michael J. Casey

He’s just this strange figure who was sort of prodigiously talented at something that he never chose to do,” Dana Stevens says. “And then continued to invent new ways of exploring that.” Continue reading Dana Stevens on CAMERA MAN

Film Festival, Reviews

TIKTOK, BOOM.

January 27, 2022August 5, 2023 Michael J. Casey

You’ve probably heard a lot of things about TikTok. About how it’s the most downloaded app on the planet, has more users than Facebook, has better monetizing abilities than YouTube, is owned by a Chinese tech company mining users’ data, … Continue reading TIKTOK, BOOM.

Film Festival, Reviews

DUAL

January 26, 2022August 5, 2023 Michael J. Casey

In the future, we will conquer death. Not that we will be able to cure people from dying (what monster would even dream of such a thing?), just that death will no longer stand at the end. That, or something … Continue reading DUAL

Film Festival, Reviews

WATCHER

January 26, 2022August 5, 2023 Michael J. Casey

It really is no surprise that Julia (Maika Monroe) isn’t happy. She’s followed her husband to Bucharest but can’t speak the language. He has a job in marketing, but she has only memories of a career in acting. She gave … Continue reading WATCHER

Film Festival, Reviews

AFTER YANG

January 25, 2022August 5, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Jake (Colin Farrell) and Kyra (Jodie Turner-Smith) have purchased an android, Yang (Justin H. Min), to help educate their adopted daughter Mika (Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja) about her Chinese heritage. The way Jake says this when he talks to other people … Continue reading AFTER YANG

KGNU: Metro Arts
January 22, 2022January 27, 2022 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with CU-Boulder’s International Film Series‘ executive director Pablo Kjølseth about the upcoming spring calendar and what makes this semester’s programming different from the rest. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 … Continue reading

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES (ドロステのはてで僕ら)

January 20, 2022August 13, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Somewhere in Japan, business is winding down for the night, and café owner Kato (Kazunari Tosa) goes upstairs to his apartment to relax. But on his computer monitor he is still in the café, two minutes in the future. Convinced … Continue reading BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES (ドロステのはてで僕ら)

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