Located in the Baltic Sea, just off the southeast coast of Sweden, the island of Fårö is about 44 square miles and is home to a few hundred residents. It’s a beautiful island, full of limestone rocks and deep green … Continue reading BERGMAN ISLAND
Starstruck: My Unlikely Road to Hollywood is Maltin’s first memoir and, as the title suggests, is largely a collection of anecdotes about meeting and working with the celebrities and artists Maltin grew up admiring. Continue reading STARSTRUCK: MY UNLIKELY ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD
What does home mean to you? That’s the question Flee director Jonas Poher Rasmussen poses to Amin Nawabi, an Afghan refugee on the eve of marrying his boyfriend. Amin has a story from his past to tell. And until he does, there … Continue reading Escape the Virtual/Experience/The Virtual Escape: The 44th Denver Film Festival
Expectations are funny things. Pick up a collection of short stories from the library, and there will be little expectation that anything ties the stories contained other than the author or a given subject matter. Beyond that, the individual stories … Continue reading WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY (偶然と想像)
On this week’s edition of After Image (okay, last week’s edition if we’re being honest), I give a few thoughts on the new James Bond movie, No Time to Die (out now in theaters), and speak with Sarah Adina Smith … Continue reading
Out in the hinterlands of Iceland, a married couple is grieving. Some time ago, they lost a child. It has created a noticeable rift in their relationship, even if they continue to spend every waking moment together on the ranch. … Continue reading LAMB and POSSESSION
Love for James Bond is tragic. Sure, his conquests are as numerous as they are fleeting, but consider 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: Bond marries Countess Tracy, only to lose her to a bullet meant for him. The man behind … Continue reading NO TIME TO DIE
The year is 1940, and Japan is at war. Not with the Allies, not yet, but in Manchuria and soon in French Indochina. Back in Kobe, a bustling metropolis south of Tokyo, life is pleasant for the Fukuharas. Yusaku (Issey … Continue reading WIFE OF A SPY (スパイの妻)
He was a filmmaker, an actor, a novelist, a playwright, and a revolutionary. He made one of the most profitable and overlooked independent films of all time. He was Melvin Van Peebles, a titan of American filmmaking, and he died … Continue reading Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films
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