EL PLANETA
A daughter has returned to Spain. She’s a designer living in London, but her father died, and mom has run out of money. The daughter is also out of money and looks for a way to find some. She flirts … Continue reading EL PLANETA
THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK
So much tragedy in your life. Those words are spoken in jail from one murderer to another. The two men are different: One is convicted and wearing a state-issued jumpsuit. The other is also wearing a suit. Only his is … Continue reading THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK
WARRIOR: AUDREY HEPBURN
Fascinatingly, Hepburn’s career in Hollywood was short-lived compared to her legacy: 41 years. And that’s including the 22 years she worked sporadically. Public adoration narrows those years more, preferring to zero in on Hepburn’s career between 1953’s Roman Holiday and 1967’s one-two punch of Two for the Road and Wait Until Dark. Continue reading WARRIOR: AUDREY HEPBURN
I’M YOUR MAN (ICH BIN DEIN MENSCH)
He’s handsome and intelligent, well dressed, and a good dancer. He even listens intently, and his eyes don’t stray when a pretty girl walks by. He’s almost too good to be true. Alma can’t believe it: It’s as if he … Continue reading I’M YOUR MAN (ICH BIN DEIN MENSCH)
PICKPOCKET
Above all, cinema is a style. Movies are a glorious and exciting exploration of the human condition, but without style, the images hang to the screen, failing to be anything more than a light flickering on a blank canvas. That’s … Continue reading PICKPOCKET
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Dear Evan Hansen (out now in wide release), recap the Toronto International Film Festival, and pay tribute to the late, great Melvin Van Peebles, … Continue reading
BIRDS OF PARADISE
It’s never been an even playing field. It’s always been about sex, blood, and money. It’s all that matters. All that matters to Kate Sanders (Diana Silvers) is being the best. Hailing from Virginia, Kate has won a spot at … Continue reading BIRDS OF PARADISE
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
Evan Hansen is crippled by social anxiety. He’s a high school student, so that’s not unusual, but Evan is a little bit more. It’s as if he wants to speak, but the words just won’t come. Not to his mother, … Continue reading DEAR EVAN HANSEN
A World at Odds with Itself: Dispatches from the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival
Westermarkt 20 in Amsterdam is home to the Anne Frank House, the secret annex where the Frank and van Pels families hid from the Nazis for more than two years before being captured and sent to the camps. Today, Anne … Continue reading A World at Odds with Itself: Dispatches from the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival
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