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Reviews

VIOLET

September 11, 2021September 23, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Reporting from the Toronto International Film Festival. Childhood did a number on Violet Calder (Olivia Munn). There once was a time when she was happy and confident and in control. Now, not so much. Not that she’s incapacitated: Violet’s worked … Continue reading VIOLET

Film Festival, Reviews

CYRANO

September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Reporting from the Telluride Film Festival. Cyrano feels like it should work. A musical retelling of Edmond Rostand’s 19th-century play set on the isle of Sicily with comedy, action, and romance. Starring Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Ben Mendelsohn, and Kelvin Harrison … Continue reading CYRANO

Film Festival, Reviews

PETITE MAMAN

September 10, 2021September 23, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Reporting from the Toronto International Film Festival. A young girl’s grandmother has died. So she goes to a cottage in the woods with her mother and father to clean out the house. One day, she, Nelly, wanders into the woods … Continue reading PETITE MAMAN

Film Festival, Reviews

KING RICHARD

September 10, 2021September 11, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Reporting from the Telluride Film Festival. There’s a not insignificant part of me that wants to reject King Richard. Here is the story of Venus and Serena Williams—two of the greatest tennis players to ever set foot on the court—filtered through the … Continue reading KING RICHARD

Boulder Weekly, Essays, Film Festival

The Show Must Go On: Dispatches From the 48th Telluride Film Festival

September 9, 2021July 29, 2023 Michael J. Casey

There was no show last year; it was called on account of pandemic. Just as well: Wildfires all along the West draped a burnt orange curtain inside Telluride’s box canyon and cut visibility from miles to feet. Movies are about … Continue reading The Show Must Go On: Dispatches From the 48th Telluride Film Festival

Reviews

LANGUAGE LESSONS

September 8, 2021September 1, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Sometimes it seems like the right person walks into your life just a moment before you need them. You don’t know it at the time, but when you look back, it almost feels scripted. That’s one of the pleasures of Language … Continue reading LANGUAGE LESSONS

KGNU: Metro Arts
September 4, 2021October 2, 2021 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s on-the-road edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (out now in theaters) and preview the 48th Telluride Film Festival—with a strong recommendation for … Continue reading

Books, Boulder Weekly, Interviews

Eddie Muller on DARK CITY: THE LOST WORLD OF FILM NOIR

September 2, 2021July 29, 2023 Michael J. Casey

I was gonna be a dancer. I was a brunette. Started on my toes and wound up on my heels So says Ruth Roman in Tomorrow is Another Day, a forgotten lovers-on-the-lam noir from 1951. Or it would have been forgotten … Continue reading Eddie Muller on DARK CITY: THE LOST WORLD OF FILM NOIR

KGNU: Metro Arts
August 28, 2021August 28, 2021 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the new reboot/sequel Candyman (out now in wide release), the spectacular After Life (out now on Blu-ray and DVD from The Criterion Collection), and … Continue reading

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