Home Viewing: Palme d’Or

May 21, 2020July 25, 2023 Michael J. Casey

The origins of France’s Cannes Film Festival lay not in La République, but neighboring Italy. Specifically, 1937’s Venice Film Festival, when Benito Mussolini stuck his big, fat fascist fingers in the mix and ensured that The Grand Illusion from French … Continue reading Home Viewing: Palme d’Or

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Step Into the Story: Dispatches from the 37th Starz Denver Film Festival

November 13, 2014August 5, 2023 Michael J. Casey

At last year’s Starz Denver Film Festival, I entered a theater playing the movie Grigris with no knowledge of what it was about, who made it, what country it came from, or anything other than it was screening, and I was free. … Continue reading Step Into the Story: Dispatches from the 37th Starz Denver Film Festival

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Home Viewing: Palme d’Or

Step Into the Story: Dispatches from the 37th Starz Denver Film Festival