The rocky, seaside village of Easter Cove, Maine, does not look like the kind of place you’d want to spend a winter. The snow piles up in great heaps, and the wind coming off the water will send an icicle … Continue reading BLOW THE MAN DOWN
On Friday, Jan. 8, the Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS)—16 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—cast their preliminary ballots for this year’s DFCS awards. How it works: Members are asked … Continue reading Denver Film Critics Society 2020 Ballot
If you haven’t seen Blow the Man Down, then you really ought to remedy that. It’s on Amazon Prime, go ahead, I’ll wait. If you have seen Blow the Man Down, you know how good Morgan Saylor is as Mary Beth. An … Continue reading WHITE GIRL
On this week’s After Image, I chat with Veronica Straight-Lingo about Blow the Man Down (available on Amazon Prime), and recommend a couple of from Alfred Hitchcock, specifically Frenzy, The 39 Steps, and Shadow of a Doubt. Listen to After Image, Fridays at … Continue reading
I’ve had Hitchcock on the brain recently. Partly because Blow the Man Down (reviewed in this week’s Boulder Weekly), and partly because I’ve been going back through all my Hitchcock Blu-rays, listening to commentary tracks and enjoying the bonus features, … Continue reading VERTIGO
“I don’t make slices of life. I make slices of cake.” —Alfred Hitchcock From the Master of Suspense, to a slight case of accidental murder in a New England fishing village. Lots of good things to read and watch this … Continue reading This week in Film — BLOW THE MAN DOWN and Alfred Hitchcock
The shadow of Alfred Hitchcock looms large in cinema. So much so that it’s hard to divorce his stylistic innovations from movies that may or may not have been influenced by him. Take Blow the Man Down, a recent release currently … Continue reading Two for the Master
Michael J. Cinema 