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Boulder Weekly, Reviews

BLACK BAG

March 20, 2025April 3, 2025 Michael J. Casey

George and Kathryn appear to have it all. They have high-ranking positions in a British intelligence agency, the perfect house with a kitchen to die for and a marriage that is the envy of everyone around them.  “How does it … Continue reading BLACK BAG

Essays

Sympathy for the Devil

March 11, 2023March 11, 2023 Michael J. Casey

The revolution as seen through the eyes of the those revolved out in Memories of Underdevelopment and Tár The year is 2022, and conductor Lydia Tár is a foot from the top. Her memoir, Tár on Tár, will be published in … Continue reading Sympathy for the Devil

Denver Film Critics Society1 Comment

And the nominees are…

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 Michael J. Casey

On Monday, January 9, the Denver Film Critics Society—15 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their nominees for the best of 2022. In total, 38 movies received nominations, with Everything Everywhere … Continue reading And the nominees are…

Best Of..., Boulder Weekly

2022: Accommodating for Others

December 29, 2022August 5, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Lydia Tár is broken. Pulled from the podium, kicked out of her Berlin apartment, barred from seeing her daughter, the disgraced conductor returns to her family house on Long Island, pokes around her childhood room—perfectly preserved as if she were … Continue reading 2022: Accommodating for Others

Reviews

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO

December 8, 2022December 9, 2022 Michael J. Casey

The story of Pinocchio, first penned in 1883 by Italian writer Carlo Collodi, has long been a favorite of storytellers: A lonely man fashions a boy out of wood; the wooden boy becomes sentient; a cricket teaches the wooden child … Continue reading GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

TÁR

October 20, 2022August 2, 2023 Michael J. Casey

It’s about time. For conductor Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett), time is her job. Her right hand “starts the clock,” while her left shapes the music and guides the orchestra. She can also stop time, slow it down, speed it up, … Continue reading TÁR

Boulder Weekly, Film Festival7 Comments

Daydream Believer: Dispatches from the 49th Telluride Film Festival

September 8, 2022August 1, 2023 Michael J. Casey

You may overlook the anachronisms at first, but a few things ought to tip you off that Women Talking, the latest from writer-director Sarah Polley, does not take place when you think it does. A slow-moving traffic sign here, a manufactured … Continue reading Daydream Believer: Dispatches from the 49th Telluride Film Festival

Denver Film Critics Society1 Comment

And the nominees are…

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 Michael J. Casey

On Monday, January 10, the Denver Film Critics Society—15 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their nominees for the best of 2021. In total, 44 movies received nominations with The Power … Continue reading And the nominees are…

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

December 16, 2021July 30, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Geeks are not found; they are made. This is the lesson Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper), a drifter in 1940s America, learns first hand at the Ten-in-One traveling carnival. Ten-in-One is a carnival like any other: A strong man, a contortionist, … Continue reading NIGHTMARE ALLEY

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