On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Shoeshine, recently restored and available now from The Criterion Collection, and a few back-to-school movies: Clueless, Sing Street, The Holdovers, Rushmore, and College. Continue reading After Image: Aug. 22, 2025
Still wonderful, isn’t it? And no dialogue. We didn’t need dialogue. We had faces. There just aren’t any faces like that anymore. — Norma Desmond, Sunset Boulevard Of all the faces to grace the silver screen, none were greater or … Continue reading COLLEGE
Another summer is upon us, and that means it’s time for another season of silent film at Chautauqua. For those unfamiliar with the silent era, a quick primer: Movies didn’t always talk. True, we now call them silent movies, but … Continue reading Send in the Clowns: Chautauqua Silent Film Series (2017)
Michael J. Cinema 