Born Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, Poly Styrene picked her stage name out of the phone book because she wanted something that sounded plastic. This was Britain in the 1970s, and the cultural landscape was changing. Punk music was taking the scene … Continue reading POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ
On this week’s After Image, I sit down with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo to discuss film festivals you can attend without leaving your couch and four movies that might help slow things down. Listen to After Image, Fridays at … Continue reading
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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