As the story goes, writer/producer/director extraordinaire Francis Ford Coppola started working on Megalopolis in the early 1980s. Back then, Coppola was coming off one hell of a decade. The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, Apocalypse Now… He was … Continue reading MEGALOPOLIS
Maxine Minx always knew she was going to be a star. Her father did, too, but that’s another story in itself. Elizabeth Bender (Elizabeth Debicki) sees Maxine’s star power. Tasked with directing The Puritan II, Bender has auteurist aspirations and … Continue reading MAXXXINE
One of the most terrible things is that in fact, whether I like it or not, I am an American. —James Baldwin That line comes from the 1968 documentary from Horace Ové, Baldwin’s Ni**er, a provocatively titled conversation featuring one … Continue reading James Baldwin On-Screen
On Nov. 15, the Starz Denver Film Festival will screen a 35mm revival of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, a movie that is as relevant today as when it debuted in 1989. This past summer’s headlines out of Ferguson, Missouri, and … Continue reading DO THE RIGHT THING
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