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Boulder Weekly, Home Video, Reviews

THE PIANO

March 29, 2022March 11, 2022 Michael J. Casey

A young girl spies her mother in bed with a man who is neither her father nor the woman’s husband. The young girl is Flora (Anna Paquin), the speaking child of her mute mother, Ada (Holly Hunter). Both were bought and … Continue reading THE PIANO

Boulder Weekly, Sunday Streams

TAXI DRIVER

September 27, 2020September 26, 2020 Michael J. Casey

Cinematographer Michael Chapman died on Sept. 20, 2020. He was 84. We hadn’t heard or seen much of Chapman recently (his last credit was Bridge to Terabithia in 2007), but Chapman was king in the 1970s and ’80s. Chapman’s first credit as … Continue reading TAXI DRIVER

Home Video, Reviews

BLUE COLLAR

December 3, 2019February 15, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Three men work the line at the Checkered Taxi auto plant in Detroit, Michigan. Their lives revolve around hard labor and heavy drinking, getting yelled at by their supervisors and trying to keep their heads above water at home. They’re … Continue reading BLUE COLLAR

Reviews

RIO, I LOVE YOU

May 5, 2016July 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

What makes up a city? The people? The locale? The flavor of the food, the smell of the streets, the sounds of the crowd? When author Reyner Banham concluded his exhaustive study of the city of Los Angeles in The Architecture … Continue reading RIO, I LOVE YOU

Reviews

THE CONGRESS

October 11, 2014October 31, 2021 Michael J. Casey

2014 has seen a slew of post-apocalyptic/futuristic-themed movies, but out of all of them, Ari Folman’s half live-action, half 2-D animation seems the most likely. That doesn’t mean it is great or a particularly good movie, but its prediction seems … Continue reading THE CONGRESS

In Their Words

In Their Words — Wednesday, September 19, 2012

September 19, 2012December 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Cinema is a matter of what’s in the frame and what’s out. —Martin Scorsese Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, September 19, 2012

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