On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Within Our Gates (screening for free on Kino Now in honor of Black History Month) and Nomadland, available now in select theaters and on … Continue reading
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Another Round, The Changin’ Times of Ike White (both at IFS’ virtual theater), 76 Days (at IFS and Denver Film‘s virtual theater), and Totally … Continue reading
She lives in Astoria, but she works in the City. That means the company car picks her up long before the sun has a chance to crack the horizon. And like most administration assistants, she’s the first in, last out, … Continue reading THE ASSISTANT
In the wasteland that is 2020 cinematic releases, Netflix holds some hope. On Sept. 4, they’ll release I’m Thinking of Ending Things, the latest from writer/director/misanthrope Charlie Kaufman. We’ll talk more on Kaufman in a month, but today we turn … Continue reading WILD ROSE
This was supposed to be the weekend we were all waiting for: The return to cinemas and the release of Tenet in the U.S. But as the colonel told his men, not so fast, Private Jones. Tenet has been rolled … Continue reading This week in Film — Three to stream and a virtual film fest
Carrot cake is delicious, and Toni Morrison is magnificent. You don’t need much more of an introduction than that. From Boulder Weekly Vol. 26, No. 50, “And she was loved!“ With the wisdom of the wise and the smile of a sage, … Continue reading TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM
Writer James Baldwin wasn’t just adept with essays and non-fiction; he was a top-shelf novelist, and If Beale Street Could Talk ranks among his best. Written in the early 1970s, Beale Street rings true today as it did then, proof that change is so … Continue reading IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
For a lot of people, movies and TV have been the only window into the lives of others these past 10 or so weeks. For some, movies and TV are the only window into the lives of others. They learn … Continue reading LIFE, ANIMATED
In an alternate 2020, they are announcing the recipient of the 2020 Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival right now. Maybe it’s Thomas Vinterberg accepting the prize. Maybe it’s Wes Anderson. Maybe it’s Chloe Zhou. One year ago it … Continue reading PARASITE
