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Tag: Imitation of Life

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IMITATION OF LIFE

February 7, 2023January 19, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Newly restored and available on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection, 1934’s Imitation of Life opens with two single mothers: Beatrice (Claudette Colbert) and Delilah (Louise Beavers). Beatrice, white, is recently widowed and trying to keep her husband’s maple syrup company … Continue reading IMITATION OF LIFE

KGNU: After Image
January 21, 2023January 20, 2023 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Saint Omer, out now in theaters, and Imitation of Life, newly restored and released on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection. Listen to After Image, … Continue reading

In Their Words

Born On This Day — April 26, 1897

April 26, 2014December 4, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Your camera is the best critic there is. Critics never see as much as the camera does. It is more perceptive than the human eye. These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not … Continue reading Born On This Day — April 26, 1897

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