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Boulder Weekly, Cinema 101

Cinema 101

September 21, 2022September 20, 2022 Michael J. Casey

I guess you could say the low point arrived on March 27, 2022, with the broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards. No, the “slap heard ’round the world” wasn’t it—though that cast a pall over the proceedings, didn’t it?—but the … Continue reading Cinema 101

Film Festival, Reviews

THE TAKING

November 4, 2021November 5, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Reporting from the Denver Film Festival. When it comes to cinematic landscapes, few are as iconic—or at least as mined—as Monument Valley. Located in northern Arizona, home to the Navajo Nation, Monument Valley was placed in the geography of cinema … Continue reading THE TAKING

Boulder Weekly, Home Video, Reviews

RIO GRANDE

May 4, 2021May 16, 2021 Michael J. Casey

It’s 1950, and John Ford wants to make a movie: The Quiet Man, from a story by Maurice Walsh, about a retired boxer who returns to his birthplace in Ireland and falls for a vivacious redhead. The movie will star John Wayne … Continue reading RIO GRANDE

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YOUNG MR. LINCOLN

January 17, 2021January 28, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Young Mr. Lincoln might be John Ford’s greatest film. And that’s saying something. Especially considering Young Mr. Lincoln was one of three films Ford made in 1939 alone. The other two: Stagecoach is cited by many to be the best western an American studio ever … Continue reading YOUNG MR. LINCOLN

Boulder Weekly

This week in Film — RIO GRANDE

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 Michael J. Casey

There’s a new John Ford/Wayne western available on Blu-ray, and there’s a little something in it about healing a divided country. Seem appropriate. But that’s only one component of Rio Grande. The rest is much more traditional. Wayne stars as York … Continue reading This week in Film — RIO GRANDE

In Their Words

Born On This Day — February 01, 1894

February 1, 2014December 5, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I didn’t show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasion, I remember, I was suddenly taken drunk. —John Ford Continue reading Born On This Day — February 01, 1894

In Their Words

In Their Words — Tuesday, February 26, 2013

February 26, 2013December 20, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Movement should be a counter, whether in action scenes or dialogue or whatever. It counters where your eye is going. This style thing, for me it’s all fitted to the action, to the script, to the characters. —Samuel Fuller Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, February 26, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Sunday, February 24, 2013

February 24, 2013December 20, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I didn’t show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasion, I remember, I was suddenly taken drunk. —John Ford Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, February 24, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Friday, February 1, 2013

February 1, 2013December 21, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I love making pictures but I don’t like talking about them. —John Ford Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, February 1, 2013

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