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Tag: Kino Lorber

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TEST PATTERN

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Things are going well for Renesha (Brittany S. Hall). She’s found success working in the nonprofit sector, and her relationship with Evan (Will Brill) has lasted long enough that they feel comfortable with one another while still taking time to … Continue reading TEST PATTERN

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NATIONTIME

November 23, 2020November 17, 2020 Michael J. Casey

Despite some hokey moments with swelling, triumphal music, Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 (streaming on Netflix) successfully captures a fractured moment in American history and the growing frustration with representation in the Democratic Party. Similarly, Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and … Continue reading NATIONTIME

Boulder Weekly, Reviews, Sunday Streams

DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME

November 1, 2020October 30, 2020 Michael J. Casey

Kino Now (an on-demand streaming service by the good folks at Kino Lorber) celebrated its anniversary this past October. To mark the occasion, they’re making eight films free to stream with the promo code KNBDAY until Nov. 15. The films: Beanpole, Boy, … Continue reading DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME

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NATIVE SON

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Michael J. Casey

Divided into three sections: Fear, Flight, and Fate, Richard Wright’s novel, Native Son, took an existentialist approach to Blackness in America. It’s right there in the titles of the section, and it’s baked into every frame of the 1951 cinematic adaptation … Continue reading NATIVE SON

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EPICENTRO

September 3, 2020September 5, 2020 Michael J. Casey

Hubert Sauper is in search of a utopia. The Austrian filmmaker has been searching for some time now, just not as bluntly as in his latest documentary: Epicentro. Here, he opens with a man leaving a cinema to stand on a … Continue reading EPICENTRO

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

Women Make Film: Lina Wertmüller

September 2, 2020August 31, 2020 Michael J. Casey

Back in 2017, Kino Lorber restored and released a series of films from Italian filmmaker Lina Wermüller, a powerhouse on the world stage. Wertmüller is still with us—she’s 92 as of Aug. 14—as are her films. Seven Beauties from 1975 … Continue reading Women Make Film: Lina Wertmüller

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AMERICAN BOY: A PROFILE OF STEVEN PRINCE

August 9, 2020August 8, 2020 Michael J. Casey

Movies echo movies. Sometimes in the minds of the filmmakers: Conversations in sound and image across time and space. Sometimes in the viewer’s minds: Stories ping-ponging their way through a couple of thousand years of recorded history. More often than … Continue reading AMERICAN BOY: A PROFILE OF STEVEN PRINCE

Boulder Weekly, Home Video, Reviews

Ida Lupino: Filmmaker Collection

July 14, 2020July 13, 2020 Michael J. Casey

“The canon is the canon,” Mark Cousins said at the 2019 Telluride Film Festival. “It’s robust. It’s resistant to change. It’s impervious to truth.” That truth he’s referring to is the canon’s sexism. And its racism. It’s elevation by way … Continue reading Ida Lupino: Filmmaker Collection

Home Video, Reviews

Hitchcock: British International Pictures Collection

December 10, 2019February 15, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Silent pictures are the purest form of cinema. —Alfred Hitchcock For many, he was the Master of Suspense. The eyes and hands behind Rear Window, Vertigo, North By Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds. The droll voice and the rotund figure behind the popular TV show, Alfred … Continue reading Hitchcock: British International Pictures Collection

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