On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the 1982 documentary, The French (released through Metrograph.com), the recently restored Kyiv Frescoes (available at Kino Now), and Sie Film Center’s latest series, Metaphysical … Continue reading
In 1965, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Parajanov was riding high following the critical and commercial success of the great Ukrainian film Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. Tapped by the government to make a movie celebrating the 20th anniversary of the defeat of the … Continue reading KYIV FRESCOES (Киевские фрески)
The more things change, the more they stay the same. That’s the idea behind Lois Weber’s 1915 film, Hypocrites, a morality play that finds parallels between the medieval period and 1910s America. It’s also the thought that races through your brain … Continue reading HYPOCRITES
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
In compliance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and Gov. Jared Polis’ decree, movie theaters are shuttered until mid-April. Or at least until mid-April—it could be longer. And with no … Continue reading In Lieu of a Theatrical Experience
Michael J. Cinema 