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
Paris, 1981: Björn Borg has five French Open grand slams under his belt and is looking for number six. Ivan Lendl is looking for his first. So is John McEnroe, on clay at least. Hana Mandlíková is looking to be … Continue reading THE FRENCH
Stars can conceive, and they can kill. Two billion years from now, humanity will be snuffed out. Our sun will collapse, and the life-giving Earth will once again be a cold lump of rock floating in space. So with no … Continue reading LAST AND FIRST MEN
Out in the hinterlands of Iceland, a married couple is grieving. Some time ago, they lost a child. It has created a noticeable rift in their relationship, even if they continue to spend every waking moment together on the ranch. … Continue reading LAMB and POSSESSION
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