Every year, the Australian-based online quarterly, Senses of Cinema, invites writers from all over the globe to submit their selections for the best movies of the year. The top 10 you are probably familiar with at this point, but the following … Continue reading SENSES OF CINEMA: 2022 World Cinema Poll
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about my favorite movies of 2022, trends that emerged throughout the year, and some prognostications about where things might be headed. Listen to After Image, … Continue reading
Lydia Tár is broken. Pulled from the podium, kicked out of her Berlin apartment, barred from seeing her daughter, the disgraced conductor returns to her family house on Long Island, pokes around her childhood room—perfectly preserved as if she were … Continue reading 2022: Accommodating for Others
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Neptune Frost and Crimes of the Future—two tales of techno-futures that feel perfectly lived-in and broken down. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 … Continue reading
It opens in an African coltan mine. Black bodies dig through the rocks for precious metals. “Metal precious currency,” the narrator intones. “Third and First world currency. Black market currency… That old black-bodied currency.” Men with guns demand the workers … Continue reading NEPTUNE FROST
Michael J. Cinema 