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Boulder Weekly, Sunday Streams

HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG

January 29, 2023January 28, 2023 Michael J. Casey

You know the song. You probably know John Cale’s version, maybe even Jeff Buckley’s. You’ve heard it in movies like Watchman and TV shows like Scrubs. We’re not talking just iconic, but ubiquitous. But you might not know the number of revisions Leonard … Continue reading HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG

KGNU: After Image
January 7, 2023January 7, 2023 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Corsage, out now in art house theaters. Veronica also adds a recommendation for Stutz, now streaming on Netflix, and I offer some thoughts on … Continue reading

Boulder Weekly, Sunday Streams

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (IM WESTEN NICHTS NEUES)

December 11, 2022December 1, 2022 Michael J. Casey

The soldier is shot. One bullet to the head just as he was going over the top. We learn his name, Gerber, but little else. The year is 1917, three years into the War to End All Wars. But Gerber … Continue reading ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (IM WESTEN NICHTS NEUES)

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GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO

December 8, 2022December 9, 2022 Michael J. Casey

The story of Pinocchio, first penned in 1883 by Italian writer Carlo Collodi, has long been a favorite of storytellers: A lonely man fashions a boy out of wood; the wooden boy becomes sentient; a cricket teaches the wooden child … Continue reading GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO

KGNU: After Image
December 3, 2022December 5, 2022 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about The Inspection, now in theaters, and All Quiet on the Western Front, now streaming on Netflix. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., … Continue reading

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GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

November 23, 2022November 19, 2022 Michael J. Casey

From the elaborate and overly complicated puzzle boxes that open the story—which the characters solve in a matter of minutes—to “world’s greatest detective” Benoit Blanc’s lengthy summation, Glass Onion feels kind of dumb. That seems largely by design, a reflection more on … Continue reading GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

Boulder Weekly, Sunday Streams

BLONDE

October 9, 2022October 8, 2022 Michael J. Casey

She was born Norma Jean Baker in 1926, but she died Marilyn Monroe in 1962. Between those two dates and names lived one of the 20th century’s most enduring icons—a not-unusual collection of complications and contradictions exacerbated all the more … Continue reading BLONDE

Boulder Weekly, Sunday Streams

FANTASTIC FUNGI

September 18, 2022September 15, 2022 Michael J. Casey

For Paul Stamets, it begins and ends with mushrooms. From death, they create life. From fractures, they create connections. And from sickness, they create health. “Mushrooms represent rebirth. Rejuvenation. Regeneration,” Stamets says. Fantastic Fungi, directed by Louie Schwartzberg and edited by … Continue reading FANTASTIC FUNGI

Boulder Weekly, Sunday Streams

HELL OR HIGH WATER

June 19, 2022June 13, 2022 Michael J. Casey

The story is familiar: the Howard Brothers (Ben Foster and Chris Pine) take to robbing banks when their luck runs out, and the child support piles up. Tracking them down is an aging Texas Ranger, Hamilton (Jeff Bridges), ready to … Continue reading HELL OR HIGH WATER

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