Last Friday, KDVR (Fox 31/Channel 2 in the Denver-metro area) wanted to know what I thought about movie theaters reopening. I had a few thoughts: “Michael Casey is a well-known local film critic.” Flattery will get you everywhere. I think … Continue reading KDVR: How will movie theaters recover from the pandemic?
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
On Jan. 18, the Denver Film Critics Society—16 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their picks for the best of 2020. Of the 42 movies nominated, The Trial of the Chicago … Continue reading And the winners are…
On Tuesday, Jan. 12, the Denver Film Critics Society—16 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their nominees for the best of 2020. In total, 42 movies received nominations with Minari … Continue reading And the nominees are…
On Friday, Jan. 8, the Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS)—16 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—cast their preliminary ballots for this year’s DFCS awards. How it works: Members are asked … Continue reading Denver Film Critics Society 2020 Ballot
On this week’s edition of After Image, I speak with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about my favorite movies of 2020. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., on KGNU’s Metro Arts: 88.5 FM and 1390 AM Denver/Boulder, 93.7 FM … Continue reading
2020 was the year I watched more but understood less. With a rotating series of crises to consider, rare were the instances where I found myself lost in someone else’s story for two hours. Empathy has its limits: When you’re … Continue reading 2020: A Year Like No Other
Neither wind nor rain nor sleet nor snow stopped the Denver Film Festival before—though the blizzard of 1997 tried when it dropped 21 inches and shut the city down. That year Jack Palance received DFF’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and the … Continue reading The Best is Yet to Come: Dispatches from the 43rd Denver Film Festival
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