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Boulder Weekly, Cinema 101

Cinema 101

September 21, 2022September 20, 2022 Michael J. Casey

I guess you could say the low point arrived on March 27, 2022, with the broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards. No, the “slap heard ’round the world” wasn’t it—though that cast a pall over the proceedings, didn’t it?—but the … Continue reading Cinema 101

Boulder Weekly, Sunday Streams

SHOCK CORRIDOR

February 13, 2022February 11, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Journalist Barrett (Peter Breck) has cracked his fast track to the Pulitzer: Have himself committed to an insane asylum to uncover the details of an unsolved murder. It’s an airtight plan until Barrett finds himself in the company of a … Continue reading SHOCK CORRIDOR

Sunday Streams3 Comments

DA 5 BLOODS

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020 Michael J. Casey

Spike Lee’s back, and he’s getting better with age. The first half of the 2010s found the filmmaker working in a different milieu with Red Hook Summer and Da Sweet Blood of Jesus. Slightly atmosphere, quieter, lower budgets. Neither were duds, but nor did … Continue reading DA 5 BLOODS

KGNU: After Image
May 30, 2020February 13, 2021 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo to talk about Shirley, about the writer Shirley Jackson, two of Josephine Decker’s previous films, and recommend a few more movies about writers—Veronica even tosses … Continue reading

Reviews

Three from Karlson

January 19, 2018April 10, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Director Phil Karlson—born Philip N. Karlstein in Chicago, 1908—could do just about anything. Starting as a gagman for Buster Keaton, Karlson found work as propman, studio manager, editor, and assistant before stepping behind the camera and calling the shots. His … Continue reading Three from Karlson

In Their Words

Born On This Day — August 12, 1912

August 12, 2014November 14, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Film is a battleground. Love, hate, violence, action, death…In a word, emotion. In the movie business, a good ending must sometimes hold sway over the truth. —Samuel Fuller Continue reading Born On This Day — August 12, 1912

In Their Words

In Their Words — Monday, August 12, 2013

August 12, 2013December 9, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I grew up believing that people make things move, like the word “movie”. The world, like a moving picture, was moving forward. I wanted to advance, too, as rapidly as my quick mind and fast legs would carry me. I … Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, August 12, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Friday, July 19, 2013

July 19, 2013December 9, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Am I a cult director? Yeah, I love all that. I want to join the cult of the $100- to $200-million grossers and still make an artistic picture. —Samuel Fuller Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, July 19, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Thursday, July 4, 2013

July 4, 2013December 9, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Ninety-five per cent of films are born of frustration, of self-despair, of ambition for survival, for money, for fattening bank accounts. Five per cent, maybe less, are made because a man has an idea, an idea which he must express. … Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, July 4, 2013

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