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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

In Their Words

In Their Words — Sunday, June 16, 2013

June 16, 2013December 10, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I hate violence. That has never prevented me from using it in my films. —Samuel Fuller Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, June 16, 2013

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