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AMERICAN WOMAN

June 11, 2019February 16, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Stories have trained us to expect life to progress in a linear fashion: Setup, complication, and resolution—preferably in that order and ideally with some connective tissue. In reality, it’s a little more circuitous. The connections are there, but some distance … Continue reading AMERICAN WOMAN

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LIVE BY NIGHT

January 13, 2017June 3, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Adapted from the 2012 novel by Dennis Lehane, Live By Night is a great American epic stuck inside a misguided movie. Written for the screen, produced, and directed by Ben Affleck, who also stars, Live by Night starts overseas in the trenches of World … Continue reading LIVE BY NIGHT

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

HIGH-RISE

May 12, 2016May 21, 2023 Michael J. Casey

The tower itself is a pinnacle of engineering. Rising 40 stories into the air, it curves slightly inward, like a finger curling towards the palm, as do the other four towers currently being erected—like the concrete hand of a god. … Continue reading HIGH-RISE

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THE GIRL

October 23, 2012December 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Did he train you? Did he rehearse you? Did he tell you exactly what to do, what to say? You were a very apt pupil too, weren’t you? Scottie’s questions at the climax of Vertigo do more to illuminate the inner workings of the … Continue reading THE GIRL

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