About halfway through Sarah Polley’s 2013 documentary Stories We Tell, Michael Polley turns to his daughter and asked, “What is this documentary about?” Well, it’s about stories and, as Melissa Tamminga adds, “Storytelling.” In addition to writing film criticism for Seattle Screen Scene, … Continue reading STORIES WE TELL
One of the cinematic highlights of 2020 was the TCM broadcast premier of Mark Cousins’ 14-hour docuseries, Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema. Now the series comes to Kanopy for those who do not have the cable … Continue reading WOMEN MAKE FILM: A NEW ROAD MOVIE THROUGH CINEMA
A double dose of interviews this week. First up, writers/actors Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin on their debut feature, The Climb: Written by Covino (who also directs and plays Mike in the film) and Kyle Marvin (who plays Kyle), The … Continue reading This week in Film — THE CLIMB and STORIES WE TELL
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo to highlight a few movies playing the closing night of the Denver Film Festival: The Truth About La Dolce Vita, Apples, and the documentary shorts … Continue reading
“I think young girls are done a disservice when they are read fairy tales and given the fantasy of happily ever after. We’re always told about the beginning and the end of a relationship, but what about the middle?” –Sarah … Continue reading Born On This Day — January 8, 1979
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