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Sympathy for the Devil

March 11, 2023March 11, 2023 Michael J. Casey

The revolution as seen through the eyes of the those revolved out in Memories of Underdevelopment and Tár The year is 2022, and conductor Lydia Tár is a foot from the top. Her memoir, Tár on Tár, will be published in … Continue reading Sympathy for the Devil

Books, Home Video, Reviews

RED RIVER

February 28, 2023February 25, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Change your mind. For once in your life, change your mind. Those are the words Fen hurls at Thomas Dunson, a hardheaded man with money on his mind. Fourteen years later, another woman will say something similar to Dunson, only this … Continue reading RED RIVER

Boulder Weekly, Home Video, Reviews

IMITATION OF LIFE

February 7, 2023January 19, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Newly restored and available on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection, 1934’s Imitation of Life opens with two single mothers: Beatrice (Claudette Colbert) and Delilah (Louise Beavers). Beatrice, white, is recently widowed and trying to keep her husband’s maple syrup company … Continue reading IMITATION OF LIFE

KGNU: After Image
January 21, 2023January 20, 2023 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Saint Omer, out now in theaters, and Imitation of Life, newly restored and released on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection. Listen to After Image, … Continue reading

Best Of..., Boulder Weekly, Home Video, Reviews

The Best in 2022 Home Video Release

December 20, 2022December 8, 2022 Michael J. Casey

The year is 1918, and Red troops are rounding up the White guards. War is on, and the insurgents are to be executed. But as the victors take their time playing by the rules of engagement, a fresh batch of … Continue reading The Best in 2022 Home Video Release

Boulder Weekly, Home Video, Reviews

THE LAST WALTZ

November 22, 2022March 24, 2022 Michael J. Casey

A master among masters, the filmography of Martin Scorsese is nothing to sneeze at. Raging Bull, GoodFellas, The Irishman—you know the lineup. But what sometimes gets overlooked are the documentaries, a dozen of them, personal and nuanced works that play like B-sides … Continue reading THE LAST WALTZ

Boulder Weekly, Home Video, Reviews

EVE’S BAYOU

November 1, 2022October 20, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Memory is the selection of images. Some elusive, others printed indelibly on the brain. Each image is like a thread, each thread woven together to make a tapestry of intricate texture. And the tapestry tells a story, and the story … Continue reading EVE’S BAYOU

KGNU: After Image
October 22, 2022October 22, 2022 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the best movie of the year Tár, now in theaters, and one of the best American debuts in the last four decades, recently restored … Continue reading

Boulder Weekly, Home Video, Reviews

MULHOLLAND DRIVE

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 Michael J. Casey

A jitterbug contest. Hot rods drag race on a mountain road. A violent car crash. A woman wanders the Hollywood Hills with a head injury. A man recounts a dream of meeting a monster living behind a diner dumpster. A film … Continue reading MULHOLLAND DRIVE

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