On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about One Night in Miami…, now playing on Amazon Prime, Rolling Thunder Revue, available now on Blu-ray and DVD from The Criterion Collection, and about … Continue reading
In 1975, the U.S. was at a crossroads. The Vietnam War was over, and Americans were more disillusioned than ever. Big cities out east, like New York and Washington D.C., prepped for the Bicentennial, but Small Town, U.S.A., seemed not … Continue reading ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: A BOB DYLAN STORY
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Some Kind of Heaven, available now at CU-Boulder’s International Film Series’ virtual theater, and Young Mr. Lincoln, available to stream on TubiTV or for … Continue reading
There’s reality, and then there’s everything else. Cinema exists firmly in the latter: Cameras don’t capture reality; they capture a perspective of it with a defined beginning, middle, and end. Add editing into the mix, and you’ve got something new … Continue reading SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE ONE
If you tuned into this week’s edition of After Image, then you’ve already heard my disappointment with Ammonite—the new romantic drama from British filmmaker Francis Lee. I have many issues with the movie, but one of the main sticking points came with … Continue reading JOYCE AT 34
When Girlfriends opened in New York City on Aug. 11, 1978, a newspaper strike kept the movie’s release from a public announcement. So, director Claudia Weill and actors Melanie Mayron and Eli Wallach photocopied handbills and stood on street corners to get … Continue reading GIRLFRIENDS
Tall and lean, Jimmy Ringo’s come to town. His pants are ill-fitting and his jacket is a little shabby. His mustache is dumpy and that bowl cut sure isn’t making the women swoon. But the men are in awe. “Hiya, … Continue reading THE GUNFIGHTER
It’s the story of boy meets girl, but it’s all mixed up. He’s Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a married man with kids. She is Marianne (Anna Karina), the babysitter. But they are not strangers; they’ve known each other for years: Four … Continue reading PIERROT LE FOU
In 1990, Martin Scorsese brought together a band of cinema enthusiasts to protect motion picture history by creating The Film Foundation (TFF)—a bridge between Hollywood studios and archives. Its mission: Preserve America’s visual art form for future generations. Thirty years … Continue reading Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 3
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