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Boulder Weekly, Essays, Film Festival

Simply Potent: Dispatched from the 2016 Telluride Film Festival

August 30, 2021May 12, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Every Labor Day weekend since 1974, filmmakers, critics, historians, students, moviegoers, and a handful of outdoorsmen and women converge on the quaint mountain town of Telluride, Colorado, to celebrate the past and present of their beloved art form. They come … Continue reading Simply Potent: Dispatched from the 2016 Telluride Film Festival

Denver Film Critics Society2 Comments

Denver Film Critics Society 2020 Ballot

January 9, 2021January 18, 2021 Michael J. Casey

On Friday, Jan. 8, the Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS)—16 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—cast their preliminary ballots for this year’s DFCS awards. How it works: Members are asked … Continue reading Denver Film Critics Society 2020 Ballot

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NEWS OF THE WORLD

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Michael J. Casey

Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd is a Union man, and he’s got a signed oath to prove it. Kidd carries it wherever he goes, and where he goes, he brings the news. Kidd’s beat is Texas, and he rides from town … Continue reading NEWS OF THE WORLD

Sunday Streams

GREYHOUND

September 6, 2020September 4, 2020 Michael J. Casey

The Second World War was fought on the land, in the air, and on the sea. And in the Atlantic Ocean, there is a space just out of range of Allied air forces. Here, only sea vessels go: “The Black … Continue reading GREYHOUND

Boulder Weekly, Reviews1 Comment

TOY STORY 4

May 20, 2020May 18, 2020 Michael J. Casey

Coco gets better with every viewing. Cars 3 improves slightly. Toy Story 4 does not. It makes the construction lazier, motivation messier, and rewrites a central character to make him the fool. It’s not one for the ages. From Boulder Weekly Vol. 26, No. 45, “To infinity, … Continue reading TOY STORY 4

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A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 Michael J. Casey

Mr. Rodgers doesn’t feel like he should be part of this world. His gentleness, kindness, and saint-like patience seem better placed in the world of make-believe — right next to King Friday XIII and Daniel Tiger. Until the recent (and … Continue reading A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Reviews

SULLY

September 8, 2016June 26, 2021 Michael J. Casey

On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 departed LaGuardia airport at 3:24 p.m. There were 155 souls, including captain and crew, on board. Roughly 208 seconds later, flight 1549 was forced to land on the Hudson River not more … Continue reading SULLY

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BRIDGE OF SPIES

October 15, 2015August 18, 2021 Michael J. Casey

James B. Donovan (Tom Hanks) is a kind man in a cruel world. Rare considering that Donovan is an insurance lawyer in the middle of the Cold War. Donovan—who served on the Nuremberg Trails—is recruited to defend a captured Soviet … Continue reading BRIDGE OF SPIES

In Their Words

Born On This Day — August 13, 1955

August 13, 2014November 14, 2021 Michael J. Casey

By the time I’d done Bloody Sunday I felt I reached the end of a chapter. I could feel it. I wanted to try something new, something different. Then, to my amazement, Bloody Sunday won lots of theatrical prizes, the … Continue reading Born On This Day — August 13, 1955

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