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Michael J. Casey

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I cover movies for Boulder Weekly, program for CU-Boulder's International Film Series and write about them whenever I can.

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Gunman's Walk (1958) 4.5/5 “It’s a classic Saturday matinee that’s bound to stick to the ribs well after Sunday.” – Michael J. Cinema Apr 30, 2025 Full Review The Shrouds (2024) 76% 4/5 “The longtime Canadian body-horrorist has been making audiences squeamish since the 1970s. But in his latest, "The Shrouds," there’s a sense that the squeamishness relates to real-world grief, grounding this near-future sci-fi story obsessed with death.” – Boulder Weekly Apr 30, 2025 Full Review A Woman of Paris (1923) 94% 3.5/5 “Chaplin’s skill of communicating significant information with small touches — particularly when it comes to sexual relations at a time when even a hint was taboo — carries the kind of cleverness that’s timeless.” – Boulder Weekly Apr 24, 2025 Full Review Sinners (2025) 97% 4/5 “"Sinners" is a massive film ... and incorporates more characters and ideas than three or four run-of-the-mill Hollywood offerings.” – Michael J. Cinema Apr 17, 2025 Full Review The Friend (2024) 84% 2.5/5 “A movie that manages to strike the right notes in the wrong order.” – Michael J. Cinema Apr 5, 2025 Full Review Death of a Unicorn (2025) 54% 1/5 “One of the many frustrations of "Death of a Unicorn" is how shockingly literal it is.” – Boulder Weekly Mar 26, 2025 Full Review Black Bag (2025) 96% 4/5 “One of the pleasures of "Black Bag," and there are many, is that the movie itself is a red herring.” – Boulder Weekly Mar 19, 2025 Full Review On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024) 100% 4/5 “A handful of off-kilter dream sequences, which are revealed to be dreams only retroactively, and realistic scenes that still contain a mystical quality and Nyoni’s images of entrapment become tangible. A must-see.” – Boulder Weekly Mar 13, 2025 Full Review One to One: John & Yoko (2024) 90% 4/5 “Though "One to One" isn’t a tip-to-turn concert film, the footage of the Plastic Ono Band on stage is fantastic. So, too, is the archival footage Macdonald and Rice-Edwards use as connective tissue to bring political and personal context to the story. ” – Boulder Weekly Mar 6, 2025 Full Review In Waves and War (2024) 3/5 “A humane look at what it takes for someone to move beyond their pain.” – Boulder Weekly Mar 6, 2025 Full Review The White House Effect (2024) 4.5/5 “It’s fascinating, infuriating and so expertly constructed that you’ll be thinking about it for months.” – Boulder Weekly Mar 6, 2025 Full Review Incident (2023) 5/5 “Using split screens and overlapping panels, Morrison reconstructs the moments leading up to the shooting and deconstructs the post-shooting narrative the police create to justify the killing.” – Boulder Weekly Feb 27, 2025 Full Review Flow (2024) 97% 4/5 “Zilbalodis wisely avoids anthropomorphizing the animals. But that doesn’t mean they are free from personality.” – Boulder Weekly Feb 27, 2025 Full Review Paddington in Peru (2024) 93% 3.5/5 “"Paddington in Peru" feels a little overstuffed when it tries to find something for everyone to do, but it never gets too out of hand. It’s an adventure story in the classic Saturday matinee sense.” – Boulder Weekly Feb 12, 2025 Full Review King Lear (1987) 64% 4/5 “The kind of nonsense that makes Godard’s cinema inscrutable to some and electrifying to others.” – Michael J. Cinema Feb 11, 2025 Full Review Winchester '73 (1950) 100% 5/5 “"Winchester ’73" plays the Wild West motif like a myth.” – Michael J. Cinema Jan 28, 2025 Full Review Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (2024) 97% 3/5 “Fascinating photography, even if the documentary isn't.” – Metro Arts Jan 17, 2025 Full Review Better Man (2024) 88% 3.5/5 “What a weird movie "Better Man" is. It might not be the best movie you’ll see this month, but I bet you’ll be thinking about this one long after forgetting the others.” – Michael J. Cinema Jan 9, 2025 Full Review The Room Next Door (2024) 81% 4/5 “It’s the kind of story that would come off as flat and boring and probably pretentious if the storyteller didn’t tell it well. But Almodóvar does. And it works. ” – Boulder Weekly Jan 9, 2025 Full Review A Complete Unknown (2024) 82% 1.5/5 “There’s nothing remotely interior about Dylan or his music in "A Complete Unknown."” – Boulder Weekly Dec 19, 2024 Full Review The End (2024) 56% 2/5 “With a runtime of two and a half hours and only a couple of strong singing voices to stand on, I suspect that "The End" will be beloved more for its ambition than its success.” – Boulder Weekly Dec 12, 2024 Full Review Paper Moon (1973) 91% 5/5 “A treat.” – Metro Arts Dec 7, 2024 Full Review Mississippi Masala (1991) 92% 4/5 “The heart of this story revolves around the sweet and sexy romance of Mina and Demetrius, and Washington is downright radiant in his youth and command.” – Boulder Weekly Dec 7, 2024 Full Review Queer (2024) 77% 3.5/5 “Plays like Luca Guadagnino’s "2001: A Space Odyssey" — another movie that approached its material with a deliberate pace.” – Boulder Weekly Dec 7, 2024 Full Review The Double Life of Veronique (1991) 86% 4.5/5 “The frame dissolves, the connection is palpable and, for a brief moment, the veil between you and the screen falls. It’s moments like this that make my heart happy that pictures can move.” – Boulder Weekly Nov 27, 2024 Full Review
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