Author: Michael J. Casey

Ebert Interruptus returns to CWA

Salt Lake City Weekly film critic on Sundance leaving Utah

‘Death of a Unicorn’ is a shallow satire with nothing to say

‘Black Bag’ is a smart little thriller about love and lies

‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ is a must-see

Four picks to make the most of this year’s fest

You might not believe it, but the Academy Awards mean a lot. Sure, it’s nice to be nominated, but winning that 8.5-pound golden statue — designed by the great MGM...

Kelly Sears isn’t impatient, but she’s eager for the 2025 Brakhage Symposium to begin. “I’m ready to hit play and see it unfold,” the CU Cinema Studies & Moving Image...

‘Paddington in Peru’ is a sweet sentiment for a sour time

Mathew Klickstein on the weird and wonderful world of Lloyd Kaufman

The future of the Sundance Film Festival still to come

I spoke with Chaplin while he was in town last November to receive the Excellence in Acting Award at the 47th Denver Film Festival.

‘The Room Next Door’ toys with the audience

They tried to warn us, but the lesson didn’t take. Released in 2006, writer-director Mike Judge’s Idiocracy was offloaded into theaters and damn near buried by distributor 20th Century Fox....

This will go down as the year I stopped watching stories and started watching people.

When we talk about movies, we talk about what they’re about. But when we talk about Nickel Boys, we have to talk about how it’s about what it’s about. “The...

For Bruce Springsteen, it was the starting snare shot of “Like a Rolling Stone” that kicked open the door to his mind. He’s not wrong. And he’s not alone. That...

‘The End’ might be the most perplexing movie of 2024