All relationships, romantic or not, revolve around a question of boundaries. Romantic ones just take it further into the realm of what is acceptable and what is desirable. That second component, desire, is difficult for some. For Colin (Harry Melling), … Continue reading PILLION
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about The Moment, now playing the Sie FilmCenter in Denver, alongside three other movies curated by Charli XCX: Perfect Blue, Persona, and The Square, and preview the latest edition to the Western Movie Club: The Gunfighter, which will screen 2 p.m. Sun., Feb. 8 at the International Film Series. Continue reading After Image: Feb. 6, 2026
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about a new doc, The Man Who Saves the World?, the Oscar-nominated animated Arco, and recap the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Continue reading After Image: Jan. 30, 2026
Reporting from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. If Charli XCX had her say, brat summer would be here to stay. If her label, manager, world tour crew, and dozens of hangers-on had their say, brat summer would never go away. … Continue reading THE MOMENT
Reporting from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. On Aug. 12, 2022, Hadi Mater rushed the stage of the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York state and stabbed author Salman Rushdie multiple times in the face, neck, hand, and abdomen. “For … Continue reading KNIFE: THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF SALMAN RUSHDIE
On Jan. 24, the Denver Film Critics Society—a group of writers, broadcasters, and bloggers working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their picks for the best of 2025. Of the 44 movies nominated, Sinners … Continue reading And the winner is…
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about H Is for Hawk and The Voice of Hind Rajab, both out in limited release. I also discuss two movies from the Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 5, out on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection, Yam Dabbo and The Fall of Otrar. Continue reading After Image: Jan. 23, 2026
The room is full of people, but Helen is alone. You can hear the voices of a party around her, and sometimes you can even see them, but Helen (Claire Foy) isn’t interacting with any of them. She stands alone, … Continue reading H IS FOR HAWK
The schedule is eclectic by design,” International Film Series Director Jason Phelps said. “I want people to recognize a title or two that they want to see, and then take a moment to look at something that they would have … Continue reading Now Screening: Previewing the Spring 2026 International Film Series
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