At the turn of the 20th century, vast majorities of the planet remained undiscovered for those restless ones who couldn’t possibly imagine a life spent behind a desk or in a factory. If they had the notion and sufficient funding, … Continue reading SUNSHINE SUPERMAN
The movies started small. So small that only one person at a time could watch them. The year was 1892, and Thomas Edison and his colleague William Kennedy Laurie Dickson discovered that if you spun sequential photographs in a small … Continue reading Tom Hart and Rodney Sauer on Colorado Chautauqua’s 2015 Silent Film Series
Becoming a comic means watching yourself die. —Lewis Black Are unhappy childhoods, pathetic sex, and general misery necessary to comedy? Anyone who has attended a stand-up show knows that’s the wheelhouse comics like to visit, but is it actually necessary … Continue reading MISERY LOVES COMEDY
Most movies are based on true stories, true events, or, at the very least, have some root in reality. That’s how the mind works, the moment of inspiration often comes from real experience, and then the mind extrapolates outward. That … Continue reading IN THE NAME OF MY DAUGHTER
Antonio Pane (Antonio Albanese) is a 48-year-old blue-collar journeyman who has spent his life bouncing from odd job to odd job. Some days he is a cook at a five-star restaurant. On others, he could be cleaning out coffins or … Continue reading L’INTREPIDO: A LONELY HERO
The world of H.R. Giger is a dark one. The camera follows the 74-year-old artist shuffling around his own personal catacomb, the shutters are drawn, the walls are painted black, and the portions that aren’t are covered in Giger’s infamous … Continue reading DARK STAR: H.R. GIGER’S WORLD
The 1998 Academy Awards Ceremony felt a little bit like a private party James Cameron threw for his monumental Titanic, which sailed away with 11 statues that evening, but that was also the night 57 million Americans met one singer/songwriter who left … Continue reading HEAVEN ADORES YOU
Once upon a time… Four words that transport any viewer, reader, or listener into a story from long ago and a world far away. Four words that immediately indicate a fairy tale, but what are fairy tales? Stories told to … Continue reading THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Situated in Montreal’s “Little Jerusalem” (home to one of the largest Ultra-Orthodox communities in the world), Félix and Meira follow the lives of two lonely individuals living on the margins of their communities. Setting the events in motion is Félix (Martin Dubreuil), … Continue reading FÉLIX AND MEIRA
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