New Zealand filmmaker Taiki Waititi really likes working with kids. Yes, there’s something amusing about a kid trying to act years beyond their age—or, at least, speak like it—and there’s something revealing about a child playacting in an adult world … Continue reading HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE
On this week’s edition of After Image, I sit down with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo to discuss the underlying problems with the new Nazi comedy, Jojo Rabbit, the magnificence of The Lighthouse, and two can’t miss programs for Boulderites: Sans Souci … Continue reading
Back for number 42, the Denver Film Festival (DFF) returns Oct. 30 through Nov. 10, under a dark cloud. This will be the first DFF in over 20 years without Artistic Director Brit Withey at the helm. On March 31, … Continue reading The Show Must Go On: Dispatches from the 42nd Denver Film Festival
Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) is a good little Nazi. Jojo’s only 10 years old, but his brown shirt is spiffy, his red arm badge is on straight, his arm is at the proper height for a good, strong heil—no flimsy … Continue reading JOJO RABBIT
Buster Keaton was destined for the silver screen before moving pictures were even born. As the story goes, an 18-month-old (or was that six-month-old?) Keaton took a tumble down a flight of stairs and didn’t make a sound. “That’s some … Continue reading OUR HOSPITALITY
On this week’s episode of After Image, I sit down with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo to discuss Kino Lorber‘s newest Blu-ray boxset, Ida Lupino: Filmmaker Collection, and highlight a few horror movies to catch this week around the Front … Continue reading
They say the future of film is female. It is. But so is the past. Maybe that’s not evident upon first glance—certainly not if you page through the standard history books—because critics, historians, and filmmakers, mostly male, like to focus … Continue reading Ida Lupino: Filmmaker Collection
Few filmmakers are as divisive as the great Italian Pier Paolo Pasolini. He was a novelist, a poet, and a provocateur even before he picked up a camera. His debut film, Accattone, is a revelation. His follow-up, Mamma Roma, is even better. … Continue reading MAMMA ROMA
We believe art is a powerful gateway drug into science,” George Sparks, CEO of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS), says of its newest exhibit, The Science Behind Pixar. “This exhibition, more than anything I’ve ever seen, highlights the … Continue reading The Science Behind Pixar
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