Ask Boulder filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll when she got the idea for her latest documentary, A Small Good Thing, and she’ll go back a lot further than you might expect: “From as long as I can remember, even as a little girl, … Continue reading Pamela Tanner Boll on A SMALL GOOD THING
Of all the people to get stranded on Mars, Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is the lucky one. Smart, resourceful, cunning, and, most importantly, optimistic, Watney can grow potatoes using human feces, manufacture water simply and reconfigure every possible piece of … Continue reading THE MARTIAN
Talk to anyone, and you’ll find that marriage has about a 50% success rate. Whether the two have known each other for a lifetime or have just met, whether they’ve dated for years or weeks, whether they choose or it … Continue reading MEET THE PATELS
White God is a coat of many colors. It is an allegory, a horror movie, a science fiction tale, and a satire, placing dogs in the role of oppressed humans to address animalistic aggressions. In every society, there is a desire to … Continue reading WHITE GOD
Using an incredibly hokey premise and coming off like an over manufactured product, The Intern is a kind and gentle movie that massages the shoulders of the generation on the way out while holding the door open for the generation on the … Continue reading THE INTERN
It is safe to say that any director worth their weight will eventually be measured by the cinematic yardstick that is Alfred Hitchcock. While all who make movies owe something to the Master of Suspense, the actual inheritor to his … Continue reading THE NEW GIRLFRIEND (UNE NOUVELLE AMIE)
Transporting viewers to Cateura, Paraguay, a city of 2,500 families roughly seven miles south of the capital, Asución. Asución is home to two million and is capable of producing 1,500 tons of trash daily, almost all of which end up … Continue reading LANDFILL HARMONIC
September is Hispanic Heritage Month, and to celebrate, the Sie Film Center welcomes the return of CineLatino, a four-day film festival featuring 12 titles that showcase exemplary work coming from countries and cultures to the south. This year’s lineup features … Continue reading Saludos Amigos: Previewing the 2015 CineLatino
An exemplary piece of work about two estranged brothers hailing from the port of Buenaventura—the most dangerous city in Colombia—who find themselves at the bottom of the drug trade. Hired to transport a torpedo filled with cocaine up the Colombian … Continue reading MANOS SUCIAS
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