You just got to play detective, don’t you? Do I go around playing piano? — Capt. Flood, Black Angel 1946’s Black Angel isn’t the most well-known film noir adapted from a Cornell Woolrich novel. That honor goes to 1944’s Phantom Lady, the story of a … Continue reading Blu Tuesday: BLACK ANGEL
Set in the Parisian neighborhood of Montfermeil, the region where Victor Hugo set his epic novel, Les Misérables explores the origins of crime, resentment, and violence. The movie, which hews close to documentary, follows two local cops (Alexis Manenti and Djibril Zonga) … Continue reading LES MISÉRABLES
On this week’s edition of After Image, I sit down with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo to discuss The Gentlemen (and what makes a work of art feel “derivative”) and Cinema noir et blanc, a new three-day film series at the … Continue reading
Anna Karina was a model, a muse, an actor, a director, a novelist, and, most of all, she was a collaborator. The eight movies she made with husband Jean-Luc Godard are among the greatest in the annals of cinema, and … Continue reading This week in Film — LE PETIT SOLDAT and THE MEDICINE
The king of the jungle, a London-based gangster and high-powered drug dealer, has been killed. Or, so says Fletcher (Hugh Grant), an investigative reporter who’s stumbled onto a scoop so good, he might as well parlay it into blackmail and … Continue reading THE GENTLEMEN
Starting Friday, Jan. 24 and screening through the weekend at the Sie Film Center, KUNC film critic and CU-Denver film professor Howie Movshovitz will host Cinema noir et blanc, a series of seven French films from a bygone era. The … Continue reading Sunday Streams — MY JOURNEY THROUGH FRENCH CINEMA
On this week’s edition of After Image, I sit down with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo to discuss The Cave and plenty of other Oscar-nominated movies. Wanna catch up with some of them before the awards ceremony on Feb. 9? Click … Continue reading
If you love French cinema, then the next two weeks at this space are going to be bread and butter. First up: KUNC film critic and CU-Denver professor Howie Movshovitz has a new series at the Sie Film Center, Cinema … Continue reading This week in Film — Cinema noir et blanc and THE CAVE
On Monday, Jan. 13, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced their nominations for this year’s Oscars. Out of the 53 movies nominated, Joker leads the pack with 11 nominations. The Irishman and Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood … Continue reading Oscars 2020
Earlier today, the Denver Film Critics Society — 16 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one — announced their picks for the year’s best. Of the 41 movies nominated, 1917 (above) … Continue reading And the winners are…
