“They always say write the book that you want to read,” Brad Weismann says. “I was looking for a reference book that covered the whole history of the horror film, and I found that there wasn’t one. … I thought: Well, there’s a need there. I should probably try to see if I can fill it.” Continue reading Brad Weismann on LOST IN THE DARK: A WORLD HISTORY OF HORROR FILM
The Boulder Environment / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival (Boulder ENOFF) returns to the Dairy Arts Center July 15-18 for an in-person festival. “Finally,” Boulder ENOFF director Richard Paradise says with relief. “We had a really great launch in 2019,” … Continue reading Recapturing the Momentum: 2021 Boulder Environmental / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival
Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) has always searched for a family. First discarded, then abandoned, Natasha was raised as a brainwashed assassin, manipulated by the duplicitous Dreykov (Ray Winstone), a man who was seemingly everywhere without anyone ever noticing. Funny, with … Continue reading BLACK WIDOW
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Zola, out now in limited release, Pickup on South Street (recently restored and on Blu-ray and DVD from The Criterion Collection), and Safety Last!, … Continue reading
Call Marlon Riggs whatever you want. He describes himself as an “independent documentary producer,” but if you want to call him a Black gay filmmaker, fine. “If you want to say gay Black, fine. If you want to say Black … Continue reading The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs
Y’all wanna hear a story about why me & this bitch here fell out? It’s kind of long but full of suspense. It starts in a restaurant. She is Zola (Taylour Paige), a waitress. She is Stefani (Riley Keough), arm … Continue reading ZOLA
It’s the story of the man who used to be a dog meeting a dog who used to be a boy. And it’s set in a mental institution built in the middle of the Israeli desert of Negev. All the … Continue reading ADAM RESURRECTED
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation, now playing in limited release, the Boulder International Film Festival, screening June 24-27, and talk Summertime with director … Continue reading
The Boulder International Film Festival is a local cinematic staple. And in 2020, BIFF was one of the last in-person events held before the COVID-19 lockdown. How fitting then that BIFF 2021 should also play host to one of the … Continue reading Welcome Back: Previewing the 2021 Boulder International Film Festival
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