On Friday, Jan. 8, the Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS)—16 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—cast their preliminary ballots for this year’s DFCS awards. How it works: Members are asked … Continue reading Denver Film Critics Society 2020 Ballot
On Oct. 2, 2018, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. He was never to seen from again. Days later, it surfaced that Khashoggi had been killed, likely at the behest of the Saudi Arabian government … Continue reading THE DISSIDENT
It’s 1950, and John Ford wants to make a movie: The Quiet Man, from a story by Maurice Walsh, about a retired boxer who returns to his birthplace in Ireland and falls for a vivacious redhead. The movie will star John Wayne … Continue reading RIO GRANDE
On this week’s edition of After Image, I speak with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about my favorite movies of 2020. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., on KGNU’s Metro Arts: 88.5 FM and 1390 AM Denver/Boulder, 93.7 FM … Continue reading
2020 was the year I watched more but understood less. With a rotating series of crises to consider, rare were the instances where I found myself lost in someone else’s story for two hours. Empathy has its limits: When you’re … Continue reading 2020: A Year Like No Other
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Promising Young Woman, News of the World, and—after an abrupt cut—Wonder Woman 1984, now streaming on HBO Max. Listen to After Image, Fridays at … Continue reading
This may sound like a routine thing to say at this point in the year, but I really miss going to the movies. I’ve known that for some time now, but the depths of this desire didn’t fully become clear … Continue reading WONDER WOMAN 1984
Cassie’s drunk again: Alone in the club and a mess. She can’t find her phone, and all her friends have left. Two guys at the bar imagine who could do what to her in such a state, but a third … Continue reading PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd is a Union man, and he’s got a signed oath to prove it. Kidd carries it wherever he goes, and where he goes, he brings the news. Kidd’s beat is Texas, and he rides from town … Continue reading NEWS OF THE WORLD
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