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They really love to pack ’em in at the last minute don’t they? One’s about a great movie (A Hidden Life), one’s about a not-so-great movie (Rise of Skywalker) and one’s about the great movies of 2019. Take your pick, … Continue reading This week in Film — 2019 at the movies, THE RISE OF SKYWALKER and A HIDDEN LIFE
Opening Christmas Day, Little Women is easily one of the year’s best and a cinematic adaptation fit for the 21st century. And since one great movie deserves another, Monsieur Hire — a favorite of Roger Ebert, he picked it for … Continue reading This week in Film — LITTLE WOMEN and MONSIEUR HIRE
The Two Popes was by far the most talked about movie at Telluride this year, and not for nothing. The writing is thought-provoking, the direction and visualization are energetic, and the performances are solid. Need something to watch with the … Continue reading This week in Film: THE TWO POPES and THE IRON GIANT
If you picked up a copy of last week’s Boulder Weekly, then you might have read a review about a new movie starring Adam Driver (The Report) and another one starring Lucas Hedges (Waves). And if you pick up a … Continue reading This week in Film — MARRIAGE STORY and HONEY BOY
Timing is everything, and as the 2019 Impeachment Hearings drag on, the release of the new political thriller, The Report seems as perfectly timed as anything. Or maybe not. Maybe audiences will seek solace in the multiplex rather than complement. … Continue reading This week in Film — THE REPORT, FROZEN 2, and WAVES
Martin Scorsese’s 25th feature film, The Irishman, is a masterpiece. A work of maturity and atonement from one of cinema’s greatest talents. And though it seems foolish to parse this mammoth piece of work, the joys of the whole can … Continue reading This week in FILM — THE IRISHMAN and BABETTE’S FEAST
The 42nd Denver Film Festival wraps up Nov. 10, but there are still a slew of movies to see. For this week’s Boulder Weekly, I highlight three: The Twentieth Century, Premature, Sorry We Missed You — the latter is one … Continue reading This week in Film — Weekend Two of the Denver Film Festival and LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
The 42nd Denver Film Festival kicked off October 30 with a tribute to former artistic director Brit Withey. The festival runs through November 10 and features over 250 features and shorts. For the Weekly, I highlighted a couple to check … Continue reading This week in FILM — 42nd Denver Film Festival and US
Winner of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival Audience Award, Jojo Rabbit, is funny as hell, but somewhat misguided. What do you do when satire lacks conviction? I wonder what Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey would have made … Continue reading This week in FILM — JOJO RABBIT and DFF’s Brit Withey tribute
It’s a double dose of looking back this week. First with Garland, then with Brakhage. Few faces are as iconic in the cinema as is Judy Garland, which is why Renée Zellweger’s performance is so commendable: She inhabits Garland’s looks, … Continue reading This week in Film — JUDY and Celebrating Stan
