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As we approach the end of 2020, my mind turns to years previous, curious to see if the movies that informed that time and place informs this one. In 2015, the movies almost had a premonition of the years to … Continue reading 2017: ‘What year is this?’
Before looking back on the past year in cinema, I’m taking a tour through the past five years via my Boulder Weekly end of year recaps. For 2015, collaborations between directors and cinematographers provided the entry point. For 2016, I looked less … Continue reading 2016 in…
It’s normal to reflect on the previous year as the next one draws near. But lately, I’ve found myself thinking more and more about previous ones, specifically: How this year compares to others. Movie-wise that is. 2015 was the first … Continue reading 2015: Come and See
They say revenge is a dish best served cold. But in Promising Young Woman, revenge is served up on a candy-coated platter leftover from a Britney Spear’s music video: The result is complex despite the straightforward story. Even though the … Continue reading This week in Film — PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Many moons ago (okay, four years), the Denver Film Center unveiled a new program conceived by then-technical director, Randall Harper: Classics in Context. All the movies featured in the series would be familiar to cineastes, but Harper’s goal was to … Continue reading Classics in Context: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
On June 4, 2020, Peter Becker and Jonathan Turell of The Criterion Collection issued an email to subscribers of their Criterion Channel and purchasers of their Criterion discs about how the company was moving forward in the aftermath of George … Continue reading This week in Film — SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM
In 2020, theatrical moviegoing was dead in the water. Thankfully, home video sets soared, and at the very top of the list (in case you were looking for a holiday gift for the movie lover in your life) was Criterion’s … Continue reading Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 3
Plunging temperatures and snow have returned to Colorado’s Front Range. As I donned my heavy coat to walk to the library today, images from Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful Eight flashed through my mind. Now there was a movie with some good coats. Particularly … Continue reading Courtney Hoffman and Rosemary Brandenburg on THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Set on an island off the Irish Coast, Song of the Sea follows Saoirse (voiced by Lucy O’Connell), a young girl whose mother disappeared under mysterious circumstances when she was born. The loss has caused Saoirse’s older brother, Ben (David Rawle), to … Continue reading SONG OF THE SEA
