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One of the best movies I saw at this year’s Telluride Film Festival was Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life — a narrative based on the life of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian contentious objector who refused to raise right hand to … Continue reading This week in Film — OFFICIAL SECRETS
Few cinematic pleasures are greater than a Labor Day weekend spent inside Telluride’s picturesque box canyon. At 8,750 feet above sea level, the air is thin and crisp. The sun’s rays beat down on you, but a breeze instantly chills … Continue reading This week in Film — Dispatches From the 46th Telluride Film Festival
Martin Scorsese says cinema is a question of what’s in the frame and what’s out. That frame is the heart and soul of The Chambermaid, the excellent new drama from director Lila Avilés about Eve (Gabriela Cartol), a chambermaid existing … Continue reading This week in Film — THE CHAMBERMAID
Ah, the last few weeks of August. The summer blockbuster season winds down, the cineastes prepare for the fall festival season to kick into gear, and students return to class. And with their return, CU-Boulder’s International Film Series releases their … Continue reading This week in Film — CU’s International Film Series
I left my first view of Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood eager to see it again. There was simply too much to absorb on a single viewing. And while the first viewing was mesmerizing, the second was clarifying. There … Continue reading This week in Film — ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD and YESTERDAY
Winner of the audience award at this year’s South by Southwest Film Festival, The Peanut Butter Falcon is a feel-good film wrapped around a Mark Twain yarn. But, the real story is how the movie got made. My interview with … Continue reading This week in Film — THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON
Documentaries about notable figures are a dime a dozen. The ones that lionize the artists are the most egregious because they distance their work from their humanity. Yes, John Coltrane may have been one of the greatest jazz musicians of … Continue reading This week in Film — TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM
Cinematically speaking, this weekend is a welcome relief. A relief from sequels, remakes, and franchise expansion. And while the lion share of attention and ticket sales will no doubt head Quentin Tarantino’s way with Once Upon a Time In… Hollywood, … Continue reading This week in Film — THE FAREWELL
A bad movie is one thing, but a bad remake? Deflating, frustrating, infuriating. So much wasted talent, so much money misspent, and for what? Well, probably hundreds of millions of dollars… At least the 1994 animated classic still exists and … Continue reading The week in Film — THE LION KING
There’s no shortage of musical drama out there these days, but Scottish Wild Rose deserves to be in a class on its own. With an outstanding performance from Jessie Buckley and a couple of catchy earworms — one written by Mary Steenburgen — Wild Rose is one that will stick with you. It’s playing in selected cities, and as David Letterman would say, “I hope to God your city was selected!” Continue reading This week in Film — WILD ROSE
