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What causes happiness? What does it take to make one happy? Am I achieving my potential happiness? And how do I know that my experience of happiness is similar to other people’s experience of happiness? Those are but a few … Continue reading THE HAPPY FILM
When it came to jazz, Dexter Gordon and Ben Webster were giants among men. Both were tenor saxophonists—Gordon helped adapt the instrument for bebop music, Webster specialized in swing—and both had played with the greats and inspired those to follow. … Continue reading COOL CATS
Even if you’ve never heard of Bert Berns, you’ve definitely heard his music. Brenda Reid of The Exciters described the prolific songwriter and record producer as “The white soul brother. … He put the soul in music.” And with hits … Continue reading BANG! THE BERT BERNS STORY
Ninety percent of the eastern Borneo rain forest has been sold off and destroyed, but who has profited? That is the question The Borneo Case seeks to answer, and this globetrotting documentary will travel from Montreal to London to Rio de Janeiro … Continue reading THE BORNEO CASE
If a picture is worth a thousand words and a film is 24-pictures a second, then a movie contains words beyond words of capable comprehension. That’s why when we think of a movie, we zero in on digestible bits—moments, lines, … Continue reading SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
Film festivals tend to stay put. Imagine how confusing it would be if the Cannes Film Festival was suddenly relocated to Bordeaux. What if one year, the Boulder International Film Festival was held in downtown Denver, and the Telluride Film … Continue reading Previewing the 2017 Banff Mountain Film Festival
Few filmmakers are as devoted to cinema as Alex Cox. Since his debut in 1984, Cox has made movies for the studios, for BBC’s Channel 4, for Roger Corman, for his students, and for himself. He’s penned three books on … Continue reading Alex Cox on TOMBSTONE-RASHOMON
“The story of the Negro in America is the story of America. It is not a pretty story.” —James Baldwin By the time James Baldwin penned those words in 1979, the revolution had been lost. Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and … Continue reading I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
It’s Oscar season at the movies, and that means celebrating the cinematic high-water marks that 2016 brought. And with 62 nominated films to choose from, there is ample opportunity to discover something new for everyone. More often than not, the … Continue reading Salute Your Shorts: 2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films
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