Essays and reflections on movies, their impact and influence, and the people who created them.
Tall and lean, Jimmy Ringo’s come to town. His pants are ill-fitting and his jacket is a little shabby. His mustache is dumpy and that bowl cut sure isn’t making the women swoon. But the men are in awe. “Hiya, … Continue reading THE GUNFIGHTER
On Sept. 1, TCM launched a 14-week series, Women Make Film: A road trip through 100 films across 44 countries and 12 decades of cinema. One of the delights of TCM’s line-up is how certain movies bump up against each … Continue reading Women Make Film: Jacqueline Audry and Chantal Akerman
Running 14 hours and featuring the work of 183 directors, 700 clips, and seven narrators, Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema might be writer/director Mark Cousins’ most ambitious project to date. “Many films about cinema feature only … Continue reading WOMEN MAKE FILM: A NEW ROAD MOVIE THROUGH CINEMA
It means possibility. It means history. And, most importantly, what I understand is that I’m going to be the one who says: I am a Black, lesbian filmmaker. Who’s just beginning. But I’m going to say a lot more and … Continue reading Home Viewing: Cheryl Dunye
It’s Tuesday at 3 p.m. outside the Century Theater in Boulder’s Twenty Ninth Street Mall, and it’s quiet. Too quiet. You’ll have to excuse the cliché, but it fits. This courtyard should be filled with voices of patrons coming and … Continue reading See You at the Movies?
Walking through life with you, ma’am, has been a very gracious thing. —They Died With Their Boots On Like all great Hollywood stars, her story starts nowhere near the City of Angels. She was born Olivia Mary de Havilland on … Continue reading Home Viewing: Olivia de Havilland
A lecture may get your point across, but a story illustrates it better. And if you can smuggle in a little humor, it’s a better bet the medicine will go down. Irresistible got you hankering for more? Here are four … Continue reading Home Viewing: Satire Streams
It’s mid-June, which means we ought to be full swing into Chautauqua’s Summer of Silents—the annual celebration of cinema sans dialogue. And whether they’re accompanied by the incomparable Hank Troy or the impressive Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, spending a … Continue reading Home Viewing: Silent Clowns
Spike Lee’s latest film, Da 5 Bloods, will be available to all with a Netflix login on June 12. Delroy Lindo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Clarke Peters, and Norm Lewis are four aging Vietnam vets who head back to the jungle … Continue reading Home Viewing: Spike Lee
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