The week belongs to Stan Brakhage, a titan of experimental filmmaking and a former University of Colorado Boulder professor. All week long, I’ve been reposting old Boulder Weekly articles starting on Sunday with Brakhage’s background, a preview of the 2016 Brakhage Center … Continue reading Previewing the [canceled] 2020 Brakhage Center Symposium
The week belongs to Stan Brakhage, a titan of experimental filmmaking and a former University of Colorado Boulder professor. For information on Brakhage’s background, see Sunday’s post. For the remainder of the week, I’ve been posting previews of Brakhage Center … Continue reading Previewing the 2019 Brakhage Center Symposium
The week belongs to Stan Brakhage, a titan of experimental filmmaking and a former University of Colorado Boulder professor. For information on Brakhage’s background, see Sunday’s post. For the remainder of the week, I’ll be posting previews of Brakhage Center … Continue reading Previewing the 2018 Brakhage Center Symposium
The week belongs to Stan Brakhage, a titan of experimental filmmaking and a former University of Colorado Boulder professor. For information on Brakhage’s background, see Sunday’s post. For the remainder of the week, I’ll be posting previews of Brakhage Center … Continue reading Previewing the 2017 Brakhage Center Symposium
The week belongs to Stan Brakhage, a titan of experimental filmmaking and a former University of Colorado Boulder professor. For information on Brakhage’s background, see Sunday’s post. For the remainder of the week, I’ll be posting previews of Brakhage Center … Continue reading Previewing the 2016 Brakhage Center Symposium
Set to screen once more along Hollywood Boulevard, the 11th annual TCM Classic Film Festival (TCMFF) was canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Instead, the cable channel has pivoted to a “Special Home Edition” of the festival, April 16-19.Not … Continue reading Dispatches from the 10th annual TCM Classic Film Festival
“This certainly isn’t the game plan we had in mind earlier this year,” Pola Changnon, TCM General Manager, told a conference call full of reporters on April 14. “We’re glad we’re able to execute something this robust in such a … Continue reading “Changes breed creativity.”
One of the true pleasures of a film festival is the ability to walk into a movie, know nothing about the film or the filmmakers, and walk out floored. Sometimes it leads to discovery, other times it leads to familiarity. … Continue reading Sunday Streams — BIRDS OF PASSAGE
Painted between 1348 and 1350, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains is one of the few surviving works from painter Huang Gongwang and considered by many to be one of China’s finest works. It’s a painting of rivers and mountains, and the movie … Continue reading DWELLING IN THE FUCHUN MOUNTAINS (CHUN JIANG SHUI NUAN)
Truth is a slippery thing. So are lies. There are bald-faced lies, little white lies, and evasions. But there are also constructs; stories and parables that aren’t necessarily true but point to an underlying and undeniable truth. Where the lies … Continue reading THE TRUTH (LA VÉRITÉ)
