Discussions with filmmakers, musicians, programmers, historians, critics, and anyone who loves movies.
Stories of how movies get made are as varied as the movies themselves. For Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, two first-time writers/directors, the story of their debut feature goes back 13–14 years to an apartment building along the Santa Monica … Continue reading Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz on THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON
You can’t be an outdoor enthusiast and not be a lover of nature. Or someone who is concerned about the environment,” Richard Paradise says. “It’s all sort of intertwined, and it’s all convergent upon each other.” Paradise knows what he’s … Continue reading Traverse the Great Outdoors Without Leaving Your Seat: 2019 Boulder Environmental / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival
Good news, Longmont: The movies have returned to Main Street. You’ve probably seen the building about a hundred times: the Longmont Performing Arts Center at 513 Main St. It’s been there for years (since 1939, to be precise), and though … Continue reading Movies on Main: The Return of the Trojan Movie House
Herschel Goldberg wants you to see Liyana. “The core message is something that everybody needs to see,” Goldberg says. “Or feel. It’s more about the feeling, not just the seeing.” And that’s why Goldberg and good friends Maputo Mensah and Merilee … Continue reading Herschel Goldberg and Amanda Kopp on LIYANA
Kathryn Bernheimer—programmer of the Boulder Jewish Film Festival (BJFF)—knows what her audience wants. “Opening and closing films have to be feel-good,” she says. “And they have to be substantive.” And for the seventh annual BJFF, screening March 7–17, she has … Continue reading What Cinema is Capable of: Previewing the 2019 Boulder Jewish Film Festival
On the surface, Return to Mount Kennedy, directed by Eric Becker, looks like your typical climbing doc, but Mount Kennedy is anything but. Jumping back and forth between 1965 and 2015, Return to Mount Kennedy focuses on Bobby Whittaker, a constant presence in the 1980s–’90s … Continue reading Bobby Whittaker on RETURN TO MOUNT KENNEDY
What does “becoming American” mean to you? Is it a process? A state of mind? An act of participation? When one becomes American, what’s more important: the destination or the journey? That’s both the title and the central theme behind … Continue reading Becoming American: An Immigration Film Series and Discussion
According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, more than 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2017. The primary offender: opioids—heroin, fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, and more—claiming nearly 50,000 lives. It’s a public health emergency with a profound … Continue reading Peter Hedges on BEN IS BACK
As the Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock said, “Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.” And who does the cutting? Editors. Sifting through hours upon hours of footage, editors construct coherency from a multitude of takes and shape … Continue reading Nick Houy on MID90S
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