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Native to sub-Saharan Africa, the guinea fowl is a communal bird that doubles as a guard animal. Whenever a predator is nearby, guinea fowl begin to chirp in cooperation with other guinea fowl to alert all within earshot that a … Continue reading ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL
The Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) turns 21 this year. If it were a person, it could order a drink. Frankly, BIFF could probably use one, with the sword of Sundance hanging over its head. And while questions of film … Continue reading BIFF Marches On: Previewing the 2025 Boulder International Film Festival
You might not believe it, but the Academy Awards mean a lot. Sure, it’s nice to be nominated, but winning that 8.5-pound golden statue—designed by the great MGM art director Cedric Gibbons and, allegedly, modeled after a nude sketch of … Continue reading FLOW and INCIDENT: Two First-Time Nominees to Root for at the 2025 Oscars
Kelly Sears isn’t impatient, but she’s eager for the 2025 Brakhage Symposium to begin. “I’m ready to hit play and see it unfold,” the CU Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts associate professor and filmmaker says. She’s not alone. For … Continue reading ‘New Forms of Cinema.’ Previewing the 2025 Brakhage Symposium
Though he’s from the jungles of Peru, Paddington is British through and through. Sent to London by his kind and wise Aunt Lucy, the orphaned bear was adopted by the Brown family, named after the train station where they found … Continue reading PADDINGTON IN PERU
The Toxic Avenger, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, Tromeo and Juliet, Cannibal! The Musical, Surf Nazis Must Die, the list goes on. Even if you haven’t seen them, you’ve probably heard of them. They’re legendary movies in cult circles, … Continue reading Mathew Klickstein on LLOYD KAUFMAN: INTERVIEWS
It’s like a grade school love note: Do you like me? (check one)□ Yes□ No♡ Maybe And right now, Boulder is still waiting patiently for a reply. On Jan. 23, the 2025 Sundance Film Festival got underway with no announcement … Continue reading No News is Good News? Dispatch from the 2025 Sundance Film Festival
When we talk about movies, we talk about what they’re about. But when we talk about Nickel Boys, we have to talk about how it’s about what it’s about. “The intention is to be inside the perspective—inside the worldview of … Continue reading “Running in the Rain.” Filmmaker RaMell Ross on Making NICKEL BOYS a First-Person Masterpiece
Ben Chaplin wants to surprise you. It’s a simple charge, but it’s what the stage and screen actor of more than 30 years has in mind when he takes a new role. “That’s always my goal: to do something that … Continue reading “I don’t mind making them uncomfortable.” Ben Chaplin on SEPTEMBER 5
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