TANNA
Traditions may come in all shapes and sizes, but the rigid ones always seem to be the ones that last. On the island of Tanna in the South Pacific, tradition is called “Kastom,” and it’s the one thing the islanders … Continue reading TANNA
Category: Boulder Weekly
Reviews, interviews, and festival coverage for Boulder’s only independent newspaper from 2014 to 2025.
CHRISTINE
Human beings are creatures of sight. What we judge as real is commonly based on what we see and how we see, but there is a third aspect to sight: Why. Why must we see? To believe? To understand? Because … Continue reading CHRISTINE
PATERSON
Consider the bus driver. Do you notice them as you board the Skip? Do you wonder what they see as the Dash rumbles down South Boulder Road? As you stare out the window, lost in your thoughts, what thoughts are … Continue reading PATERSON
DEKALOG
Famed Polish writer/director Krzysztof Kieślowski already had a handful of feature films and documentaries under his belt when his writing partner, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, gave him the idea: “Someone should make a film about the Ten Commandments. You should do it.” … Continue reading DEKALOG
SILENCE
My whole life has been movies and religion. That’s it. Nothing else. —Martin Scorsese It all goes back to Mean Streets: “You don’t make up for your sins in church, you do it in the streets. You do it at home. … Continue reading SILENCE
FENCES
The world has not been kind to Troy Maxson (Denzel Washington). Though he had outstanding talent on the baseball diamond, he couldn’t break the color barrier of the majors the way Jackie Robinson did, despite a high batting average. Troy … Continue reading FENCES
2016 in…
What can one possibly say that might even begin to distill and codify 2016? From an endless string of celebrity deaths that prompted an entire year of retrospectives and tributes, to almost daily mass shootings, to a presidential election that … Continue reading 2016 in…
THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT (LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT)
There is an old saying that you should never meet your heroes. They may disappoint you. The Belgian comedy from writer/director Jaco Van Dormael, The Brand New Testament, takes that one step further. Maybe you shouldn’t meet God. You may find … Continue reading THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT (LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT)
LA LA LAND
The city of Los Angeles is home to a million stories, all of them different, many of them sad. They don’t always start out that way. Most arrive in the City of Stars as eager young dreamers with their heads … Continue reading LA LA LAND
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