Reviews, interviews, and festival coverage for Boulder’s only independent newspaper from 2014 to 2025.
At the turn of the 20th century, vast majorities of the planet remained undiscovered for those restless ones who couldn’t possibly imagine a life spent behind a desk or in a factory. If they had the notion and sufficient funding, … Continue reading SUNSHINE SUPERMAN
Antonio Pane (Antonio Albanese) is a 48-year-old blue-collar journeyman who has spent his life bouncing from odd job to odd job. Some days he is a cook at a five-star restaurant. On others, he could be cleaning out coffins or … Continue reading L’INTREPIDO: A LONELY HERO
The 1998 Academy Awards Ceremony felt a little bit like a private party James Cameron threw for his monumental Titanic, which sailed away with 11 statues that evening, but that was also the night 57 million Americans met one singer/songwriter who left … Continue reading HEAVEN ADORES YOU
When Alice Klieg (Kristen Wiig) was 11, she was diagnosed manic-depressive, put on medication, and grew up as most teenagers do. Yet, the events that shaped Alice’s upbringing—although not abnormal—stuck deeper in her mind than most. Where most people learn … Continue reading WELCOME TO ME
Dior. The name itself invokes the very highest of French fashion. One of the original members of haute couture, Christian Dior, opened his Parisian house in December of 1946 when he was just 41. By February 1947, Dior launched “The … Continue reading DIOR AND I
None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before Me?Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine. Job 41:10-11, King James Version Leviathan, the latest … Continue reading LEVIATHAN (Левиафан)
The history of cinema is littered with career defining debuts. From Orson Welles’ seismic Citizen Kane to François Truffaut’s autobiographical The 400 Blows; from Terrence Malick’s poetic Badlands to Martin Scorsese’s raw Whose That Knocking On My Door? They don’t … Continue reading I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS
Clothes make the man. But who makes the clothes? Nowadays, most of us walk around wearing cookie-cutter shirts, pants, and jackets, all produced en masse and for no one in particular. Sure, they come in a variety of standardized sizes, … Continue reading MEN OF THE CLOTH
Remember those old movies? The ones where a couple drives down the road, only they aren’t driving, they’re sitting in a car on some studio lot. And that’s not a road behind them; it’s a rear projection of road. Looks … Continue reading ROME OPEN CITY (ROME CITTÀ APERTA)
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