The fictional oil town of Bad City, Iran, is, as far as we know, populated with pimps, prostitutes, drug dealers, drug users, a stray family member or two, a cat, and The Girl (Sheila Vand). Casting a menacing shadow over … Continue reading A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT
Mike Nichols was a rare one. He began in comedy, moved to the stage, and then made his way to Hollywood, where he forever changed the face of cinema. Sandwiched between the French New Wave and the New American Cinema, … Continue reading Mike Nichols: Five Unforgettable Films from a Master
Is Boulder, Colorado, the future of independent cinema? Alex Cox seems to think so. The British filmmaker and former assistant professor to the film studies program at the University of Colorado Boulder doesn’t just know a thing or two about … Continue reading Alex Cox on BILL THE GALACTIC HERO
It was 1983 when British filmmaker Alex Cox turned in his first feature film to Universal Studios. That same week, Cox optioned the rights to one of his favorite science-fiction novels for a future project. The movie was Repo Man. The book … Continue reading BILL THE GALACTIC HERO
In 2012, Missy Franklin—a swimmer from Centennial, Colorado—caught the attention of the Olympic world. The fresh-faced phenom became the first female to qualify for seven Olympic events and ended up collecting one bronze and four gold medals while setting two … Continue reading TOUCH THE WALL
The story of the Great Emancipator began on Feb. 12, 1809, when Abraham Lincoln was born to Thomas and Nancy Hanks in a one room log cabin in Kentucky. A few years later, the Lincolns left Kentucky, crossed the Ohio … Continue reading THE BETTER ANGELS
Lyons has a new man in town, and he’s starting up a film festival. That man is Jake Fink. Fink spent 15 years as a journeyman on film sets, starting out as a production assistant in New York City before … Continue reading Jake Fink on the Lyons Film Festival
On Saturday, Nov. 22, the 37th Starz Denver International Film Festival heads into its second and final weekend and rolls out the red carpet once again, this time for one of the best at this year’s fest: Keep On Keepin’ … Continue reading KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON
On Nov. 15, the Starz Denver Film Festival will screen a 35mm revival of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, a movie that is as relevant today as when it debuted in 1989. This past summer’s headlines out of Ferguson, Missouri, and … Continue reading DO THE RIGHT THING
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