On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the newly released CU-Boulder’s International Film Series spring calendar and what to see, thoughts on the 40th Sundance Film Festival, and musings about the nature of documentary movies. Continue reading
You could see Stanley Kubrick’s iconic anti-war film Paths of Glory (Jan. 30). Or maybe you’ll check out Kasi Lemmons’ feature debut Eve’s Bayou on 35 mm (Feb. 3). You could see what this critic considers to be the best … Continue reading Cinema Springs Eternal: CU’s International Film Series Returns for Another Semester
A skull has turned up in the desert along the Texas-Mexico border, and near it lies a sheriff’s badge. So opens John Sayles’ 1996 Lone Star—newly restored and available on home video from The Criterion Collection—a magnificently constructed story combining history, … Continue reading LONE STAR
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Origin (out in wide release), All of Us Strangers (out in limited release), and a few thoughts on adaptations. Continue reading
It’s not about race; it’s about caste—the system of injustice and subjugation that persists, generation from generation, resistant to the individuals who work to defy and shatter it. So it is in Isabel Wilkerson’s 2020 nonfiction study, Caste: The Origins … Continue reading ORIGIN
On Friday, Jan. 12, the Denver Film Critics Society—19 writers, broadcasters, and bloggers working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their picks for the best of 2023. Of the 38 movies nominated, Barbie and … Continue reading And the winner is…
If you’re an independent filmmaker, getting into the Sundance Film Festival is high on your wishlist. “It’s such a big festival, and it’s such an industry festival,” Kelly Sears says. “I’m ecstatic that my little, scrappy film is invited to … Continue reading Kelly Sears on THE LOST SEASON
On Friday, Jan. 5, the Denver Film Critics Society—19 writers, broadcasters, and bloggers working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their nominees for the best of 2023. In total, 33 movies received nominations, with … Continue reading And the nominees are…
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about American Fiction (out now in wide release) and Freud’s Last Session (currently in limited release and expanding wide Jan. 12). Continue reading
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