Thoughts on the latest horror film from A24, “Talk to Me,” and another entry in 2023’s burgeoning buy-o-pic genre, “The Beanie Bubble.” Continue reading
Category: Outlets
BARBIE
Storytelling is creativity within limitations. And when your story takes place in a fantasy world—be it with dragons, lightsabers, or toys—there are really only two options in front of you: Remain in the fantasy and make the fantastical realistic, or … Continue reading BARBIE
Barbie vs. Oppenheimer: The showdown of the summer has arrived. Continue reading
ONCE UPON A TIME IN UGANDA
Isaac Nabwana was a bricklayer with movies on his mind. But Uganda didn’t have the resources for Isaac’s dreams. By Isaac’s admission, his neighborhood, Wakaliga, is a ghetto, a small village littered with refuse and an open sewage channel running … Continue reading ONCE UPON A TIME IN UGANDA
Racing the Clock: 2023 Boulder Environmental / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival
Yes, it’s beautiful out there. Probably the Boulder region’s best summer in recent memory: cool temperatures (until recently), lots of rain, and no smoke to speak of. It’s lovely. But not too far east, it’s tornadoes and hail. To the … Continue reading Racing the Clock: 2023 Boulder Environmental / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival
Thoughts about “Scarlet” and “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” Continue reading
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
For 30 years, Ethan Hunt has been living in an augmented reality. Everywhere he turns are deceptions, lies, trickery, false narratives, and people who are not who they say they are. It’s all in a day’s work for Mr. Hunt, … Continue reading MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
Thoughts about Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and Denver Film’s Sunset Cinema. Continue reading
PASOLINI 101
There once was a time when some of the brightest thinkers wondered if movies were the answer. Could this new visual language topple tyrants? Fix social problems? Rewrite the political landscape? There were many questions, and the answer kept coming … Continue reading PASOLINI 101
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