Reporting from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. If Charli XCX had her say, brat summer would be here to stay. If her label, manager, world tour crew, and dozens of hangers-on had their say, brat summer would never go away. … Continue reading THE MOMENT
Reporting from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. On Aug. 12, 2022, Hadi Mater rushed the stage of the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York state and stabbed author Salman Rushdie multiple times in the face, neck, hand, and abdomen. “For … Continue reading KNIFE: THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF SALMAN RUSHDIE
The room is full of people, but Helen is alone. You can hear the voices of a party around her, and sometimes you can even see them, but Helen (Claire Foy) isn’t interacting with any of them. She stands alone, … Continue reading H IS FOR HAWK
All movies, at some point, contain a test. A moment in the narrative where you, the viewer, get to decide to continue down the path the movie walks, or go and find something else to watch. Some movies are more … Continue reading 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE
On Feb. 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis walked into an Indianapolis mortgage firm, strapped a shotgun to the neck of executive Richard Hall, and then headed home, where he held law enforcement, TV news crews, and a popular radio station deejay … Continue reading DEAD MAN’S WIRE
England, 1916: the war is on. A dearth of male voices has required a rural choral to relax their acceptance standards, and anti-German sentiment has forced a program shift from Bach’s Passion to Edward Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius—an oratorio … Continue reading THE CHORAL
This post is third in a series of movie discussions about westerns at the University of Colorado Boulder’s International Film Series. My Darling Clementine will screen Sunday, Jan. 13, 2026 at 2 p.m. Tickets start at $8. Though it’s a … Continue reading MY DARLING CLEMENTINE
Joan Webster has known where she is going since day one. But it wasn’t until today that she knew the destination: Kiloran. It’s an island in the Scottish Hebrides, and she sets off to wed the man who waits for … Continue reading I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING!
Man-su has been laid off. Actually, it’s worse: Man-su’s middle-management position has been dissolved—made redundant by advancements in technology, corporate consolidation, and social devaluing of the craft it takes to make everyday objects. What’s a man to do in a … Continue reading NO OTHER CHOICE
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