Coverage from domestic and international film festival.
After 30 years in front of the camera, actress Julia Stiles has taken on a new position in cinema: director. “It was a revelation,” Stiles said at the 2025 Women+Film Festival in May. “The messaging when you’re an actress, predominantly, … Continue reading Women+Film: Julia Stiles on WISH YOU WERE HERE
Some topics never go out of fashion. We really wish they would, but we never seem to be that lucky. On June 1, the Women+Film Festival will host a community conversation: The Makings of a Moral Panic (10 a.m.), exploring … Continue reading Wish You Were Here: Previewing the 2025 Women+Film Festival
They don’t make ’em like they used to. That’s a line you’re bound to hear anytime you talk to someone fixated on the yesteryears of cinema. Their position: Movies are a paradise lost. But if you know even the surface … Continue reading Grand Illusions: Dispatch from the 16th TCM Classic Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is coming to Boulder—that you’ve probably heard. You’ve also probably heard a dozen reasons why it’s leaving Utah and a dozen more why it picked Colorado. It’s an exciting time to be a moviegoer along the … Continue reading Between Politics and Logistics: Scott Renshaw on the Sundance Film Festival Leaving Utah for Colorado
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the 21st Boulder International Film Festival and pick four to see at this year’s fest: The Friend, The White House Effect, In Waves and War, and One to One: John & Yoko. Continue reading
The Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) turns 21 this year. If it were a person, it could order a drink. Frankly, BIFF could probably use one, with the sword of Sundance hanging over its head. And while questions of film … Continue reading BIFF Marches On: Previewing the 2025 Boulder International Film Festival
Kelly Sears isn’t impatient, but she’s eager for the 2025 Brakhage Symposium to begin. “I’m ready to hit play and see it unfold,” the CU Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts associate professor and filmmaker says. She’s not alone. For … Continue reading ‘New Forms of Cinema.’ Previewing the 2025 Brakhage Symposium
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Continue reading
It’s like a grade school love note: Do you like me? (check one)□ Yes□ No♡ Maybe And right now, Boulder is still waiting patiently for a reply. On Jan. 23, the 2025 Sundance Film Festival got underway with no announcement … Continue reading No News is Good News? Dispatch from the 2025 Sundance Film Festival
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