Coverage from domestic and international film festival.
It was 30 years ago this April that Turner Classic Movies (TCM) first signed on the air. Truly, it wasn’t that big of a deal then: AMC still stood for American Movie Classics, public broadcasting stations re-ran old movies either … Continue reading “To Build a Better World Together” Dispatch from the 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival
On this edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the 20th Boulder International Film Festival, playing Feb. 29-March 3, and Dune: Part II, now playing in wide release. Continue reading
When the lights dim and a hush falls over the audience at the Cinemark Century Boulder on Feb. 29, the Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) will open for the 20th time. That’s nothing to shake a stick at, especially considering … Continue reading Shut Up and Play the Hits: Previewing the 2024 Boulder International Film Festival
Of all the film fests hit hard these past four years, none took it on the chin quite like the Sundance Film Festival. First, there was the planned switch from in-person to virtual in 2021. Then, an eleventh-hour scuttle yielded … Continue reading Room for Improvement: Dispatch from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival
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
Fire up the projector and dim the lights—the 46th Denver Film Festival kicks off this weekend. This year’s slate opens with a screening of American Fiction, the story of a serious Black novelist (Jeffrey Wright) who becomes unwittingly acclaimed for the very tropes … Continue reading Under the Radar: Picks for the 46th Denver Film Festival
It’s the most common question you get as a film critic: “What’s good?” Variants include: “What do you like?” “What excites you?” “What should I see?” And if you’ve asked me any one of those in the past two months, … Continue reading Perfect Days: Previewing the 2023 Denver Film Festival
Now in its second decade, the Boulder Jewish Film Festival is trying something new. “The reality of programming is that I don’t get to invite the movies that are out there; I have to deal with the movies that I … Continue reading Free of Pretension; Full of Exploration: Previewing the 2023 Boulder Jewish Film Festival
It all started with a movie, Lonesome, and the promotional team in charge of booking screenings of the 1928 romantic comedy in various mountain towns. They were Bill and Stella Pence, James Card, and Tom Luddy, cinephiles with more industry … Continue reading Someone to Watch Over Me: Dispatches from the 50th Telluride Film Festival
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