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Say it, no ideas but in things. —William Carlos Williams, Paterson As the legend goes, when poet William Carlos Williams sat down to pen what would become his five-book opus, Paterson, he sought to do for his New Jersey city what James … Continue reading The Reality of Experience: Previewing the 2018 Brakhage Center Symposium
Boulder audiences love a good documentary. And from Feb. 22–25, the Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) returns to help Boulderites scratch the educational itch with a lineup that holds a little something for everyone. Of the 34 features screening at … Continue reading Top Picks for BIFF: Previewing the 2018 Boulder International Film Festival
The objective of the Boulder Jewish Film Festival is clear to its founding director, Kathryn Bernheimer: “To educate, to foster an appreciation, to create a deeper understanding.” And all three tenets will be on display March 8–18 at the Boulder … Continue reading Fostering Understanding: Previewing the 2018 Boulder Jewish Film Festival
The Denver Film Festival (DFF) turns 40 this year, and for the next two weekends, the Sie Film Center, the UA Pavilions, and the Ellie Caulkins Opera House become the center of moviegoing in the Centennial State. With roughly 150 … Continue reading The Cinema Awaits: Dispatches From the 40th Denver Film Festival
It would be low-hanging fruit to open this column with a declaration along the lines of: “The Flatirons Food Film Festival returns for a fifth course!” But who are we to eschew the tastiness of low-hanging fruit? It’s probably sagging … Continue reading Food as Culture; Food as Language: Previewing the 2017 Flatirons Food Film Festival
If it’s not a labor of love, then it’s a labor of something,” Errol Morris said, drawing a laugh from the Friday morning audience. Morris’s comment referred to his latest work, the four-and-a-half-hour docudrama Wormwood, but was applicable almost every time … Continue reading When I Paint My Masterpiece: Dispatches from the 2017 Telluride Film Festival
Chautauqua Summer Silent Film Series Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282, chautauqua.com/events/film Boulder is home to the only Chautauqua west of the Mississippi River in continuous operation since the Chautauqua heyday of the 1920s, making it the perfect venue … Continue reading 2017 Summer Movies Series, Festivals, and More
Many filmmakers have strode the hallowed halls of the University of Colorado Boulder: Derek Cianfrance, Dalton Trumbo, and Alex Cox are just a few, but if there is one name that towers over the rest it is the godfather of … Continue reading Images from the Underground: Previewing the 2017 Brakhage Center Symposium
From March 9 to 19, the Boulder Jewish Film Festival will screen over 20 different films of various lengths with subjects of inclusion, diversity, and heart. In previous iterations, BJFF provided sold-out audiences with a chance to experience something different. … Continue reading Better Living Through Cinema: Previewing the 2017 Boulder Jewish Film Festival
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