Coverage from domestic and international film festival.
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
Film festivals tend to stay put. Imagine how confusing it would be if the Cannes Film Festival was suddenly relocated to Bordeaux. What if one year, the Boulder International Film Festival was held in downtown Denver, and the Telluride Film … Continue reading Previewing the 2017 Banff Mountain Film Festival
THE PULITZER AT 100 Hungarian immigrant and yellow journalist Joseph Pulitzer wanted to elevate his chosen profession by honoring the best in the business. He gave his fortune to Columbia University to start a school of journalism, and on June … Continue reading The 39th Denver Film Festival — Days 8–12
I, DANIEL BLAKE When I, Daniel Blake was announced as the winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the critical press was stunned that anything could have topped Maren Ade’s German comedy, Toni Erdmann. Par for the course, really: … Continue reading The 39th Denver Film Festival — Day 6 & 7
There is something in the air at the 39th Denver Film Festival (DFF), something musical. Be it Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling channeling the spirits of Rogers and Astaire in the opening night film La La Land, the swinging jazz musicians … Continue reading A Couple of Clowns: Dispatches From the 39th Denver Film Festival
ACTOR MARTINEZ If acting is reacting, what is Actor Martinez? Blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, a Denver-based actor, Arthur Martinez (playing himself), hires two indie directors, Mike Ott and Nathan Silver (also playing themselves), to make a movie about … Continue reading The 39th Denver Film Festival — Day 4 & 5
CALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER California Typewriter takes its title from one of the last typewriter repair shops in America. Located in Berkeley, California Typewriter was opened over 30 years ago by Herb Permillion, an IBM repairman. Apple released the personal computer one year … Continue reading The 39th Denver Film Festival — Day 3
DFF39 eases us into Day Two with only 11 movies, all of which are featured at the Sie Film Center on Colfax. From here on out, it gets crazy, but for today let’s all convene at Henderson’s for a drink … Continue reading The 39th Denver Film Festival — Day 2
The 39th Denver Film Festival gets underway tonight with the opening night film La La Land, a modern-day musical set in the City of Angels where some dreams are realized while others are crushed underfoot. The movie stars Ryan Gosling and … Continue reading The 39th Denver Film Festival — Day 1
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