Coverage from domestic and international film festival.
In case you somehow haven’t heard, the Sundance Film Festival might be coming to Boulder in 2027. “The Sundance Film Festival has a deep history in the Mountain West, and we can think of no better home for its next … Continue reading Coming Attraction? Unpacking Boulder’s bid for the Sundance Film Festival
This joy is immense. This hope is infinite. Yet … all is vain and ephemeral. Those words, spoken in whispered voiceover, express one of the closing thoughts of Cette maison, a movie bursting with ideas and insights. Written and directed … Continue reading Screened Reality: Previewing the 2024 Mimesis Documentary Festival
Now in its sixth year, the Boulder Environmental / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival (Boulder ENOFF) has become a summer staple. Screening July 11-14 at the Dairy Arts Center, Boulder ENOFF rolls out the green carpet for four days of … Continue reading Passing the Baton: Sarah Keo on the 2024 Boulder Environmental / Nature / Outdoors 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
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