Mid-level executive and middle-aged man Stefan Bednarz (Franciszek Pieczka) is placed in charge of building the new chemical plant in his hometown of Olechów, Poland. The only problem, the people of Olechów don’t want the plant. There is a perfectly … Continue reading THE SCAR (BLIZNA)
The Magnificent Seven doesn’t open with fanfare. No blaring horns to signal the American West, no soaring strings to complement the vast vistas before the camera, no cinematic shots of warring bandits cresting a hill, no legends, no heroes. Instead: ominous … Continue reading THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Looking for a way to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month? The Sie Film Center has a few for you, 15 in fact. Back for a third go around, CineLatino is one of the Front Range’s newest and best film festivals, and … Continue reading Cine Otro: Previewing the 2016 CineLatino
I heard a story—possibly apocryphal, but too good to dismiss—that when The Beatles played The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964, something happened that never happened before or since in the history of New York City: not a single crime was reported. … Continue reading THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK – THE TOURING YEARS
It sure is fun to be young. Not yet old enough to experience that odd combination of nostalgia and melancholy that plagues most adults, and still too young to worry about the future, the youth get to reside in that … Continue reading WHITE GIRL
Growing up is hard. Growing up in a strange land is even harder. That’s what Morris (Markees Christmas) is dealing with. His father, Curtis (Craig Robison), moved the two of them out of the Big Apple and into the 500-year-old … Continue reading MORRIS FROM AMERICA
On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 departed LaGuardia airport at 3:24 p.m. There were 155 souls, including captain and crew, on board. Roughly 208 seconds later, flight 1549 was forced to land on the Hudson River not more … Continue reading SULLY
Every Labor Day weekend since 1974, filmmakers, critics, historians, students, moviegoers, and a handful of outdoorsmen and women converge on the quaint mountain town of Telluride, Colorado, to celebrate the past and present of their beloved art form. They come … Continue reading Simply Potent: Dispatches from the 2016 Telluride Film Festival
Reflecting on his life and work in 1975, critic and filmmaker François Truffaut wrote: “Today, I demand that a film express either the joy of making cinema or the agony of making cinema. I am not at all interested in anything in between; … Continue reading MIA MADRE
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