Come sit and be swept away,” the Denver Film Festival boasts. And for the 38th time, it aims to do just that. Running Nov. 4-15, DFF beckons moviegoers young and old, new and seasoned, liberal and conservative, with roughly 250 … Continue reading Spotlight on Colorado: Dispatches From the 38th Denver Film Festival
In March 2010, famed Iranian director, Jafar Panahi (The White Balloon, The Mirror, Offside), was arrested along with his wife, daughter, and 15 friends. Later that year, they were officially charged for “colluding with the intention to commit crimes against … Continue reading TAXI
Finders Keepers is as delightful as it is bizarre. It is the story of an amputated left foot and the two men who fought over it from 2008 to 2014. Some things you just have to see to believe. In 2004, John … Continue reading FINDERS KEEPERS
Yale, 1961: Stanley Milgram (Peter Sarsgaard) is conducting one of the most infamous and notorious behavioral studies of the 20th century. Two individuals who have never met before will choose roles; one will be the teacher and the other the … Continue reading EXPERIMENTER
The new film from director Danny Boyle and writer Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs, marks the third cinematic interpretation of Apple’s storied co-founder in the past two years—Jobs (Joshua Michael Stern, 2013) and Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine (Alex Gibney, 2015) were the previous … Continue reading STEVE JOBS
James B. Donovan (Tom Hanks) is a kind man in a cruel world. Rare considering that Donovan is an insurance lawyer in the middle of the Cold War. Donovan—who served on the Nuremberg Trails—is recruited to defend a captured Soviet … Continue reading BRIDGE OF SPIES
Horror movies are wondrous things. With a horror movie, one can confront their deepest darkest fears and survive them. The rush of adrenaline at the sight of danger gives way to the sigh of relief and chuckle of amusement when … Continue reading YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
“It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we are free to do anything.” —Tyler Durden, Fight Club That anything can be devastating. Stripped of social responsibilities and courtesies, even the best will behave like a dog backed into a corner. … Continue reading 99 HOMES
Director Joe Wright’s latest, Pan, might be the most unnecessary return to Neverland to see the big screen. Wright and writer Jason Fuchs take the tale of the boy who refused to grow up and turn his backstory into the typical … Continue reading PAN
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