A lizard is photographed from 360 degrees. The lizard will soon become part of a computer archive that is recreating digital simulations of every animal on the planet, starting with the ones most likely to become extinct. For whom is … Continue reading OUR ARK
Trinity, New Mexico. The site where the American military tested the atomic bomb before dropping two on Japan. Today the site is an army base and tourist attraction. Despite some green glass where the blast fused sand and rocks and … Continue reading WHAT TRAVELERS ARE SAYING ABOUT JORNADA DEL MUERTO
I ask my grandmother whether she remembers her old house. She says: ‘It’s good that I never had a photograph of my childhood home. Because if I had a photo of it, I would have forgotten what it looked like. … Continue reading Mimesis Documentary Festival 2022
For Ben Manalowitz, America is just a theory. And he’s got plenty of them: Theories that favor time over space, myth over fact, conspiracy over simplicity. Some are good, really good, but a lot are over-cooked, over-thought, and over-analyzed after … Continue reading VENGEANCE
On June 16, 1904, a 22-year-old James Joyce walked with 20-year-old Nora Barnacle around the Dublin suburb of Ringsend. They enjoyed each other’s company, the sunshine in the park and the sea lapping against the rocks lining the port. And … Continue reading IN BED WITH ULYSSES
For Ricky Park, it all started when the balloon popped. The year was 1998, and Park was the child star of a hit network sitcom opposite a chimpanzee. Then a balloon popped, and unspeakable carnage followed. But the lesson Park … Continue reading NOPE
The man is silent. He removes a welder’s helmet and reveals his face: tired, soaked in sweat and soot. He pulls a chair to the center of the room and sits, taking a cigarette out and lighting it. A crinkle … Continue reading THIEF
Fifteen-year-old Olga (Anastasiia Budiashkina) isn’t sure where she belongs. Her mother is a Ukrainian journalist covering the unrest and revolution building in Kyiv. The year is 2013, and things are getting testy in the streets and harder for Olga to … Continue reading OLGA and the 2022 Boulder Environmental / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival
The premise for Apples, from Greek director Christos Nikou, is so bonkers it feels real: There’s a pandemic goin’ ‘round, and it’s claiming memories. How and why are never explained. All we know is that it strikes suddenly, attacks without prejudice, … Continue reading APPLES (Μήλα)
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