MOANA 2
Comfortable in her role as a wayfinder, Moana has taken it upon herself to explore the seas that connect us to see if there is anyone out there to connect with. She knows there is, not because of an encounter … Continue reading MOANA 2
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GLADIATOR II
It’s been 16 years since the death of Maximus Decimus Meridius and over two decades since the death of Marcus Aurelius and his dream of the Roman Empire. Two brother emperors sit on the throne now, each more unhinged than … Continue reading GLADIATOR II
‘You Gotta Be Here.’ George Nolfi on His Boulder-Based Sci-Fi Survivalist Flick ELEVATION and the Future of Filmmaking in Colorado
An exterminating force has arrived. They come from below, kill without prejudice and cannot be destroyed by traditional means. The one thing that’ll stop them dead in their tracks is any elevation above 8,000 feet. “Well, the script was originally … Continue reading ‘You Gotta Be Here.’ George Nolfi on His Boulder-Based Sci-Fi Survivalist Flick ELEVATION and the Future of Filmmaking in Colorado
FUNNY GIRL
I once spent a week with a family friend in the London suburb of Cheltenham, England. “I call the place ‘Evergreen,’” the lady of the house proudly told me. And she wasn’t referring to the tree, but the Barbra Streisand … Continue reading FUNNY GIRL
Drama, Drama, Doc: Three Can’t-Miss Movies for the Denver Film Festival’s Final Weekend
The 47th Denver Film Festival wraps Nov. 10 with a slate of seven movies at the Sie FilmCenter, home base for the Denver Film Society. But before we get there, we still have a full weekend of movies playing venues … Continue reading Drama, Drama, Doc: Three Can’t-Miss Movies for the Denver Film Festival’s Final Weekend
A REAL PAIN
Slightly neurotic and a little anxious, David Kaplan (Jesse Eisenberg) moves and talks like he’s wound a bit too tight. He’s the type to use a flood of fast-flowing words to keep his real emotions at bay. Social decorum is … Continue reading A REAL PAIN
CHAIN REACTIONS
Reporting from the 47th Denver Film Festival. Director Alexandre O. Philippe reexamines the classic low-budget horror movie, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, through five individuals and their relationship to the movie: Patton Oswalt, whose theory revolves around the sun sending … Continue reading CHAIN REACTIONS
PURSUED
It’s often been joked that if the title wasn’t already taken, most of Robert Mitchum’s movies could’ve been titled Out of the Past. That 1947 drama has become emblematic of the noir cycle popular in the 1940s and early-50s thanks … Continue reading PURSUED
THE CHANGELING
A man has suffered a terrible loss. His wife and child were killed in an automobile accident in front of him, and what was the makings of a happy memory one moment now is the horror that will shape the … Continue reading THE CHANGELING
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