All movies, at some point, contain a test. A moment in the narrative where you, the viewer, get to decide to continue down the path the movie walks, or go and find something else to watch. Some movies are more … Continue reading 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE
On Feb. 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis walked into an Indianapolis mortgage firm, strapped a shotgun to the neck of executive Richard Hall, and then headed home, where he held law enforcement, TV news crews, and a popular radio station deejay … Continue reading DEAD MAN’S WIRE
England, 1916: the war is on. A dearth of male voices has required a rural choral to relax their acceptance standards, and anti-German sentiment has forced a program shift from Bach’s Passion to Edward Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius—an oratorio … Continue reading THE CHORAL
This post is third in a series of movie discussions about westerns at the University of Colorado Boulder’s International Film Series. My Darling Clementine will screen Sunday, Jan. 13, 2026 at 2 p.m. Tickets start at $8. Though it’s a … Continue reading MY DARLING CLEMENTINE
On Friday, Jan. 9, the Denver Film Critics Society—a group of writers, broadcasters, and bloggers working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their nominees for the best of 2025. In total, a whopping 44 … Continue reading And the nominees are…
Joan Webster has known where she is going since day one. But it wasn’t until today that she knew the destination: Kiloran. It’s an island in the Scottish Hebrides, and she sets off to wed the man who waits for … Continue reading I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING!
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Park Chan-wook’s latest black comedy, No Other Choice, out now in theaters, and run through my top 10 movies of 2025. Continue reading After Image: Jan. 2, 2026
Man-su has been laid off. Actually, it’s worse: Man-su’s middle-management position has been dissolved—made redundant by advancements in technology, corporate consolidation, and social devaluing of the craft it takes to make everyday objects. What’s a man to do in a … Continue reading NO OTHER CHOICE
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Marty Supreme and Song Sung Blue, both out in theaters. Continue reading After Image: Dec. 26, 2025
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