The 2020 pivot to virtual continues with the first major film festival of 2021: The Sundance Film Festival is coming to a couch near you. From Jan. 28 to Feb. 3, Sundance will present more than 70 features from 29 … Continue reading This week in Film — The Sundance Film Festival
On Tuesday, Jan. 12, the Denver Film Critics Society—16 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their nominees for the best of 2020. In total, 42 movies received nominations with Minari … Continue reading And the nominees are…
On Jan. 7, 2021, British filmmaker Michael Apted died in his Los Angeles’ home. He was 79. Though Apted enjoyed a prolific career in film and television, he will always be remembered for his participation in the groundbreaking documentary, The … Continue reading 63 UP
One of the cinematic highlights of 2020 was the TCM broadcast premier of Mark Cousins’ 14-hour docuseries, Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema. Now the series comes to Kanopy for those who do not have the cable … Continue reading WOMEN MAKE FILM: A NEW ROAD MOVIE THROUGH CINEMA
On Friday, Jan. 8, the Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS)—16 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—cast their preliminary ballots for this year’s DFCS awards. How it works: Members are asked … Continue reading Denver Film Critics Society 2020 Ballot
On Oct. 2, 2018, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. He was never to seen from again. Days later, it surfaced that Khashoggi had been killed, likely at the behest of the Saudi Arabian government … Continue reading THE DISSIDENT
There’s a new John Ford/Wayne western available on Blu-ray, and there’s a little something in it about healing a divided country. Seem appropriate. But that’s only one component of Rio Grande. The rest is much more traditional. Wayne stars as York … Continue reading This week in Film — RIO GRANDE
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve had a soft spot for westerns. I can’t remember my first, but I’m sure it was at my grandfather’s insistence. Last year I found myself watching them more and more frequently, partly because … Continue reading THE GUNFIGHTER
They called them “B-Movies:” genre films (westerns, noir, horror, sci-fi, etc.) made on shoestring budgets with leads played by actors, not stars; directors who were journeymen, not auteurs. The 1950s were their heyday, and they played great on a rainy … Continue reading THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN
