If you’re an independent filmmaker, getting into the Sundance Film Festival is high on your wishlist. “It’s such a big festival, and it’s such an industry festival,” Kelly Sears says. “I’m ecstatic that my little, scrappy film is invited to … Continue reading Kelly Sears on THE LOST SEASON
It’s a question of behavior. Are we born decent and then choose to behave indecently? Or is it the other way around? What shapes a person: nature or nurture? The 2004 teen-comedy Mean Girls—with a script by Tina Fey based on … Continue reading MEAN GIRLS
On Friday, Jan. 5, the Denver Film Critics Society—19 writers, broadcasters, and bloggers working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their nominees for the best of 2023. In total, 33 movies received nominations, with … Continue reading And the nominees are…
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about American Fiction (out now in wide release) and Freud’s Last Session (currently in limited release and expanding wide Jan. 12). Continue reading
Some people bite the hand that feeds them. American Fiction’s Thelonious “Monk” Ellison wants to chew it whole and spit it back out. Before we get there, first this: American Fiction is funny. It’s easily among the funniest movies I … Continue reading AMERICAN FICTION
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the movies and themes that defined 2023. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3 p.m., on KGNU’s Metro Arts: 88.5 FM and 1390 AM Denver/Boulder, … Continue reading
I love lists. Lists bring order to my day: what to do, what to watch, what to read, what to listen to. Lists provide context to larger themes and suss out tiny commonalities. The lists I author, be they for … Continue reading 2023: Now and Then
It begins with a birth and ends with a death. In between, a hired gun wanders the streets of Manhattan alone on Christmas while a voice in his head—not his voice—prattles on. The voice refers to him as “you,” “your,” … Continue reading BLAST OF SILENCE
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about two Christmas releases: The Color Purple and Ferrari. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3 p.m., on KGNU’s Metro Arts: 88.5 FM and 1390 AM … Continue reading
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