Jack Tuller is terminal. It’s a brain tumor that’ll do it, one he’s had since the early 1990s. Back then, the doctors gave Jack six months to live. But after a successful surgery removed a good chunk of the tumor, … Continue reading JACK HAS A PLAN
Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) may have started at the bottom, but now he’s found the top. With no more mountains to climb, the 30-something heavyweight boxing champ retires to spend time with wife Bianca (Tessa Thompson) and daughter Amara … Continue reading CREED III
Change your mind. For once in your life, change your mind. Those are the words Fen hurls at Thomas Dunson, a hardheaded man with money on his mind. Fourteen years later, another woman will say something similar to Dunson, only this … Continue reading RED RIVER
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about two movies nominated for Academy Awards: A House Made of Splinters (in the Best Documentary category) and Close (Best International Feature). Listen to After … Continue reading
Boulder’s festival of films, food, music, and adventure returns with the 19th annual Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF). Screening March 2-5, across four venues, BIFF hosts more than 70 features and shorts and a series of staples that have come … Continue reading THE QUIET GIRL (AN CAILÍN CIÚIN)
There’s a facility in eastern Ukraine where parents who can no longer care for their children can drop them off for nine months. If they can get their act together in that time, then they can pick up their kids … Continue reading A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the Oscar Nominated Short Films, now playing theaters everywhere. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3 p.m., on KGNU’s Metro Arts: 88.5 FM and 1390 … Continue reading
Past, present, and future moviemakers will gather on March 12 at the Dolby Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard to celebrate the best of 2022. Ten movies will contend for the Best Picture prize, 20 actors will compete in four categories—you know … Continue reading Salute Your Shorts: 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films
One of the most terrible things is that in fact, whether I like it or not, I am an American. —James Baldwin That line comes from the 1968 documentary from Horace Ové, Baldwin’s Ni**er, a provocatively titled conversation featuring one … Continue reading James Baldwin On-Screen
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