Not even the pandemic could upset the Boulder International Film Festival. Back in 2020, BIFF was one of the last times local moviegoers had a chance to get together before locking down one week later. In 2021, festival directors Kathy … Continue reading Unmasked and Fancy-Free: Previewing the 2022 Boulder International Film Festival
The timing couldn’t be better. The Alamo Drafthouse’s series, Hot Takes & Remakes, is a bizarre and beautiful collection of 30ish movies—some revered, some despised, all worth a second look. And if you haven’t given Martin Scorsese’s 2006 Boston cops … Continue reading THE DEPARTED
It’s been 20 years since novelist Jonathan Lethem published Motherless Brooklyn — the story of Lionel Essrog, a low-level gumshoe with Tourette’s — and actor Edward Norton has been trying to bring it to the screen every since. Oh, to know the … Continue reading MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN
The John DeLorean story has it all: Cars, cocaine, supermodels, countries at war, political scuffles on both sides of the Atlantic, an FBI sting of ridiculous proportions, secret off-shore bank accounts, deception, avarice, opulence, and ego. It could be a … Continue reading FRAMING JOHN DELOREAN
Just in time for college football bowl games and the NFL playoffs, Concussion tells the story of Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will Smith), the Nigerian-born forensic pathologist who discovered and named chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the brains of several recently deceased NFL … Continue reading CONCUSSION
For classic movie lovers, there is no greater film festival that the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. Back for the sixth consecutive year, TCM Film Festival is held over four days in Hollywood (March 26-29) and boasts 82 films—43 of … Continue reading 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival
Like it or not, the Oscars are big business, and the nominations and ceremony are important to the industry. Yes, the selections can sometimes seem arbitrary, rote, or political, but what it means to many films and filmmakers can be … Continue reading STILL ALICE
It’s been 37-years since Ron Henderson and his friends started the Denver Film Festival, and the city and it’s citizens have benefitted greatly. Now with a premier sponsor, Starz Entertainment, the Starz Denver Film Festival boasts 12 cinematic days in the … Continue reading Starz Denver Film Festival: Days 1 & 2
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