Every year, the Australian-based online quarterly, Senses of Cinema, invites writers from all over the globe to submit their selections for the best movies of the year. My top 10 is relatively familiar at this point, but the sheer breadth … Continue reading SENSES OF CINEMA: 2023 World Cinema Poll
On Friday, Jan. 12, 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 picks for the best of 2023. Of the 38 movies nominated, Barbie and … Continue reading And the winner is…
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…
Long before Little Boy and Fat Man were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, even before he first glimpsed his creation two weeks earlier at Trinity, J. Robert Oppenheimer was haunted by the bomb. Played by Cillian Murphy and … Continue reading OPPENHEIMER
Tenet opens not with a bang, but with an explosion. Chaos coordinated with cinematic clarity courtesy Christopher Nolan. The setting is a concert hall—packed to the rafters with people. The orchestra tunes, the doors close, and the bad guys enter: terrorists … Continue reading TENET
On January 16, the Denver Film Critics Society—16 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their picks for the year’s best. Leading the way was Lady Bird with two wins (Best … Continue reading And the winners are…
Dunkirk—the latest feature from filmmaker Christopher Nolan—isn’t like any other war movie. That’s because Dunkirk isn’t the story of a famous victory but of an infamous retreat. The year is 1940, and the German army has surrounded the British on the beaches … Continue reading DUNKIRK
The Sie Film Center’s programming manager, Ernie Quiroz, is like a kid with an electric train set. With three screening rooms and a variety of projectors at his disposal, Quiroz decides what magic plays out on those screens, and he … Continue reading Beyond Batman
Films are subjective—what you like, what you don’t like. But the thing for me that is absolutely unifying is the idea that every time I go to the cinema and pay my money and sit down and watch a film … Continue reading Born On This Day — July 30, 1970
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