If the Western is the vehicle with which contemporary filmmakers investigate the past to understand the present, then Liberty Valance illuminates how unrest in the 20th century reached back to the 19th century to uncover the lies America has been telling itself ever since. Continue reading THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, playing CU-Boulder’s International Film Series on Sunday, Nov. 2, and OBEX, playing the Denver Film Festival Oct. 31 and Nov. 8. Continue reading After Image: Oct. 31, 2025
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Caught Stealing (out now in theaters) and preview the International Film Series fall 2025 calendar, including an upcoming screening of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Continue reading After Image: Aug. 29, 2025
When you see Elio this weekend, hang around for the end credits and keep an eye out for the name Matthew Silas. He’s a CU Boulder grad, and he’s working for Pixar Animation Studios in layout. “Layout is the department … Continue reading The Animated Life: Matthew Silas on ELIO
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about The Wizard of Oz presented by Ebert Interruptus, April 8-10 at the Conference on World Affairs at the University of Colorado Boulder, and share some fond memories of Interruptus past. Continue reading
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about CU-Boulder’s International Film Series Black History Month lineup and Thick as Thieves, the upcoming repertory screening series at the Sie FilmCenter. Continue reading
They tried to warn us, but the lesson didn’t take. Released in 2006, writer-director Mike Judge’s Idiocracy was offloaded into theaters and damn near buried by distributor 20th Century Fox. In another world, Idiocracy would have come and gone with … Continue reading Cue the Projector: Previewing the Spring 2025 International Film Series
This weekend, you could celebrate the 70th anniversary of Seven Samurai—“one of the most thrilling movie epics of all time,” according to esteemed film critic, Roger Ebert. Next week, it could be a quiet but powerful drama starring Dakota Johnson … Continue reading Cinematic Staple: Previewing the Fall 2024 International Film Series
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the newly released International Film Series fall calendar and TCM’s new series, Making Change: The Most Significant Political Films of All Time. Continue reading
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