This joy is immense. This hope is infinite. Yet … all is vain and ephemeral. Those words, spoken in whispered voiceover, express one of the closing thoughts of Cette maison, a movie bursting with ideas and insights. Written and directed … Continue reading Screened Reality: Previewing the 2024 Mimesis Documentary Festival
Now in its sixth year, the Boulder Environmental / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival (Boulder ENOFF) has become a summer staple. Screening July 11-14 at the Dairy Arts Center, Boulder ENOFF rolls out the green carpet for four days of … Continue reading Passing the Baton: Sarah Keo on the 2024 Boulder Environmental / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival
Nothing screams summer quite like a road trip. The pull of the open road, the freedom to choose this path or that, the small pockets of life one comes across on the way to the destination, the transformative experience of … Continue reading The International Road Movie with Suranjan Ganguly
There are no small parts in movies—only those that are long and those that are short. That was the philosophy British filmmaker Michael Powell ascribed to. It’s one worth keeping in mind anytime you watch a movie, but it’s especially … Continue reading Short Kings: 2024 Oscar Nominated Short Films
They play together and laugh, eat meals, discuss school, and tend to the garden. They’re just like other families, except for one crucial detail: When it’s time to go to work, dear old Dad puts on his S.S. uniform and … Continue reading Hollywood Gate Crashers: International Movies Shine with the 2024 Oscar Nominations
Now in its second decade, the Boulder Jewish Film Festival is trying something new. “The reality of programming is that I don’t get to invite the movies that are out there; I have to deal with the movies that I … Continue reading Free of Pretension; Full of Exploration: Previewing the 2023 Boulder Jewish Film Festival
Thoughts on the fourth annual Mimesis Documentary Festival. Continue reading
What is the story of us? That’s a question many movies try to answer, sometimes with the “us” meaning you and me, sometimes with the “us” meaning everyone. Few ever get there, but it’s still a question worth asking, whether … Continue reading This is Us: Previewing the 2023 Mimesis Documentary Festival
I ask my grandmother whether she remembers her old house. She says: ‘It’s good that I never had a photograph of my childhood home. Because if I had a photo of it, I would have forgotten what it looked like. … Continue reading Mimesis Documentary Festival 2022
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