Reporting from the Denver Film Festival. There’s nothing soft about Alex (Isabelle Fuhrman). She’s only a freshman, but’s she working to graduate this spring. It’s how Alex does things. She isn’t the smartest, most talented, most athletically gifted, or any … Continue reading THE NOVICE
Reporting from the Denver Film Festival. For 40 years, Masamoto Ueda has been slinging ramen noodles across his counter. He offers about four different bowls, half-dozen side dishes, and that’s it. His restaurant, Bizentei, seats about six at the bar … Continue reading COME BACK ANYTIME
Reporting from the Denver Film Festival. Betsey (Jessica Alexander) refuses to eat. Her mother, Holly (Sienna Guillory), is understandably concerned. Anytime a teenage girl pushes the plate away, mom wants answers. And Holly appears to be a pretty top-level shelf … Continue reading A BANQUET
Reporting from the Denver Film Festival. The animation is stunning. Fluid lines connect all different styles and textures: pencil drawings, cutouts, and computer-generated images. Some of them are on black backgrounds; some of them overlap archival footage of Montreal—the second-largest … Continue reading ARCHIPELAGO (ARCHIPEL)
Reporting from the Denver Film Festival. Somewhere in England, a beautiful Holstein with a perfect cow face gives birth. There’s nothing unusual or complicated about the delivery—though we will learn later that the cow’s uterus became twisted in the process—it’s … Continue reading COW
Reporting from the Denver Film Festival. A luzzu is a traditional Maltese fishing boat—about 12 feet in length, made entirely from wood, and hand-painted bright colors, with two eyes peering forward from the bow. The luzzu Jesmark (Jesmark Scicluna) captains … Continue reading LUZZU
Reporting from the Denver Film Festival. There’s something going on in the documentary world, something good. It probably has something to do with the proliferation of prosumer cameras: Home movies look and sound better than ever before. Though the quantity … Continue reading NORTH BY CURRENT
Now playing in-person and virtually, the 44th Denver Film Festival features 230-plus narratives and docs, features and shorts, series and music videos, many of them in the Centennial State. Among those featured in the Colorado Shorts program: Ghost Dogs, the latest from … Continue reading Joe Cappa on GHOST DOGS
Reporting from the Denver Film Festival. It opens with Mina (Maryam Moghadam) sitting in the passenger’s seat while a single tear rolls down her cheek. The movie will end with another car ride with a single tear running down Mina’s … Continue reading BALLAD OF A WHITE COW (قصیده گاو سفید)
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