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Tag: Denver Film Festival

KGNU: After Image
November 5, 2022November 10, 2022 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the 45th Denver Film Festival, with attention to Empire of Light, Women Talking, All That Breathes, Gods of Mexico, Wildcat, and Pierrot le Fou. … Continue reading

KGNU: After Image
October 29, 2022October 31, 2022 Michael J. Casey

On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about The Banshees of Inisherin (out now in theaters) and preview two docs playing the Denver Film Festival on November 3: Love, Charlie: The Rise … Continue reading

Film Festival, Reviews

THE NOVICE

November 13, 2021November 13, 2021 Michael J. Casey

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

Film Festival, Reviews

COME BACK ANYTIME

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021 Michael J. Casey

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

Film Festival, Reviews

A BANQUET

November 11, 2021November 7, 2021 Michael J. Casey

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

Film Festival, Reviews

ARCHIPELAGO (ARCHIPEL)

November 10, 2021November 10, 2021 Michael J. Casey

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)

Film Festival, Reviews

COW

November 10, 2021November 8, 2021 Michael J. Casey

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

Film Festival, Reviews

LUZZU

November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 Michael J. Casey

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

Film Festival, Reviews

NORTH BY CURRENT

November 8, 2021November 5, 2021 Michael J. Casey

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

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