Martin Eden is one of the best movies I’ve seen this year, and it got me thinking about one of the best movies I saw last year: Transit. Christian Petzold is one of those directors who has my number, and his latest, Undine, … Continue reading TRANSIT
The Yi family has come to Arkansas. Immigrants from Korea by way of California, they’ve relocated in hopes of discovering the American Dream. What exactly that dream will look like is still a mystery to everyone but father Jacob (Steven … Continue reading MINARI
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Martin Eden (now in virtual theaters, coming soon to select theaters)—which could make for a really good double feature with Transit—and stump for an … Continue reading
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the upcoming 43rd Denver Film Festival and offer a few recommendations to get you started. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., on … Continue reading
It’s going to be virtual (not a surprise), but it’s going to be longer and cheaper (surprise). It’s the 43rd Denver Film Festival and it kicks off Oct. 22: This year’s heavy hitters: Minari, the story of a Korean-American family searching … Continue reading This week in Film — DFF43 and HOMELAND OF ELECTRICITY
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Kajillionaire (new in theaters), Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 3 (new to Blu-ray/DVD on Sept. 29), Wild Daze (now playing virtual theaters), and … Continue reading
One of the true pleasures of a film festival is the ability to walk into a movie, know nothing about the film or the filmmakers, and walk out floored. Sometimes it leads to discovery, other times it leads to familiarity. … Continue reading Sunday Streams — BIRDS OF PASSAGE
The 42nd Denver Film Festival wraps up Nov. 10, but there are still a slew of movies to see. For this week’s Boulder Weekly, I highlight three: The Twentieth Century, Premature, Sorry We Missed You — the latter is one … Continue reading This week in Film — Weekend Two of the Denver Film Festival and LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
Painted between 1348 and 1350, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains is one of the few surviving works from painter Huang Gongwang and considered by many to be one of China’s finest works. It’s a painting of rivers and mountains, and the movie … Continue reading DWELLING IN THE FUCHUN MOUNTAINS (CHUN JIANG SHUI NUAN)
Truth is a slippery thing. So are lies. There are bald-faced lies, little white lies, and evasions. But there are also constructs; stories and parables that aren’t necessarily true but point to an underlying and undeniable truth. Where the lies … Continue reading THE TRUTH (LA VÉRITÉ)
