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
The 45th Denver Film Festival (DFF) unspools across the Mile High City over the next two weekends. Sticking with the documentary theme, DFF offers quite a few worth your time, including Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter (Nov. … Continue reading Picks for the 45th Denver Film Festival
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
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
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