On Monday, January 9, the Denver Film Critics Society—15 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their nominees for the best of 2022. In total, 38 movies received nominations, with Everything Everywhere … Continue reading And the nominees are…
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the upcoming CU-Boulder International Film Series schedule and give a few recommendations (mark your calendars for the 35mm screening of Memoria on Oct. 12). … Continue reading
We think of this film as a love triangle between Maurice and Katia, the volcano and the spirit of the French New Wave,” Shane Boris tells me over the phone. The L-word comes up a lot in our chat about … Continue reading Shane Boris on FIRE OF LOVE
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the triumphant return of the Mimesis Documentary Festival, screening at the Dairy Arts Center Aug. 2-7, and the feature debut of writer/director B.J. Novak, … Continue reading
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the passing of James Caan and highlight one of my favorite Caan performances, 1981’s Thief. Turning now to the present, the Boulder Environmental/Nature/Outdoors Film … Continue reading
Fifteen-year-old Olga (Anastasiia Budiashkina) isn’t sure where she belongs. Her mother is a Ukrainian journalist covering the unrest and revolution building in Kyiv. The year is 2013, and things are getting testy in the streets and harder for Olga to … Continue reading OLGA and the 2022 Boulder Environmental / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the movies that played the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Listen to After Image, Fridays at 3:00 p.m., on KGNU’s Metro Arts: 88.5 FM and 1390 … Continue reading
Movies are most often windows to what is and what was. But sometimes, they’re windows to what could be. And it doesn’t have to be in a grand sense either. Take Cha Cha Real Smooth, writer/director/star Cooper Raiff’s sophomore effort, for starters. About … Continue reading Things to Come: Dispatches from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival
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