On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Limbo and Four Good Days, both you’ll find in theaters, and three new additions to CU-Boulder’s International Film Series’ virtual theater: The County, About … Continue reading
Some folks call it the simple life. Maybe it is compared to the big city, but farm living sure ain’t easy. And simple isn’t the best way to describe it anymore—with robotic arms milking cows every morning and oversized rumbas … Continue reading THE COUNTY
Lyz Lopez started skiing when she was 4. Who knows what first drew her to the sport, but 11 years on the slopes have shaped Lyz the prodigy into Lyz the competitor. She’s 15 now, and with proper instruction, she … Continue reading SLALOM
Every year, CU-Boulder’s International Film Series screens all 15 movies nominated in the short subject categories for the Academy Awards. This year, no surprise here, they’re all playing virtually. So it seemed fitting that IFS programmer Pablo Kjølseth and I … Continue reading Z-Brief: Oscar Nominated Short Subjects
The Oscar-nominated short subjects: They’re a highlight of every Academy Award ceremony: A snapshot of what is possible with less and what the future of the form might hold. Three categories—Animation, Documentary, Live Action—with five nominations apiece: Of the three … Continue reading This week in Film — Oscar-nominated Short Subjects
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Oscar—Oscar, Oscar! Specifically, the short films nominated (playing CU-Boulder’s International Film Series starting April 2), and a couple other picks you can catch right … Continue reading
The Inheritance opens with a static image: A diagram of a notched wheel labeled, “African/American Ritual Mode.” Under the wheel, a legend depicts the icons for preachers, sacred images, congregation, chorus, and elders. All icons are represented in the diagram, and … Continue reading THE INHERITANCE
In Istanbul, stray dogs walk the streets, side-by-side Turkish residents. It hasn’t always been this way. Government programs have tried to eradicate these stray dogs, but pushback from the people has prevented full-blown annihilation. Even today, governmental officials are exploring … Continue reading STRAY
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Test Pattern (now playing at CU-Boulder’s International Film Series’ virtual theater), Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry (now playing select theaters and streaming … Continue reading
