It started in 1975 when a friend of film critic Roger Ebert suggested watching a movie, one frame at a time. The esteemed Chicago Sun-Times arts journalist had been attending the Conference on World Affairs, held every spring at CU … Continue reading We’re Off to See the Wizard: Previewing the 2025 Ebert Interruptus
It happens every year: “We find something absolutely amazing, totally amazing, in the films. It’s not there, but we find it.” So said the late film critic Roger Ebert of Cinema Interruptus, the weeklong panel dissecting a movie one shot … Continue reading Watching Out Loud: Josh Larsen on Ebert Interruptus 2024: THE BABADOOK
Reviews of “All That Money Can Buy” and “About Dry Grasses,” and a conversation with Josh Larsen about the 2024 Ebert Interruptus pick: “The Babadook.” Continue reading
There are some months when life in Colorado is an embarrassment of riches. April is one such month. And those craving moving images and good conversation will have two exceptional choices this weekend. Let’s start in Boulder with the Ebert … Continue reading Local Buzz: 2023 Ebert Interruprtus & Women+Film Festival
What does it take to make a masterpiece? Not something merely good, but among the greatest of all time. Meaningful not just to the time and place it was produced, but to the time and place with which it is … Continue reading Top Ten Territory
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with film critic and author Josh Larsen about this year’s iteration of Ebert Interruptus at the Conference on World Affairs. The movie: Jaws. The time: 3 p.m. April 6-9. The place: … Continue reading
In 1975, a movie about a killer shark terrorizing the waters surrounding a New England island hit theaters. That may not sound like much, but it was a massive success. Massive isn’t even the word for it: The movie broke … Continue reading JAWS
For one week each spring, throngs of people overrun the University of Colorado’s picturesque campus seeking the pleasure of a good conversation at the Conference on World Affairs. Despite the highfaluting name, the Conference on World Affairs (CWA to regulars) … Continue reading The Pleasure of a Good Conversation: Previewing the 2019 Conference on World Affairs
One of the great pleasures of living in Boulder is once again upon us with the 69th iteration of the Conference on World Affairs (CWA). For the uninitiated, the conference is a weeklong discussion of “all things conceivable,” as the … Continue reading Democracy in the Dark: Josh Larsen to Host Ebert Interruptus at the Conference on World Affairs
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