“Hope was always the key to it,” directed Max Walker-SIlverman says of Rebuilding. “I was fairly conscious at the outset of writing this film: I’m going to create something for myself to give myself hope.” Continue reading Max Walker-Silverman on REBUILDING
It’s like a grade school love note: Do you like me? (check one)□ Yes□ No♡ Maybe And right now, Boulder is still waiting patiently for a reply. On Jan. 23, the 2025 Sundance Film Festival got underway with no announcement … Continue reading No News is Good News? Dispatch from the 2025 Sundance Film Festival
Within every game, there’s a second game playing out inside the first. We can’t always see it, but it’s often much more significant than the one we’re watching. This is true regardless of your level of involvement with any given … Continue reading CHALLENGERS
It’s the most common question you get as a film critic: “What’s good?” Variants include: “What do you like?” “What excites you?” “What should I see?” And if you’ve asked me any one of those in the past two months, … Continue reading Perfect Days: Previewing the 2023 Denver Film Festival
I have been here before,But when or how I cannot tell:I know the grass beyond the door,The sweet keen smell,The sighing sound, the lights around the shore. Those are the first lines of “Sudden Light,” a poem by Rossetti—a favorite … Continue reading HOPE GAP
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