Leo Fife, an acclaimed Canadian documentarian, is rapidly withering away from cancer. With his few remaining breaths, he would like to tell his story. It’s a story no one else fully knows—maybe not even Leo himself. “You can’t do this,” … Continue reading OH, CANADA
The 47th Denver Film Festival wraps Nov. 10 with a slate of seven movies at the Sie FilmCenter, home base for the Denver Film Society. But before we get there, we still have a full weekend of movies playing venues … Continue reading Drama, Drama, Doc: Three Can’t-Miss Movies for the Denver Film Festival’s Final Weekend
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the latest from Paul Schrader, Master Gardener (out now in limited release), and the documentary, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (out in limited … Continue reading
The man sits alone in his room. His name is Narvel Roth (Joel Edgerton) and he is a gardener, but he might as well be Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) or gambler William Tell (Oscar Isaac) or any one of … Continue reading MASTER GARDENER
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 Friday, January 7, the Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS)—15 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—cast their preliminary ballots for this year’s DFCS awards. How it works: Members are asked … Continue reading Denver Film Critics Society 2021 Ballot
It’s the story of the man who used to be a dog meeting a dog who used to be a boy. And it’s set in a mental institution built in the middle of the Israeli desert of Negev. All the … Continue reading ADAM RESURRECTED
The shadow of Alfred Hitchcock looms large in cinema. So much so that it’s hard to divorce his stylistic innovations from movies that may or may not have been influenced by him. Take Blow the Man Down, a recent release currently … Continue reading Two for the Master
Comfort watching comes in all shapes in sizes. Sometimes it’s a chubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff. Other times it’s Gene Kelly dancing with an umbrella and splashing around in puddles. Diversion, you could call it: A moment of … Continue reading Home Viewing: Existential Cinema
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