One of the most terrible things is that in fact, whether I like it or not, I am an American. —James Baldwin That line comes from the 1968 documentary from Horace Ové, Baldwin’s Ni**er, a provocatively titled conversation featuring one … Continue reading James Baldwin On-Screen
Memory is the selection of images. Some elusive, others printed indelibly on the brain. Each image is like a thread, each thread woven together to make a tapestry of intricate texture. And the tapestry tells a story, and the story … Continue reading EVE’S BAYOU
Plunging temperatures and snow have returned to Colorado’s Front Range. As I donned my heavy coat to walk to the library today, images from Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful Eight flashed through my mind. Now there was a movie with some good coats. Particularly … Continue reading Courtney Hoffman and Rosemary Brandenburg on THE HATEFUL EIGHT
How do comic books work? M. Night Shyamalan knows, and he’d really like you to know. Not how comic books work; Shyamalan wants you to know that he knows how comic books work. It’s an important distinction (though I’m not sure why), … Continue reading GLASS
“The story of the Negro in America is the story of America. It is not a pretty story.” —James Baldwin By the time James Baldwin penned those words in 1979, the revolution had been lost. Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and … Continue reading I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
There are treasures deep in the misty mountains of the Congo, untold riches that the Belgian king will stop at nothing to find. Fortunately, there is a man who will sell out his tribe and his way of life to … Continue reading THE LEGEND OF TARZAN
Spike Lee is many things; subtle is not one of them. In 1989—with three movies under his belt—the Brooklyn-based producer/director exploded on to a grand stage with Do the Right Thing. The movie stirred the pot and caused a fair amount of … Continue reading CHI-RAQ
Manners maketh the man,” Harry Hart (Colin Firth) calmly informs a group of ruffians as he latches the pub door closed. Few actors can embody that line quite like Firth—an actor who built his entire career around a classic attitude … Continue reading KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE
On Nov. 15, the Starz Denver Film Festival will screen a 35mm revival of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, a movie that is as relevant today as when it debuted in 1989. This past summer’s headlines out of Ferguson, Missouri, and … Continue reading DO THE RIGHT THING
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