The Two Popes was by far the most talked about movie at Telluride this year, and not for nothing. The writing is thought-provoking, the direction and visualization are energetic, and the performances are solid. Need something to watch with the … Continue reading This week in Film: THE TWO POPES and THE IRON GIANT
If you picked up a copy of last week’s Boulder Weekly, then you might have read a review about a new movie starring Adam Driver (The Report) and another one starring Lucas Hedges (Waves). And if you pick up a … Continue reading This week in Film — MARRIAGE STORY and HONEY BOY
Timing is everything, and as the 2019 Impeachment Hearings drag on, the release of the new political thriller, The Report seems as perfectly timed as anything. Or maybe not. Maybe audiences will seek solace in the multiplex rather than complement. … Continue reading This week in Film — THE REPORT, FROZEN 2, and WAVES
Martin Scorsese’s 25th feature film, The Irishman, is a masterpiece. A work of maturity and atonement from one of cinema’s greatest talents. And though it seems foolish to parse this mammoth piece of work, the joys of the whole can … Continue reading This week in FILM — THE IRISHMAN and BABETTE’S FEAST
The 42nd Denver Film Festival wraps up Nov. 10, but there are still a slew of movies to see. For this week’s Boulder Weekly, I highlight three: The Twentieth Century, Premature, Sorry We Missed You — the latter is one … Continue reading This week in Film — Weekend Two of the Denver Film Festival and LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
The 42nd Denver Film Festival kicked off October 30 with a tribute to former artistic director Brit Withey. The festival runs through November 10 and features over 250 features and shorts. For the Weekly, I highlighted a couple to check … Continue reading This week in FILM — 42nd Denver Film Festival and US
What an odd combination of recommendations. One of the earth, the other of space. One of connection, the other of separation. One of a forager, the other of an explorer. One of… You get the picture. As Ad Astra takes … Continue reading This week in Film — FANTASTIC FUNGI and AD ASTRA
One of the best movies I saw at this year’s Telluride Film Festival was Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life — a narrative based on the life of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian contentious objector who refused to raise right hand to … Continue reading This week in Film — OFFICIAL SECRETS
Winner of the audience award at this year’s South by Southwest Film Festival, The Peanut Butter Falcon is a feel-good film wrapped around a Mark Twain yarn. But, the real story is how the movie got made. My interview with … Continue reading This week in Film — THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON
Documentaries about notable figures are a dime a dozen. The ones that lionize the artists are the most egregious because they distance their work from their humanity. Yes, John Coltrane may have been one of the greatest jazz musicians of … Continue reading This week in Film — TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM
