Maybe you were underwhelmed by the summer blockbuster season. A lot of them did feel somewhat unfinished and underdeveloped, didn’t they? Perhaps you felt the spring release slate was a little light, and the winter award season was a tad … Continue reading Here Comes Cinema: 2024 Fall Movie Preview
As far as cinema is concerned, 2021 opened not with a bang but with cautious optimism. For starters, moviegoing has returned with AMC, Cinemark, and the Mayan Theatre in Denver leading the charge. So if you’re jonesing for that big-screen … Continue reading SUPERNOVA
It would be low-hanging fruit to open this column with a declaration along the lines of: “The Flatirons Food Film Festival returns for a fifth course!” But who are we to eschew the tastiness of low-hanging fruit? It’s probably sagging … Continue reading Food as Culture; Food as Language: Previewing the 2017 Flatirons Food Film Festival
If a description is necessary of Disney’s 2017 live-action re-telling of Beauty and the Beast, let it be this: Moviemaking by committee. Not one frame of this two-hour and nine-minute hollow money grab smacks of personality or identity. Nor does it … Continue reading BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
What makes Spotlight—the latest film from Tom McCarthy—such a strong piece of work is that it is about the work. The time it takes to produce solid journalism. To knock on doors, read court documents, and endless ledgers. To pester legal … Continue reading SPOTLIGHT
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