On Oct. 5, the Denver Film Society announced the full program for the 44th Denver Film Festival. Running November 3-14, this year’s DFF will be in-person and virtual, with plenty of activities and talks. I’ve been attending DFF since I was in … Continue reading The Best is Yet to Come: Dispatches from the 43rd Denver Film Festival
On this edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Undine (currently in limited release) and In the Heights (now in wide release and on HBO Max until July 11). Listen to After Image, Fridays … Continue reading
Undine—the latest from German filmmaker Christian Petzold—is a curious little mystery about one woman, two men, and a whole lot of water. Derived from the Latin word for wave, unda, Undine is a water nymph in European mythology, which ought … Continue reading UNDINE
Every year, the Australian-based online quarterly, Senses of Cinema, invites writers from all over the globe to submit their selections for the best movies of the year. This year, over a hundred writers sent in their picks, giving a pretty comprehensive … Continue reading SENSES OF CINEMA: World Cinema Poll
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about a couple to see at the Denver Film Festival (Patrick and Undine and the Narrative Shorts package) and a horror movie perfect for Halloween … Continue reading
Halloween approaches and the Denver Film Festival rolls on, just another October in Colorado. First, seven shorts and a feature to watch this week at DFF: Shorts 1: Narrative collection — seven shorts, all of them good, three of them … Continue reading This week in Film — Week Two from the Denver Film Festival and INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
Martin Eden is one of the best movies I’ve seen this year, and it got me thinking about one of the best movies I saw last year: Transit. Christian Petzold is one of those directors who has my number, and his latest, Undine, … Continue reading TRANSIT
Michael J. Cinema 