For this month’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the 49th Denver Film Festival (Oct. 22-Nov. 1) and highlight six of my favorites: Rose featuing Sanda Hüller, Watch You Rise from Boulder-based director … Continue reading After Image: Oct. 23, 2026
There’s reality, and then there’s everything else. Cinema exists firmly in the latter: Cameras don’t capture reality; they capture a perspective of it with a defined beginning, middle, and end. Add editing into the mix, and you’ve got something new … Continue reading SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE ONE
Despite some hokey moments with swelling, triumphal music, Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 (streaming on Netflix) successfully captures a fractured moment in American history and the growing frustration with representation in the Democratic Party. Similarly, Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and … Continue reading NATIONTIME
