Screen
Game theory
We’re only a couple months into the new year, but The Last of Us looks destined to be one of the most talked-about shows...
Leave it alone
Let’s not do this, OK? Let’s not use nostalgia to forgive the unspeakable things we did to fringe, denim and the musical scale in the 1980s. Other than the 1985 Chicago Bears and that time Michael Jackson’s hair caught on fire, there is nothing even worth remembering...
‘Amelia’ plays it safe
"No borders, just horizons," enthuses aviator Amelia Earhart in the new biopic Amelia. "Who wants a life imprisoned in safety...
BIFF’s new musical bent
As Boulder International Film Festival enters its ninth year, its founders, sisters Kathy and Robin Beeck, sit in a conference in their Pearl Street office, pondering the beast of an event they attempt to plan each year. They’re describing a new feature of this year’...
‘Book of Eli’ a throwaway post-apocalyptic religious parable
The 23rd Psalm, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,” is the inspiration for the dark, moody film The Book of Eli, and though it takes quite a while to move beyond its Mad Max roots, it is ultimately a modern religious parable...
So you want to bring peace to the Middle East?
Middle East peace is always a very attractive proposition,” Gamal Helal says. “It’s a very sexy topic. I cannot think of a secretary of...
Righteous retribution
Cassie’s drunk again, alone in the club and a mess. She can’t find her phone, and all her friends have left. Two guys at...
Charming, in a bloody way
After sitting through the enjoyable but mind-numbingly violent Machete, I’ve come up with a new movie category: bloodbath porn. From the very first scene in this Robert Rodriguez homage to ’70s action films, Machete’s body count surpasses everything since Rambo. Not ...
Brutality depicted
New rule: You can watch Django Unchained as many times as you want, but you have to watch 12 Years a Slave at least once first...
Denver Film Festival: Brit Withey Tribute
On March 31, 2019, Colorado lost one of its great champions of cinema:
Brit Withey. Withey, who died in a one-car crash, was the artistic...


















