Screen
When lapdogs were watchdogs
Of all the questions The Post raises when considered through a contemporary lens, the most surprising are: “Why is Tom Hanks constantly posing like...
Reading cinema
They always say write the book that you want to read,” Brad Weismann says. “I was looking for a reference book that covered the...
Thou art a symbol and a sign
Wanting for my happily-ever-after, I lowered my defenses, forgetting the first lesson I was taught: That I was brought into this world to be...
A magical tale through film history
Hugo (Asa Butterfield) is a scruffy orphan who lives in forgotten spaces hidden in the walls of Gare Montparnasse, a bustling train station located in the center of Paris. It’s 1931 and memories of The Great War are fresh, even as everyone tries to resume their ...
Mama, have mercy
Horror films are often peppered with moments in which you wish your protagonists were just a little more bright or had planned things out a little better — “Don’t go into that basement” and “Don’t open that door.” Even the beloved Shining leaves moments of, “Damn it...
The tin shine of BIFF
As the Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) celebrates its 10th anniversary, founders Kathy and Robin Beeck have much to celebrate...
Scorsese comes up short with ‘Shutter Island’
Dennis Lehane's character-packed but gimmicky novel "Shutter Island" earns a slightly less gimmicky film from Martin Scorsese, who makes this 1950s period piece his tribute to the psychological thrillers of Alfred Hitchcock...
A sea of spider-people
Watching Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the single closest feeling I’ve had to the first time I cracked open a comic book, beginning a...
Poorly timed gun fetishization
Slipping into a funk while watching half of Los Angeles get shot up in the second half of The Green Hornet, I was struck by the sheer unluckiness of this film’s timing...
Always on my mind
Some people are never more alone than they are in the company of others. Adam is such a person.
Adam (Andrew Scott) is a screenwriter...
