Cinema 101

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Numerically accurate

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Hurts so good

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In the lead up to its release, I can only imagine how many times director Lenny Abrahamson had to clarify, “No, you’re thinking of...

Reel to reel | Week of Jan. 23

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American Hustle...

Winter camp

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Your tolerance for writer/ director Gregg Araki’s White Bird in a Blizzard hinges on your appreciation (or lack thereof ) for campy content. If you were weaned on John Waters, you’ll gobble up every cheese-tastic second, from a horny housewife lusting towards her ...

Next-best thing

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Operatic characters are larger than life. Especially when projected on a 20-foot tall movie screen...

reel to reel | Week of Mar. 01, 2012

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For a list of local movie times, visit boulderweekly.com/movie-times.html...

America at a crossroads and Bob Dylan on tour

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In 1975, the U.S. was at a crossroads. The Vietnam War was over, and Americans were more disillusioned than ever. Big cities out east,...

Love my way

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1987, somewhere in Northern Italy, a young man is about to come of age. Like most 17-year-old boys, the boredom of day-in, day-out routine...

Spy of fortune

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Actors so rarely get paid to sit still. This week at the movies, as Tom Cruise is on Imax screens playing a frantic, hamster-like intelligence gatherer in the new Mission: Impossible movie, we have also a superb adaptation of the John le Carre spy novel Tinker, ...

Home Viewing: Kelly Sears on ‘Born in Flames’

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It’s been 10 years since the Social-Democratic War of Liberation: “The most peaceful revolution the world has known.” So opens director Lizzie Borden’s incendiary 1983...

An aquatic beauty and the beast

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There’s nothing like a good fairy tale, especially one with teeth — and Mexican writer/producer/director Guillermo del Toro has plenty of teeth to go...

Reel to reel | Week of July 25, 2013

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20 Feet From Stardom Director Morgan Neville shines a spotlight on the untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres American Graffiti A group of friends about to head to ...

Fantastic furry fun in ‘Mr. Fox’

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In a world of children’s films increasingly characterized by technological accomplishment and sophisticated rendering in lieu of good old-fashioned storytelling, it was a breath of fresh air to enjoy the stop-motion Fantastic Mr. Fox...