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Just an old-fashioned love song
"Your wife’s got that gorgeous glow that comes with your first marriage,” a party guest quips to the oblivious husband. Yes, his face says...
A nation of two and L.A. on my mind
Nothing else matters when you’re in love. People come and go, jobs come and go, the world turns, but none of that sticks. Not...
Once upon a time in Iran
Somewhere in Turkey, a man and a woman obtain a foraged passport. The passport is for her, and once the man receives his, he...
Step into the story
At last year’s Starz Denver Film Festival, I entered a theater playing the movie Grigris with no knowledge of what it was about, who made it, what country it came from or anything other than it was screening and I was free. Grigris — a joint production between Chad ...
Unexpected capitalism on the Oregon Trail
His name is Figowitz, but everyone calls him “Cookie.” It fits him well. Not only is he the cook for this outfit of beaver...
‘Havana Curveball’ isn’t just about baseball
"Not to sound cliché, but it’s my generation’s job to mop up whatever you guys did to fuck it up,” says teenage Mica Jarmel-Schneider...
Beyond notorious
RBG, the latest documentary from Julie Cohen and Betsy West, opens with images of Washington D.C. accompanied by sound bites from conservative talk radio...
To infinity, and beyond
“Why am I alive?” she asks.
“I have no idea,” he replies with a kind smile.
Those are the final words of Toy Story 4, Disney/Pixar’s...
The power of the real
There is no shortage of ways to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month — observed from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 — in the Centennial...
Beyond Eurocentric and Hollywood cinema
“What I’m trying to do is theorize a way to create a brand new Black cinema,” Skinner Myers says. “Like a new Black cinematic...
You’re a good man, Charlie Brown
In the midst of cynically recycled nostalgia, bombastic franchises, reboots and sequels aplenty, it’s surprising that two of the best family movies to come out in 2015 were based on material first published in the 1950s. First was the wonderfully gentle and English, ...
How do you see the world?
A father is sick and the son is beckoned to his side. While the son waits for his father to die, he meets another wayward...


















