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Inside the hearts and minds of Restrepo
From May 2007 to July 2008, directors Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington were embedded in the Korengal Valley to document U.S. troops stationed at the base, Restrepo. Their 2010 documentary, Restrepo, was a breathtaking portrayal of what war feels like, and it ...
Cinema without borders
CU-Boulder’s International Film Series isn’t just Boulder’s first art-house series; it also features one of the best programs out there. From international sensations to...
2020 in movies
2020 was the year I watched more but understood less. With a rotating series of crises to consider, rare were the instances where I...
Learning the wrong lessons
An employee of the Chicago public school system, ha-cha seventh-grade educator Elizabeth, portrayed by Cameron Diaz in Bad Teacher, blows most of her classroom time showing her students (whose names she never learns) movies such as Lean on Me, Stand and Deliver and...
The future of the American family
Verizon Wireless has “Friends & Family.” Sprint calls it “Framily.” Facebook calls it “Friending” (even if your own mother just “friended” you). If the 20th century focused on the nuclear family, then America in the 21st century shifted importance to those friends ...
So choose one, Seth
It would be easier to shrug off writer/director/actor/egomaniac Seth McFarlane’s blatant racism and misogyny if he was funny or had a point. Alas, he isn’t and he doesn’t. A Million Ways to Die in the West is McFarlane’s laborious love letter from himself to his own ...
An indecisive mash-up
I take notes as I watch films so that I can remember salient plot points, great effects, and idiotic story twists. During The Other Guys, I wrote down “buddy cop film from hell.” That might well sum up the weird mash-up that is The Other Guys, a movie that can’t ...
Recapturing the momentum
The Boulder Environment / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival (Boulder ENOFF) returns to the Dairy Arts Center July 15-18 for an in-person festival. “Finally,”...
In lieu of a theatrical experience
In compliance with the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Colorado Department of Public
Health and Environment and Gov. Jared Polis’ decree, movie theaters are
shuttered...


















