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A Hidden Life
Franz Jägerstätter’s arm would not rise. It couldn’t, not for Der Führer or any man, for that matter. His life belonged to the Lord....
Guerrilla Film School: ‘Monsieur Hire’
If you’ve been missing
CWA’s annual Ebert Interruptus and the pleasure of a good film conversation,
then head down to Denver’s Smiley Branch Library on Dec....
‘True’ crime
Boston was in a panic. Thirteen women were murdered from June 1962 to January 1964. All were in their homes; all were alone. There...
Reel to Reel | Week of Oct. 8, 2009
BW Movie Trivia! Sponsored by the International Film Series www.internationalfilmseries.com...
Hometown heroes
March might be the best
month for Boulder moviegoers. From the smattering of archival prints unspooling
at CU-Boulder’s International Film Series to the delightfully bizarre and
thought-provoking...
Confusing hacktion
Are zebras white with black stripes or black with white stripes? Is The Daily Show a news program with some comedy in it or a comedy program with some news in it? Is Blackhat a bad movie with a lot of good parts or a good movie with a lot of bad parts? The world may ...
‘The Departed’ beer dinner
The timing couldn’t be better. The Alamo
Drafthouse’s series, Hot Takes & Remakes, is a bizarre and beautiful
collection of 30ish movies — some revered, some...
An embarrassment of riches
Every year is a great year for the movies, but when was the best? Was it 1939, the year Hollywood gave us The Wizard...
Serious as cancer
It´s a cancer film; no getting around it. But the tender and funny 50/50 addresses its protagonist’s health crisis and chances for survival directly, with a refreshing lack of narrative hemming, hawing or embroidery, so that it becomes something more: a picture with ...