Screen
Now and then
I love lists. Lists bring order to my day: what to do, what to watch, what to read, what to listen to. Lists provide...
The Bard via gnomes
Two households, both alike in dignity / In fair Verona, where we lay our scene / From ancient grudge break to new mutiny...
Aubrey Plaza hilarious in a wasted effort
Before anything else: How great is Aubrey Plaza, right? From her droll, intentionally weird character on NBC’s Parks and Recreation to her killer late-night TV interviews (just watch the last one with Conan O’Brien if you doubt), Plaza is deliciously and completely ...
If it ain’t broke, don’t tinker with it
The Conference on World Affairs has built its share of legacies during its 64 years in existence, but one of the most popular belongs to film critic Roger Ebert...
Sherlock Homeless
Jack Reacher, the hero of Jack Reacher (in case you were confused), is a drifter with nothing to lose. We know this because that is exactly what Tom Cruise says he is while yelling at a bad guy on the phone, Taken-style. Reacher is novelist Lee Child’s 6-foot, 5-inch...
Balancing act
Now in its second decade, the Boulder Jewish Film Festival is trying something new.
“The reality of programming is that I don’t get to invite...
An era on screen
A crime drama about rival street gangs, a romance between two high schoolers, a history of shadow politics and a young man who feels...
Keeping up with the Joneses?
We seem to be talking about the American dream a lot these days. And not just how to get it, but what is it,...
‘Life is no way to treat an animal.’
The 42nd Denver Film
Festival (DFF) concludes Nov. 10, but there are still plenty of movies to see.
Here are three not to be missed.
Directed...
A little film about lovely people
On Dec. 1, TCM’s 14-week series Women Make Film comes to a close with movies on death, endings and a little song and dance....
A holistic struggle
Colorado rancher Kirk Hanna was the ideal cowboy: tall, dark and handsome, complete with a Tom Selleck mustache and a white Stetson hat. But Hanna was much more than your average cowboy. He was a progressive concerned with ecology and conservation, and to practice ...
The survivor’s tale
Aug. 1, 1966: U.S. Marine and University of Texas at Austin engineering student Charles Whitman entered the UT tower, climbed to the 28th floor,...


















