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‘Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films’ is an essential set
He was a filmmaker, an actor, a novelist, a playwright, and a revolutionary. He made one of the most profitable and overlooked independent films...
Soldiers of cinema
Unless you’re a real film buff, the name Jeremy Thomas might not mean anything to you. But it should. He is one of the...
Here comes everybody
Where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves ... And where we had thought to be alone, we will be with...
The Rhythm Section
As the Confucian proverb
goes: “Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”
Unfortunately for Stephanie Patrick (Blake Lively), she’s going to need...
Top picks for BIFF
Boulder audiences love a good documentary. And from Feb. 22–25, the Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) returns to help Boulderites scratch the educational itch...
Cinema on the short side
In addition to the
praise and accolades each year’s Oscar nominations bring, there’s a fair amount
of teeth-gnashing and viewers crying foul. A stupid movie got...
No one goes it alone
In his landmark study, “From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film,” Siegfried Kracauer put forth the theory that cinema is...
Never marry Brad Pitt
As creative luminaries Alfred Hitchcock and Sir Mix-a-Lot have demonstrated, a great end is crucial to quality art. Allied does not have a great...
Portrait of the artist
Even before Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, he had a hard time sitting still. It was part of his go-getter attitude that...
In search of a harmonious web of life
Words, for better or worse, shape our perception of the world. Some,
like death and decay, carry negative connotations. Hearing them conjures images
of mortality, finality,...
