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Sentiment overshadowed by glitz

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It is easy to watch Eat Pray Love, the pretty, languid film adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling journal of self-discovery. Sun-drenched close-ups of asparagus drizzled just so on a plate next to very good-looking bread in Rome: aaaaah. A Balinese beach, ...

Overtime

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Word addict — and alleged woman knower — Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut is so “on brand” for him that it is almost a parody....

Free Japan!

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Movies are a reflection of culture. Be it comedy, survival or everyday angst, Americans find touchstones among the moving pictures we see. Yet looking beyond our own theaters can provide a glimpse of what is special to cultures on other parts of our planet...

A more engaging Thing

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The slippery, effective new version of The Thing serves as a prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter film, explaining what went down, down in Antarctica, after the intergalactic thing thawed and began eviscerating humans and a husky or two...

How we got here

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What good does it, writing about classic films? If it’s covering an undiscovered gem or a movie never properly released, that’s one thing. But to...

Lilting at windmills

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Look, by now you either mildly enjoy watching Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon eat food you can’t afford in places you’ll never visit while...

The world comes to DFF: The sequel

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Continuing until Nov. 11, the 41st Denver Film Festival holds plenty of treats in store for intrepid moviegoers, particularly those with an eye beyond...

BolderLife Festival delivers films, speakers and theater

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As the BolderLife Festival enters its second year on the scene, the film/theater festival will take on an array of taboo topics, giving audiences a platform to engage in in-depth discussions...

Beware, young kayaker!

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Do you like Black Mirror but wish it was far, far less interesting and clever? Do you think more movies these days need multiple...

My kingdom for some Shakespeare

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Whether it has robots, high school politics or rival gangs dance fighting — film adaptations of William Shakespeare’s beloved plays vary across all genres. And this week, the International Film Series is bringing you a taste of the variety with a week of Shakespeare ...

Come and see

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Two Decembers ago, New Yorker critic Richard Brody wrote, “The year 2013 has been an amazing one for movies, though maybe every year is an amazing year for movies if one is ready to be amazed by movies.” True in 2013, and true in 2015 as cinema continues an upward ...

BW BIFF Picks 2013: ‘Trash Dance’

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Texas choreographer Allison Orr does things the hard way. And as viewers of filmmaker Andrew Garrison’s Trash Dance will come to appreciate, the whole world is a better place because of her seeming lack of common sense...