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Fun with Catholics and Communism
The funniest scene in Hail, Caesar! is a microcosm of the film’s overall genius. Foppish British director Laurence Laurentz (Ralph Fiennes) tries to get...
Numerically accurate
Among the last words of 1960s The Magnificent Seven is this Nietzschian fortune cookie quote: “We lost. We’ll always lose.” At the end of...
Daguerreotypes
For 50 years, Agnès Varda lived on Paris’ Rue Daguerre, a quiet street of merchants not far from Montparnasse. She saw the men and...
Indians, cowboys and aliens, oh my!
There`s something timeless about a good Western. Sprinkle in scary aliens, stunning special effects, and a terrific cast, and the mash-up film Cowboys & Aliens turns out to be a highly entertaining summer adventure...
International Film Series prepares a program of kung fu and musicals
I have always thought of the movie theater as my church,” says Pablo Kjolseth, executive director of the International Film Series (IFS). “It has a meditative quality. To be able to actually sit down in a dark theater where you can’t have all of your electronics ...
Boulder-produced film up for conservation award
Trout Unlimited is proud of its success stories. They’re plastered throughout the conservation group’s website, describing completed restoration projects and habitat preservation efforts across the U.S.Its next success could come on the silver screen, thanks to a ...
Powerful pandemic picture
One of the most powerful — and frightening — film themes is global pandemics. Diseases already seem to spread without us fully understanding or being able to control them, and rapidly evolve to become resistant to our defenses. It's not much of a leap to see a very ...
Jerry Garcia documentary in the works after years of delays
Deadheads rejoice — a new documentary chronicling the life of the late guitar-god Jerry Garcia is in the works for an end of the year release.Filmmaker Malcolm Leo has teamed up with former Eagles manager John Hartmann to tackle the life of Grateful Dead frontman ...
