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‘American Murderer’ is not your average cops and criminals yarn
Americans are fascinated with criminals. You know this because you watch movies and TV, listen to podcasts, read books and magazines and encounter their...
The year in film
Lydia Tár is broken. Pulled from the podium, kicked out of her Berlin apartment, barred from seeing her daughter, the disgraced conductor returns to...
Once upon a time in Iran
Somewhere in Turkey, a man and a woman obtain a foraged passport. The passport is for her, and once the man receives his, he...
Wet and wild
Everything was going so well for Jake Sully (Sam Worthington). He became a full-fledged Na’vi, the leader of the Omatikaya clan, married Neytiri (Zoe...
Pick a side
The year is 1918, and Red troops are rounding up the White guards. War is on, and the insurgents are to be executed. But...
Life during wartime
Ellis French (Jeremy Pope), a gay Black 20-something, trades the cold streets of New York City for the harsh regiment of Marine boot camp....
Final frontier
Geoff Marslett found cinema through science. During the 1990s he worked as a physicist at the Naval Research Laboratory before turning his hand to...
Bon appétit
It all starts so innocently: the invitation to a sleepover. The invited wants to go, but her father won’t let her. Not in a...
‘It’s my sanctuary’
At first blush, the synopsis of Dylan & Zoey sounds like a warm and uplifting tale of a rekindled connection. With only 24 hours...
The limits of empathy
The man looks unassuming. He’s Teodoro Ulber (Nathán Pinzón), a middle-aged English professor, short and squat with proper manners and nice clothes. He’s timid...
That’s a wrap
The 45th Denver Film Festival concludes this weekend with a full slate of features and shorts, documentaries and narratives, and even a party or...
Reel to reel
Two film festivals return this weekend, both celebrating milestone anniversaries.
Let’s start at the Dairy Arts Center, with the 10th annual Boulder Jewish Film Festival....
