By Michael J. Casey - Mar. 25, 2025

Stupid people

‘Death of a Unicorn’ is a shallow satire with nothing to say

By Michael J. Casey - Mar. 18, 2025

Marriage story

‘Black Bag’ is a smart little thriller about love and lies

By Michael J. Casey - Feb. 11, 2025

Found family

‘Paddington in Peru’ is a sweet sentiment for a sour time

By Michael J. Casey - Jan. 15, 2025

Bearing Witness

I spoke with Chaplin while he was in town last November to receive the Excellence in Acting Award at the 47th Denver Film Festival.

By Michael J. Casey - Dec. 11, 2024

Life in a hole

‘The End’ might be the most perplexing movie of 2024

By Michael J. Casey - Oct. 30, 2024

Denver Film Festival spotlight: ‘Chainsaws Were Singing’

The bloody musical comedy screens Nov. 1 and Nov. 9

By Jack Waines - Oct. 23, 2024

Fright nights

Round out spooky season with these chilling classics and underground gems

By Jezy J. Gray - Sep. 5, 2024

Weirder than weird

Move over, J.D. Vance — this month’s underground cinema showcase at the Dairy is truly strange

By Gregory Wakeman - Aug. 28, 2024

Funny girl

How Longmont’s own Kristen Schaal conquered the comedy world

By Michael J. Casey - Jul. 8, 2024

Life’s but a walking shadow

Of all Shakespeare’s plays, few hold fascination with artists and audiences quite like The Tragedie of Macbeth. Romeo and Juliet has the romance and Hamlet has the speech, but Macbeth...

By Michael J. Casey - Jul. 2, 2024

Passing the baton

Now in its sixth year, the Boulder Environmental / Nature / Outdoors Film Festival (Boulder ENOFF) has become a summer staple. Screening July 11-14 at the Dairy Arts Center, Boulder...

By Jezy J. Gray - Jul. 2, 2024

Bloodsuckers welcome

After the grim spectacle of last week’s presidential debate, we could all use an escape. If the real world isn’t weird enough for you, the film freaks at the Dairy...

By Michael J. Casey - Jun. 12, 2024

Death becomes her

The specter of death hangs over everyone and everything. In the movie Tuesday by writer-director Daina Oniunas-Pusić, that specter takes the form of a size-shifting parrot — a filthy, scarred...

By Michael J. Casey - Jun. 5, 2024

The man who made the myths

When Orson Welles was asked what filmmakers he admired, he responded, “I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford and John Ford.” Born John Martin...

By Michael J. Casey - Jun. 5, 2024

Fasten your seatbelts

Nothing screams summer quite like a road trip. The pull of the open road, the freedom to choose this path or that, the small pockets of life one comes across...

By Jezy J. Gray - Jun. 5, 2024

Front Range strange 

Like most nonprofit workers, you’ll find Shay Wescott wearing many hats on a given day. Her main job is overseeing fundraising efforts for the Dairy Arts Center as the multidisciplinary...

By Michael J. Casey - May 29, 2024

OK boomer

Few cinematic forms benefitted from the advent of digital technology like the documentary. And not just in cost and access to equipment but in the proliferation of digital archives directors...

By Michael J. Casey - May 15, 2024

Cruel world

The place is filled with glowing neon lights, loud noises and whirling games. Families play and celebrate birthday parties, but down the center aisle shuffles an old-timer apologizing to everyone...

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