As a veteran of SXSW, I’ve learned many tricks of the trade over the years to not only survive the ‘marathon, not a sprint’ annual conference and party extravaganza, but come out the other end thriving. Most of these lessons have been learned the hard way by being ill prepared or just not knowing what […]
Ukraine’s Femen is a topless protest movement, taking a literal ‘in your face’ approach to address the exploitation of women that’s taken place in their country for decades. Stating that 99% of Ukraine women don’t know what feminism is, their aim is to turn that statistic on its head.
A wise person once said, “The truth will set you free.” The aspect of truth lies at the center and in many forms within Jason Reitman’s Labor Day, the Opening Night film to jumpstart this year’s Starz Denver Film Festival 36. (UPDATE: ‘Labor Day’ opens in theatres January 31, 2014)
Through the ages, music has been and is more than ever, so many things to so many people. In “Good Vibrations,” this narrative that made its U.S. debut at SXSW 2013, tells the true story of a moment in time during The Troubles in Belfast, and how one man’s fervor for music helped to bridge […]
Relationships can be funny and maddening, if you look at them in hindsight and with a large slice of both humor and sarcasm. “I Give It A Year” is hilarious from beginning to end, taking the typical romantic comedy mold and blowing it up through a ceiling fan with feathers flying, a highly welcomed gesture […]
The one thing that a film fanatic can expect from the Starz Denver Film Festival 35 (SDFF) is the unexpected, to be taken through a journey to unknown territories when the lights go down. The array of films is expansive, and this past week SDFF gave us a glimpse of what’s in store for 2012, […]
It is September 11, 2012. The previous year I visited the former 9/11 Twin Towers site in New York City, I brought a letter to make an official statement of reflection and rebirth for all people concerned. Yet this year I sit in the heart of Yorkville, quite purposefully at Bellair, recording a video in […]
The jewel of any city, whether you’re in Cleveland, Omaha, New York, Portland(ia), or here in Denver, is the art house movie theater. It is where one can experience unique and tantalizing events that celebrate creativity and ingenuity without the need for 3D glasses or servings of oil-soaked popcorn that could feed a circus. Here […]
Aspiring Colorado filmmakers, including director Stephen Santa Cruz and cinematographer Joel Stangle, will screen their independent film “Colfax &15th” one night only this coming Monday, March 5 at the Denver Film Center. Santa Cruz spent time discussing his first feature film, what it was like to direct this true story of Denver’s criminal underworld as […]
The Grammys often get a sneer from the music elitists (myself included) who see the awards ceremony as a glorification of mainstream sludge, made possible by a 54-year old institution that’s out-of-touch. Coming out of an innovative left field is the documentary film “RE:GENERATION,” directed by Amir Bar Lev( “My Kid Could Paint That,” “The […]
