STARZ DENVER FILM FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT – BREAKING AND ENTERING (Anthony Minghella) It’s the opening night of the 29th Annual Starz Denver Film Festival at the Denver Center for Performing Arts’ stunning Ellie Caulkins Opera House. I suddenly feel quite short as I’ve forgotten my high heels and large women in even larger dresses barrel […]
The Aviator (Martin Scorsese)
The Aviator (2004, Martin Scorsese) It is utterly criminal that Martin Scorsese does not yet have a Best Director Oscar with his name on it. It upsets me a bit that the film that finally gets him the statue may be one that was developed by several other people before Scorsese was attached, but it […]
Closer (Mike Nichols)
Closer (2004, Mike Nichols) Closer will break your heart and make you wonder about love. More accurately, Natalie Portman will break your heart, and Clive Owen will make you wonder about love. Those two easily steal this movie from top-billed Julia Roberts (Anna) and Jude Law (Dan), which is not to say that either of […]