Indie Prof

A founding principle of this column is that I review films you may not see reviewed in other...

Here are a few films that didn’t get the attention they deserved during the year. These are two smaller films that will both delight and move you—two things that we sorely need in our world right now. There is even a great deal of humor in them, something I don’t cover all that much in these pages. We need that now as well. 

It is once again time for the Denver Film Festival. The last few years have set records for attendance, and this year should be no different. The quality of the films remains excellent. The festival runs from November 1–10.

This month I will concentrate on promoting three upcoming community screenings. We hope to see you at one or more of these shows! 

This month: a new community film series, Fresh Cuts: Recent World Film plus the documentary Sugarcane, the show Babylon Berlin, and two related books—In the Garden of Beasts and Prequel.

This month’s column takes us to Turkey on a wonderful journey of discovery before landing in Germany for a gripping film about an idealistic young teacher (just in time for the new school year!). Get out to the movies and enjoy the last of summer.

The long days of summer are setting in, so here are two films that you can enjoy in the air conditioning—one at home and one in the theater.

We continue to journey around the world with two more Oscar-nominated films this month: the first was nominated for Best International Feature and the second for Best Documentary Feature.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who came to our powerful screening of Seven Winters in Tehran on April 5 at The Cube. Stay tuned for more events. This month, we finish off the Oscar films, I add an Oscar-nominated doc, and for icing, I give you a great new TV series.

This is a busy month for local film: The ACT Human Rights Festival runs in Ft. Collins from 4/3–4/7, the Woman+Film Festival screens at the Sie from 4/10–4/14, and we have a wonderful film screening at The Cube on 4/5 @ 6:30pm. More below, and I also owe you two Oscar reviews; I give you one this month and one next. To the films.