One of my favorite things to do on a lazy Sunday morning is to grab a book from a growing pile of neglected reading material. This morning, the book that caught my eye was a 2006 publication from David Lynch called Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity. As is widely known by fans [...]

Most of my cinematic heroes have been ignored by the Academy over the years, and after hearing James Cameron’s “King of the World” speech in 1997 for Titanic I stopped tuning in. Now comes Avatar and I’d rather walk around the block to stick my snout by the fire hydrant to sniff out the more [...]

I know it’s Valentine’s Day, but last week I decided to hijack the old Time Machine to get an overview of cinematic history as it pertained to my specific neck of the woods in Colorado. I set it for the 1890s and moved on up to the 1950s. In short: Boulder went from a small [...]

As is well known, Morlocks like to steal time machines every now and then. With this in mind I decided to hop in one for a quick ride through the decades to see how cinematic entertainment unfurled through the decades here in my particular corner of Colorado. As I span the last 120 years there [...]

Sundance 2010 came to a close this weekend and I’m very happy to report that the best dramatic film that I saw there was Blue Valentine – directed by my good friend Derek Cianfrance. It was acquired two days ago by The Weinstein Company for somewhere near one million dollars; a steal for a film [...]

It’s been a whirlwind of activity, starting with the second annual Art House Convergence – topped off with a closing speech by Michael Moore – then promptly followed by, of course, a slew of films, meetings, shmoozers, and late nights fueled by donut-holes and beer (my poison of choice, anyway). Park City also saw the [...]

Tomorrow I leave for Salt Lake City to attend the Sundance Art House Conference (where special guest Michael Moore will address the 100+ exhibitors in attendance). After that it’s off to Park City to attend the Sundance Film Festival and watch as many films as possible. As I can only stay for four and a [...]

Sleep Dealer. Did you see it? Probably not. But you should. Do you like Bladerunner? The Matrix? If so, you should check out Sleep Dealer. All three are inspired in their own way. Bladerunner and The Matrix are equal parts smart fun and existential queries. Sleep Dealer is both smart and political. It can’t help [...]

The screen-grab above doesn’t do the shot justice. Too dark. But, still, you can (barely) see the shine on Harold’s shoes as he walks down the stairs (on film it’s all much clearer). The way Pablo Ferro arranges the title sequence below the shoes gives you a visual sense of the feet dangling above the [...]