November 11, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Congrats to Porcelain War on their Best Documentary Feature Oscar nom! 🎬👏 I photographed them at BIFF & caught up again at DFF47—such an incredible team behind a powerful film. Well deserved!
#PorcelainWar #Oscars2024 #DocumentaryFilm #Filmmaking #BIFF #DFF47 #IndieFilm #Photography
#PorcelainWar #Oscars2024 #DocumentaryFilm #Filmmaking #BIFF #DFF47 #IndieFilm #Photography
February 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Congrats to Porcelain War on their Best Documentary Feature Oscar nom! 🎬👏 I photographed them at BIFF & caught up again at DFF47—such an incredible team behind a powerful film. Well deserved!
#PorcelainWar #Oscars2024 #DocumentaryFilm #Filmmaking #BIFF #DFF47 #IndieFilm #Photography
#PorcelainWar #Oscars2024 #DocumentaryFilm #Filmmaking #BIFF #DFF47 #IndieFilm #Photography
What a night at #DFF47! Anthony Mackie & George Nolfi hit the MCA Holiday Theater red carpet for Elevation. After the screening, Nolfi joined Colorado State Rep. Leslie Herod for an engaging Q&A. A celebration of film, community & dialogue—thank you, Denver Film Festival! #ElevationFilm
November 16, 2024 at 2:42 AM
What a night at #DFF47! Anthony Mackie & George Nolfi hit the MCA Holiday Theater red carpet for Elevation. After the screening, Nolfi joined Colorado State Rep. Leslie Herod for an engaging Q&A. A celebration of film, community & dialogue—thank you, Denver Film Festival! #ElevationFilm
Huge congratulations to Ben Chaplin who received Denver Film’s 2024 Excellence in Acting Award for his powerful performance in September 5! On Saturday night Chaplin & Variety’s Chief Correspondent Daniel D’Addario spoke at the Holiday Theatre in Denver about the film #DenverFilm #dff47
November 13, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Huge congratulations to Ben Chaplin who received Denver Film’s 2024 Excellence in Acting Award for his powerful performance in September 5! On Saturday night Chaplin & Variety’s Chief Correspondent Daniel D’Addario spoke at the Holiday Theatre in Denver about the film #DenverFilm #dff47
Next from #dff47: “Gaucho Gaucho.” Beautiful film, with striking black and white cinematography. However as a series of wholly disconnected vignettes, it’s ill suited to the format. Would work better as an art museum installation where passersby can pop in and out and enjoy the gorgeous images.
January 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Next from #dff47: “Gaucho Gaucho.” Beautiful film, with striking black and white cinematography. However as a series of wholly disconnected vignettes, it’s ill suited to the format. Would work better as an art museum installation where passersby can pop in and out and enjoy the gorgeous images.
Next from #dff47: “Misericordia.” A dramedy so dry that you’re never sure whether the humor is intentional. Even a sudden act of violence isn’t enough to rouse this languorous movie or ignite interest in its bland, poorly sketched ‘protagonist.’ The worst sin a movie can commit is being boring.
January 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Next from #dff47: “Misericordia.” A dramedy so dry that you’re never sure whether the humor is intentional. Even a sudden act of violence isn’t enough to rouse this languorous movie or ignite interest in its bland, poorly sketched ‘protagonist.’ The worst sin a movie can commit is being boring.
Next is my favorite movie from #dff47: “Flow.” Deceptively simplistic yet gorgeous 3D animation masks a complex tale of found family, climate change, and survival in the face of almost certain extinction. And cute animals! (Be sure to stay after the end credits.) Rooting for this one at the Oscars.
January 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Next is my favorite movie from #dff47: “Flow.” Deceptively simplistic yet gorgeous 3D animation masks a complex tale of found family, climate change, and survival in the face of almost certain extinction. And cute animals! (Be sure to stay after the end credits.) Rooting for this one at the Oscars.
Next from #dff47: “Viet and Nam.” A tender, aching, quietly devastating portrait of two lovers—two miners who love each other in the dark—whose relationship serves as a metaphor for Vietnam’s fractured identity and attempts to find safe harbor on the world stage.
January 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Next from #dff47: “Viet and Nam.” A tender, aching, quietly devastating portrait of two lovers—two miners who love each other in the dark—whose relationship serves as a metaphor for Vietnam’s fractured identity and attempts to find safe harbor on the world stage.
Next from #dff47: “Union.” An unfussy, compelling look at a NY Amazon warehouse’s efforts to unionize. Come for the gripping David vs Goliath story (with Amazon’s predictable union-busting tactics), stay for the nuanced look at the internal politics and disagreements involved in forming a union.
January 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Next from #dff47: “Union.” An unfussy, compelling look at a NY Amazon warehouse’s efforts to unionize. Come for the gripping David vs Goliath story (with Amazon’s predictable union-busting tactics), stay for the nuanced look at the internal politics and disagreements involved in forming a union.
Next from #dff47: “Mistress Dispeller.” Fascinating look at an agency hired to save a marriage. Could’ve spent hours more in this look at Chinese societal norms of family, love, and marriage. Warm and humanistic—everyone here is compelling and treated with compassion, even (especially?) the mistress
January 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Next from #dff47: “Mistress Dispeller.” Fascinating look at an agency hired to save a marriage. Could’ve spent hours more in this look at Chinese societal norms of family, love, and marriage. Warm and humanistic—everyone here is compelling and treated with compassion, even (especially?) the mistress
Next from #dff47 is “Eternal You.” A fascinating premise—the idea of ‘life after death’ thanks to AI—stymied by the filmmakers’ lack of curiosity. Fell asleep for 30 minutes and the film still hadn’t moved beyond the initial surface-level questions. One of the few movies I walked out of at the fest.
January 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Next from #dff47 is “Eternal You.” A fascinating premise—the idea of ‘life after death’ thanks to AI—stymied by the filmmakers’ lack of curiosity. Fell asleep for 30 minutes and the film still hadn’t moved beyond the initial surface-level questions. One of the few movies I walked out of at the fest.
Next from #dff47 is “Grand Theft Hamlet.” Frequently hilarious, very enjoyable doc about people trying to stage Hamlet in GTA online while other players try to kill them. Drags a bit when it attempts to inject pathos but much more successful as a pure lark.
January 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Next from #dff47 is “Grand Theft Hamlet.” Frequently hilarious, very enjoyable doc about people trying to stage Hamlet in GTA online while other players try to kill them. Drags a bit when it attempts to inject pathos but much more successful as a pure lark.
Next from #dff47 is “Black Dog.” (Not to be confused with the Patrick Swayze trucker action flick.) Underwhelming tale of an ex-convict bonding with a stray dog in rural China. Sweet, charming but the social commentary is barely-there and it’s hard to watch as a dog lover. Ultimately forgettable.
January 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Next from #dff47 is “Black Dog.” (Not to be confused with the Patrick Swayze trucker action flick.) Underwhelming tale of an ex-convict bonding with a stray dog in rural China. Sweet, charming but the social commentary is barely-there and it’s hard to watch as a dog lover. Ultimately forgettable.
Next from #dff47: “The Fire Inside.” Aggressively standard, rote biopic that sounds like it was written by ChatGPT, and offers no insights into its characters or subject matter. Love Brian Tyree Henry, but he has nothing to work with here. Ryan Destiny is promising—much more from her to come.
January 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Next from #dff47: “The Fire Inside.” Aggressively standard, rote biopic that sounds like it was written by ChatGPT, and offers no insights into its characters or subject matter. Love Brian Tyree Henry, but he has nothing to work with here. Ryan Destiny is promising—much more from her to come.
Next from #dff47: “A New Kind of Wilderness.” Had low expectations for this one but it absolutely gutted me. Beautiful, heart-wrenching doc about a widower trying to do what’s right for his kids while honoring the memory of his late wife. Grief, family, conservation, it’s all here. Bring Kleenex.
January 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Next from #dff47: “A New Kind of Wilderness.” Had low expectations for this one but it absolutely gutted me. Beautiful, heart-wrenching doc about a widower trying to do what’s right for his kids while honoring the memory of his late wife. Grief, family, conservation, it’s all here. Bring Kleenex.
Next from #dff47: “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” Gripping throughout its 3 hr runtime: a tense, beautifully-acted glimpse into the slow decay of a family’s oppressive patriarchal rule. Filmed entirely in secret, with actual footage of protests in Iran, it has an urgency that leaps off the screen.
January 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Next from #dff47: “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” Gripping throughout its 3 hr runtime: a tense, beautifully-acted glimpse into the slow decay of a family’s oppressive patriarchal rule. Filmed entirely in secret, with actual footage of protests in Iran, it has an urgency that leaps off the screen.
Next from #dff47: “Chainsaws Were Singing.” Only caught the second half of this, but what I saw was gleefully unhinged, profane, and irreverent. Extremely low production values mask (or accentuate?) the constant creativity and humor. An Estonian slasher comedy musical that’s impossible not to like.
January 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Next from #dff47: “Chainsaws Were Singing.” Only caught the second half of this, but what I saw was gleefully unhinged, profane, and irreverent. Extremely low production values mask (or accentuate?) the constant creativity and humor. An Estonian slasher comedy musical that’s impossible not to like.
Next from #dff47 is “The Piano Lesson.” An at times powerful exploration of legacy, tradition, and generational trauma bogged down by an unconvincing lead performance. Excited to see more from Malcolm as a director, but John David has limited range—he mistakes bluster for nuance throughout.
January 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Next from #dff47 is “The Piano Lesson.” An at times powerful exploration of legacy, tradition, and generational trauma bogged down by an unconvincing lead performance. Excited to see more from Malcolm as a director, but John David has limited range—he mistakes bluster for nuance throughout.
About to post the rest of my thoughts from the Denver Film Festival as I gear up for Sundance!
First up, “The Piano Lesson.” #dff47 @sundancefest.bsky.social
First up, “The Piano Lesson.” #dff47 @sundancefest.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
About to post the rest of my thoughts from the Denver Film Festival as I gear up for Sundance!
First up, “The Piano Lesson.” #dff47 @sundancefest.bsky.social
First up, “The Piano Lesson.” #dff47 @sundancefest.bsky.social
First up, from the 47th Denver Film Festival, is "Brief History of a Family." Promising concept but stylistic flourishes aren’t enough to make up for a paper-thin narrative. A toothless, frustrating tale of social inequality. (Watch “Parasite” instead.) onyourmarker.com/brief-histor... #dff47
November 25, 2024 at 12:51 AM
First up, from the 47th Denver Film Festival, is "Brief History of a Family." Promising concept but stylistic flourishes aren’t enough to make up for a paper-thin narrative. A toothless, frustrating tale of social inequality. (Watch “Parasite” instead.) onyourmarker.com/brief-histor... #dff47
First post on BlueSky! I'll be using this platform to share my movie reviews from onyourmarker.com. As a #deaf filmgoer, I also like to share my perspective and musings on #accessibility where I can. First up, the Denver Film Festival! #dff47 #onyourmarker
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November 25, 2024 at 12:25 AM
First post on BlueSky! I'll be using this platform to share my movie reviews from onyourmarker.com. As a #deaf filmgoer, I also like to share my perspective and musings on #accessibility where I can. First up, the Denver Film Festival! #dff47 #onyourmarker