Hiroshima Mon Amour / Hiroshima My Love
In Hiroshima Mon Amour, directed by Alain Resnais in 1959, time is altered within the film to discuss how it can impact love and loss. Resnais beautifully portrays the psychological effects heartbreak can have on a person through a love affair of an unnamed man and woman.
A Bout de Souffle / Breathless
The classic tragedy: The hero wants something more in life, goes to search for it, overcomes the roadblocks, slowly sees the plan start to fail, and finally meets their demise. For a character in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960’s film, A Bout de Souffle, or in English,...
Le Quatre Cent Coups / The 400 Blows
François Truffaut’s 1959 semi-autobiographical film, Le Quatre Cent Coups – or its English translation, The 400 Blows – is a window into what his adolescence was like, showing the harmful effects of neglectful parents.
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Hollywood: Behind the Screen Season 3: The Twenty-First Century
Daring auteurs, aging stars, and aspiring starlets. Indie films and Netflix originals. Murder mysteries and surrealist nightmares. Blaxploitation biopics and the #MeToo movement. All this and more on Season 3 of Hollywood: Behind the Screen
The Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul and MSPIFF: An Analytic Review
Minnesota has their own Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul that not only presents the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, but programming 365 days a year.
The Cozy Theater: An Asset to a Small Community
Located in Wadena, Minnesota, The Cozy Theater brings a community together by being a small theater and is surviving with the communities’ help.
Archival Excellence: The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection restores, preserves, and presents films the best possible way. From classics to forgotten films, the Criterion Collection works hard to restore films for cinephiles.
The Telluride Film Festival: Attracting Features and Stars to the Mountains
Telluride, Colorado presents Telluride Film Festival every Labor Day weekend to evoke intimate emotions throughout the audience. Audiences share a connection at the Telluride Film Festival in the beautiful mountain setting.
The Road Warrior: Re-Defining an Action Franchise
George Miller’s Mad Max 2 continues to be an important post-apocalyptic action film with a kinetic visual and editing style.
Aliens: Raising the Bar for Action Sequels
A seven-time Oscar nominee and two-time winner, James Cameron’s 1986 Aliens was everything people wanted and more following 1979’s Alien.
Atomic Blonde: Upgrading the Spy Thriller
The aesthetic of Atomic Blonde uses neon electric lights, hazardous bright colors, a techno-’80s soundtrack and just the right amount of violent action to create a new twist on the classic espionage plot.
The Avengers: Infinity War–A Reality Check
Avengers: Infinity War expresses dark tones and themes that are unexpected but work in the film’s favor by interchanging its fictional story with reality and adding a dynamic layer to the emotion felt by all characters.
Safety Last!: Silent Action Setting Standards for Stunts
Safety Last! is a 1923 silent romantic comedy directed by Fred C. Newmayer and Sam Taylor. Often considered one of the greatest comedies of the 20th century, Safety Last! is most renowned for its famously dangerous scene featuring Harold Lloyd hanging off the hand of...
All Quiet on the Western Front: The Visceral Action of War
All Quiet on the Western Front is a pre-code, black and white, American epic anti-war film released in 1930. Directed by Lewis Milestone, the film revolves around a group of young German schoolboys who are talked into enlisting during the onset of World War I by their...
RBG: You Can’t Spell Truth without Ruth
In RBG, fans of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg get the exclusive inside look at "The Notorious RBG’" they've been craving. The well-known civil rights activist has led a life filled with breaking restrictive barriers set in place for women. Her dedication...
Soufra: The Journey from Dream to Reality
With the theme of “migration” prevailing in the 40th Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, Colorado, it is no surprise that a film such as Soufra would make an appearance. Soufra delves into the emotional journey of a group of women who are trying to take a step forward...
The (Not-So-Somber) Coffin Club: A Docu-Musical
Across New Zealand, seniors are forming do-it-yourself “coffin clubs” to cope with death and loss, but these coffin-clubbers are not a somber a bunch; instead, they bring fun and personality to their own final journey through their charming docu-musical, The Coffin...
The Game Changers: Facts or Conjectures?
In the 1970s, families were encouraged to eat healthy, nutritional margarine and refrain from consuming butter. Those same families likely would have shuddered at seeing this 2014 Time magazine cover: Meanwhile, a quick internet search yields the public opinion on...
Numinous: A Chilly Reception
Numinous, a 50-minute 2017 short film directed by Nicolas Teichrob and featuring Kye Petersen, is a beautiful and masterfully crafted work of exhilarating, exciting cinematography. Unfortunately for those few of us at 2018 Mountainfilm's Base Camp outdoor theater who...
The Mirnavator: Rising Above Negativity
"You are a liar and a fraud." -Anonymous In what context would the above quote be acceptable to say to a complete stranger? What could the motivation be behind such a scathing criticism? The quote is among many that Mirna Valerio reads aloud at the beginning of the...
Imagination: A Film about the Impossible
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” - Albert Einstein. Our society seems to take imagination for granted rather than to pay tribute to those brilliant humans who have walked the Earth. Director Dave Mossop's short film, Imagination: Tom Wallisch, is an...
2.5 Million: A Record-Setting Adventure
In a world of countless adventure documentaries, 2.5 Million (dir. Tyler Wilkinson-Ray), follows the trials and tribulations of Aaron Rice on his quest to become the first person to ever climb 2.5 million human-powered vertical feet within one year--the equivalent of...