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The long career of British director Stephen Frears began in 1968 and includes such films as 'My Beautiful Laundrette,' 'High Fidelity' and 'The Queen.' His new movie, 'The Lost King' is based on the true story of the woman who found the body of England’s King Richard III.
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Mozart’s famous opera 'The Magic Flute' tells about a young prince who must free a princess from the Queen of the Night. A new movie adds high school kids to the brew. For ʹַ film critic Howie Movshovitz, Mozart doesn’t need the help.
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The 27th annual Denver Jewish Film Festival runs March 11 to 19 at the JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center and online from March 20 through the 29. The festival features the Jewish experience on film, but for ʹַ film critic Howie Movshovitz who teaches film at CU-Denver, the best movies in the festival are also about the human experience. He has several suggestions for this year’s festival.
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'Close' is the title of a new film from Belgium about two 13-year-old boys who share a particularly intimate friendship. The movie has won a host of awards in Europe and the United States, and is one of the five nominees for best foreign language film at next month’s Oscar awards. ʹַ film critic Howie Movshovitz teaches film at CU-Denver. He says the picture is beautifully sensitive, but maybe sensitive isn’t enough.
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The new movie 'No Bears' is the work of an Iranian filmmaker banned from filmmaking by his government. The filmmaker, Jafar Panahi, continues to make films anyway. ʹַ film critic Howie Movshovitz teaches film at CU-Denver. He says the picture is a testament to human ingenuity.
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The new movie ‘Living’ is a remake of a 70-year-old masterpiece from Japan’s Akira Kurosawa about the death of a minor bureaucrat. ʹַ Film Critic Howie Movshovitz said the new iteration doesn’t compare to the original.
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As an actor, Sarah Polley’s films include "The Sweet Hereafter," "The Weight of Water" and "The Secret Life of Words." As a writer and director, Polley made the challenging "Stories We Tell," and now she has a new movie called "Women Talking." ʹַ film critic Howie Movshovitz teaches film at CU-Denver. He says that what the women talk about is disturbing and important.
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British filmmaker Sam Mendes has directed movies as distinguished as Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” the Oscar-winning drama of sexual frustration, “American Beauty,” and two films starring Daniel Craig as James Bonds.
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The new movie ‘Tár’ tells a story of a woman orchestra conductor riding high in that high-altitude world. It’s the first work by writer/director Todd Field since 2006, and for ʹַ film critic and CU Boulder Assistant Professor, Howie Movshovitz, Tár is as complex and unexpected as Fields’ earlier pictures, ‘Little Children’ and ‘In the Bedroom.’
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The biggest American festival of documentary film, called DOC NYC runs in New York from November 9 through November 27 with over a hundred features. But you don’t have to be in New York to see the films — the festival is also online. ʹַ film critic Howie Movshovitz, who teaches film at CU-Denver, says the festival will show some exceptional documentaries.