Denver Film Festival

It’s pretty safe to say our relationship to the police has forever changed in the wake of George Floyd’s death on May 25th. Although it goes without saying it should have never gotten to that point…

There’s something about the way Farewell Amor demands your attention that is unbelievably comforting. Maybe it’s because it functions as a triptych yet still seems formless and character-driven. Perhaps all the wonderful, reserved performances put…

We’re getting to the point where noticing similarities between a movie and the hellscape that is the current pandemic is reaching levels of self-parody. (“She Dies Tomorrow has a virus that spreads from person to…

We normally attribute accusations of witchcraft to the Salem witch trials, or some other time in the distant past that was more conducive to such barbaric measures. Little do we realize that many innocent people…

What happens when you mix threads of The Shape of Water with economic European storytelling and pervasive sadness? You probably get something like Christian Petzold’s Undine, an update of the European mythology in which a…

Pablo Larraín begins Ema with an indelible image: fire engulfs a traffic light in the middle of a street, slowly making its way down from the red light to the green light with the titular…

Ancient myth collides with modern society in Philippe Lacôte’s Night of the Kings, a film that takes place in the La MACA prison in Abidjan on the southern side of the Ivory Coast. The guards…

Editor’s Note: The following review of The Truth initially ran during MovieBabble’s coverage of the 2019 Denver Film Festival. The Truth (La vérité) seems a particularly tricky film to handle. It covers the stormy reunion…

Here are some reviews for a few short films featured at the 2019 Denver Film Festival: How to Breathe in Kern County In Kern County, the workday has begun. Fruit pickers harvest the lush red…

Most of us have had this happen. You see an impressive trailer or hear people rave about how good a movie is. You have to see this movie! More often than not, when you finally do,…

These short films were featured at the Denver Film Festival from October 31st to November 11th. This is the fourth article in our series covering said shorts. Caroline U.S.A., approx. 12 minutes.  Written & Directed…

Dead Pigs will be playing at the Denver Film Festival from October 31st to November 11th. Head over to the DFF’s website to purchase your tickets! One of the films shown at the Denver Film Festival is…

Afghan Cycles will be playing at the Denver Film Festival from October 31st to November 11th. Head over to the DFF’s website to purchase your tickets! I have never understood the phrase that something is as ‘easy…

These short films will be playing at the Denver Film Festival from October 31st to November 11th. Head over to the DFF’s website to purchase your tickets! The Denver Film Festival is here and the MovieBabble staff…

Chained for Life will be playing at the Denver Film Festival from October 31st to November 11th. Head over to the DFF’s website to purchase your tickets! Some movies get their word out through boasting their hundred million…

These short films will be playing at the Denver Film Festival from October 31st to November 11th. Head over to the DFF’s website to purchase your tickets! The nice thing about being a movie critic is getting…

We Are Columbine will be playing at the Denver Film Festival from October 31st to November 11th. Head over to the DFF’s website to purchase your tickets! I’ve always been interested by the Columbine school…

Eternal Winter will be playing at the Denver Film Festival from October 31st to November 11th. Head over to the DFF’s website to purchase your tickets! One of the films being shown at the Denver…

These short films will be playing at the Denver Film Festival from October 31st to November 11th. Head over to the DFF’s website to purchase your tickets! The MovieBabble staff was given the opportunity to screen some…

When Lambs Become Lions will be playing at the Denver Film Festival from October 31st to November 11th. Head over to the DFF’s website to purchase your tickets! The MovieBabble staff was given the privilege…

Cam will be playing at the Denver Film Festival from October 31st to November 11th. Head over to the DFF’s website to purchase your tickets! The low-budget space makes for fascinatingly strange works of art.…