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The Lyric, a movie theater that primarily shows indie films located on College Ave., hosts the Denver Film Festival from Oct. 31st to Nov. 10th. (Megan McGregor | The Collegian)

Denver Film Festival animated shorts pack a punch

Scott Powell November 13, 2019

There is no artistic medium more liberating than animation. It’s unrestrained by time, space, logic and any and all physical possibility. It's free to morph, explore and experiment with the world however...

The Lyric, a movie theater that primarily shows indie films located on College Ave., hosts the Denver Film Festival from Oct. 31st to Nov. 10th. (Megan McGregor | The Collegian)

Denver Film Fest highlights offer insight, provoke emotion

Scott Powell November 13, 2019

The Denver Film Festival offered some of the year's most impactful, thought-provoking, infuriating and provocative films. Here is a dissection of some of the best. “Frances Ferguson” Going to the...

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JoJo Rabbit succeeds at comedy, fails at satire

Scott Powell November 13, 2019

If Taika Waititi's "JoJo Rabbit" wasn’t supposed to be a satire, it would probably be a good movie. The film itself is a sheer delight– a funny, charming, absurd journey through the Third Reich with...

Attendees of the Denver Film Festival gather inside the main room of The Lyric after a showing of the film Frances Ferguson on Nov. 9th. The Lyric hosted the Denver Film Festival from Oct. 31st to Nov. 10th. (Megan McGregor | The Collegian)

The Lyric reels in community with Denver Film Fest showcase

Scott Powell November 13, 2019

Movie theaters are like zoos. There is no other location in the modern world where mankind's nature is put on such a stark, unmediated display — save perhaps for a toilet stall or an Osbourne family...

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‘Lord of the Flies’ meets machine guns in ‘Monos’

Scott Powell October 22, 2019

At first glance, the nightmare-scape world of Alejandro Landes’s “Monos” looks nothing like our own. Set atop a remote mountain in Latin America, teenagers are given intense training in the art...

Collegian Film Reviews Graphic (Rachel Macias | The Collegian)

‘El Camino’ closes the door on ‘Breaking Bad’ series

Leo Friedman October 16, 2019

After the series finale of “Breaking Bad,” fans across the world were left with many unanswered questions after a massive cliffhanger. Six years later, those questions were answered in the follow-up...

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‘First Love’ mixes the zany and the predictable

Scott Powell October 13, 2019

Editor's note: This review may contain spoilers for the film.  The first three minutes of Takashi Miike’s “First Love” see a drug dealer get his head chopped off by a machete in a dark Japanese...

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‘Joker’ uncovers uncomfortable realities

Autumn Sorrentino October 8, 2019

Editor's Note: This review contains spoilers for the 2019 film "Joker." With a whopping $93 million dollars in box office revenue during its opening weekend, a 9.3/10 review from IMDb and seven nominations...

Collegian Film Reviews Graphic (Rachel Macias | The Collegian)

‘Judy’ fails to find rainbow’s end in new biopic

Scott Powell October 7, 2019

Watching Renée Zellweger in Rupert Goold’s "Judy," Hollywood’s latest offering of American nostalgia, is a little bit like watching a firework show underwater. The power is all there, but it’s extinguished...

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