Mucking with Movies: ‘Contempt’

August 26, 2023

If you’ve seen even a single Jean-Luc Godard flick, then you muck with movies even harder than I do. A degree in film from NYU would make you think I must have come across at least one in my education, but no. Instead, it was three, in-class viewings of “Citizen Kane,” “Some Like It Hot” […]

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Mucking with Movies: ‘Jews of the Wild West’

August 17, 2023

If you scroll back far enough on my Facebook, deep into the middle-school good stuff, you’ll find my Bar Mitzvah picture. Babyfaced and clad in a purple velvet suit, skinny jeans, and fedora, I’m tipping my cap to the camera just a few short hours after being made a man in the eyes of my […]

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2022 Eisner/Lauder New Views Documentaries and Dialogue Series

July 7, 2022

The Aspen Institute Arts Program and Aspen Film announce the line-up of acclaimed documentaries for the 2022 Eisner/Lauder New Views Documentaries & Dialogue Series: GABBY GIFFORDS WON’T BACK DOWN,  SUBJECT, and STILL WORKING 9 TO 5. The summer series features critically acclaimed documentaries and conversations with special guests. All films will be screened at 7:30pm in-person at the Isis Theatre (406 E. […]

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