Unstrung Nerves: Notes on the Art and Politics of Film

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Dispatches from DFF48, Part 2
I attended the 48th Denver Film Festival, and here's what I saw.
Nov 14 • 
Eleven Groothuis
Dispatches from DFF48, Part 1
I attended the 48th Denver Film Festival, and here's what I saw.
Nov 10 • 
Eleven Groothuis
Notes on CinemaQ 2025 (Overdue)
A long-delayed look at Denver's premiere celebration of queer film.
Nov 5 • 
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October 2025

Holiday Pick: Halloween III
Watch the magic pumpkin!
Oct 31 • 
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September 2025

Megadoc: A Film's Apocalypse
Little by little, we went inane.
Sep 25 • 
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July 2025

Holiday Pick: Mr. Freedom
Looking for a Fourth of July film? Try William Klein's insane superhero satire.
Jul 4 • 
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June 2025

Dogma in 2025
The Return of Kevin Smith's Blasphemous Masterpiece.
Jun 20 • 
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May 2025

CC40: Beautiful, Pointless
Ongoing Reflections on Physical Media, Part 4
May 30 • 
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A Meditation on 'The Holy Mountain'
And becoming.
May 19 • 
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Taxation of the Mind
Tariffs on foreign films: stupid, but meaningfully evil.
May 12 • 
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April 2025

The Shallow and the Portable
Ongoing Reflections on Physical Media, Part 3
Apr 9 • 
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March 2025

The Grim Surveillance Aesthetics of 'Panic Room'
In David Fincher's fifth film, the camera is unsettlingly fluid and invasive.
Mar 31 • 
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