- Documentary filmmaker Les Blank, who died earlier this week, celebrated American ethnicities – Cajun fiddlers, African-American bluesmen, Polish polka dancers and anyone who loved garlic. Colorado Public Radio film critic Howie Movshovitz says that Blank’s cinematic voice was amiable, but also sharp.
- The new Romanian film “Beyond the Hills” won awards for its two actresses at the Cannes Film Festival last May, and also the screenwriting prize for writer/director Cristian Mungiu (Kris-TEE-ahn Mun-GEE-oo). Colorado Public Radio film critic Howie Movshovitz says the movie continues the brilliance of the Romanian new wave.
- Forty-nine years ago, a British filmmaker gathered together something of a cross-section of English seven-year-olds. The idea was to film them every seven years to see how people change and if the British class system really determined people’s lives. Colorado Public Radio film critic Howie Movshovitz reviews the latest incarnation of the series, “56 Up.”