The Last Night presentation of the Denver Film Festival should be a triumphant moment: an opportunity to sum up all that's best about the fest in one last blast of cinematic joy. But it doesn't always work out that way, as is demonstrated by the 2007 blog "August Rush Closes the Denver Film Festival on a Hackneyed Note." For those lucky enough to have forgotten about the flick entirely, August Rush had a local hook: Keri Russell, who was raised in Highlands Ranch, had one of the main roles, an
An image from Nina Paley's "Sita Sings the Blues."
Full-length animated films have traditionally been very expensive to make, requiring teams of artists working over a long period of time. As a result, the medium's became the near-exclusive province of powerful studios with deep pockets but a box-office-motivated disinclination to take risks on unusual visions. In recent years, though, technology has allowed filmmakers to work on a smaller scale, creating more individualized and idiosyncratic w
