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Recent additions

Ethics and Movies: Ben Stein's Expelled, the cost of mistakes, and truth tickets

Doug Pray: Ahead of a possible truckers' strike, Big Rig director opens up

Anthony Minghella, 1954-2008: An untimely loss, truly, madly and deeply

Just Stay Home?: Is it time to stop going the theater to see a movie?

Interviews

Jeff Feuerzeig: Director of The Devil and Daniel Johston says Johnston's a Genius (2006)

Amy Adams and Phil Morrison: Too Young (2005)

Kevin Bacon: An evening with the 27th DIFF's John Cassavetes award (2004)

Javier Bardem: Sundance 2002 Interview (2002)

Nir Bergman: Director talks about seeing and making movies in Israel (2004)

Mike Binder: Director/actor walks the line between indie and studio (2007)

Mark Borchardt and Mike Schank: Sundance 2002 Interview (2002)

Bruno Bossio: A Movie Habit Interview (1999)

Mehcad Brooks and Al Shearer: On the Road to Glory #2 (2006)

Jerry Bruckheimer: On the Road to Glory #4 (2006)

Canaan Brumley: Q&A with the Director of Ears, Open. Eyes, Click. (2005)

George Butler Endures: An amiable Butler talks about home, heritage and work (2001)

Bobby Cannavale: Rising star has made friends with acting (2003)

Peter Chelsom: British director makes an American remake of a Japanese film in Canada (2004)

Austin Chick: Indie director talks with Movie Habit at DIFF:25 (2003)

Lisa Cholodenko: Laurel Canyon writer/director talks about art, intimacy, and influences (2003)

Kerry Conran: Sky Captain director explains how the latest computers recreate the world of yesterday (2004)

David Cronenberg: Spider, The Fly, and Cronenberg's movie habits (2003)

Matt Damon: Damon lets his Bourne Identity come out (2002)

James Foley: Director of Confidence, Glengarry, goes with his gut (2003)

Marc Forster: The middle ground is a great place to be a director (2004)

Stephen Frears: British humor, British actors flavor Mrs. Henderson Presents (2006)

Morgan Freeman: An evening with the 27th DIFF's Lifetime Achievement Award winner (2004)

Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe: Denver International Film Festival 2002 (2002)

Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal: Husband and wife talk about their husband-and-wife picture (2002)

Rémy Girard: Star of Barbarian Invasions returns after 17 years (2003)

Valeria Golino: After 47 movies plus a TV mini-series, the actress is still going strong (2003)

GPFF Interviews: Four winners talk about their movies (2003)

David Gordon Green and Paul Schneider: Two promising filmmakers speak eloquently about inarticulateness (2003)

Greg Harrison: November director on grief and structure (2005)

Ray Harryhausen: Haunted Carnival Interview (2001)

Cole Hauser: Denver International Film Festival 2002 (2003)

Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold: Sundance 2002 Interview (2002)

Brian Helgeland: Writer, director, producer, and Oscar-winner endures a day of questioning (2001)

Eugene Jarecki: Director of Why We Fight gets lots of answers (2006)

Christian Johnston and Brent Henry: Independent Adventure: The Making of September Tapes (2004)

Kirk Jones: A Movie Habit Interview with the director of Waking Ned Devine (1998)

Neil Jordan: on writing, Ireland, and the influence of music (2006)

Milla Jovovich: Beauty Kicks Beast Butt In Style (2002)

Kim Ki-Duk & Jung Suh: Sundance 2001 Interview (2001)

Josh Lucas: On the Road to Glory #3 (2006)

Derek Luke: On the Road to Glory #1 (2006)

Albert Maysles: Maysles on DIFF, Castro, flies on walls, and the poetic eye (2004)

E. Elias Merhige: Director of Suspect Zero brings art to commerce (2004)

Chris Metzler: Director finds plagues, pleasures, and more at film festivals (2007)

Wentworth Miller: Persistence pays off for Princeton grad (2003)

Hans Petter Moland and Damien Nguyen: Norwegian director, Vietnamese-American actor lead international film (2005)

Catalina Sandino Moreno and Josh Marston: First-timers tell of mules from Colombia (2004)

Bill Morrison: Sundance 2002 Interview (2002)

Christopher Nolan: Sundance 2001 Interview (2001)

Philip Noyce: On Rabbit Proof Fence and The Quiet American at DIFF:25 (2002)

Ozzy Osbourne: Sundance 2001 Interview (2001)

Babak Payami: Iranian-Canadian filmmaker reveals his Secret Ballot (2002)

Stacy Peralta and Greg Noll: Director and subject dig into surfing's history (2004)

J.T. Petty: Sundance 2002 Interview (2002)

Sally Potter: Director of Yes talks language, dance, and film (2005)

Sally Potter (for TCM): Director of Yes on language, dance, and film (2005)

Doug Pray: Turntablists Are Here for Good (2002)

Quattro Noza Cast and Crew: Curtis, Cianfrance, and Hernandez talk video style (2003)

Godfrey Reggio: Man of vision comes to Boulder (2003)

Peter Riegert: Local Hero turns from acting to directing (2004)

Phil Alden Robinson: Dreams director talks about Fears (2002)

John Sayles: America's laureate independent filmmaker on race, culture, and editing (2002)

Shaun of the Dead Boys: Filmmakers discuss comedy, remakes, and the subtext of zombie films (2004)

Joe Simpson: Author, climber was almost Tom Cruise-d (2004)

Michael Spears and Zahn McCarnon: Actors get real for Into the West (2005)

Penelope Spheeris: Sundance 2001 Interview (2001)

Jerzy Stuhr: Polish director and actor explains post-communist life to an American (2004)

Chris Terrio: Heights director found literary doorway into film (2005)

Chris Terrio and Amy Fox on Heights: Director and screenwriter find art in their twentysomethings (2005)

Mark Waters: Not Heathers, but a modern-day John Hughes movie (2004)

Wim Wenders: Chance favors the prepared mind (2006)

Robin Williams Returns to his Roots: and Turns Over a New Leaf in the Process (2002)

John Woo and Christian Slater: Woo and Slater shoot the breeze about Windtalkers (2002)

Features

18 Hours at Telluride: Movies and Consensus (2006)

2002 Quotes: Pit your wits against the screenwriters of 2002 (2003)

2003 OFCS Voting Record: See how Movie Habit votes in the Online Film Critics Society 2003 awards (2004)

2003 Special Features: Movie Habit does more than review movies (2003)

2005 Denver International Film Festival: Come here for recommendations and opinions (2005)

Adapting Brokeback Mountain: From Page to Screen, a Q&A at DIFF 2005 (2005)

Al Gore: Questions and Answers: United Artists Pavilions, Denver, Colorado, May 11, 2006 (2006)

Anthony Minghella, 1954-2008: An untimely loss, truly, madly and deeply (2008)

Atlantis in Depth: The More Things Change… (2001)

Atlantis in Depth: Introduction (2001)

Atlantis in Depth: PG or Not PG? (2001)

Atlantis in Depth: It Builds Character (2001)

Atlantis in Depth: Milo Thatch (2001)

Atlantis in Depth: The Circle of Life (2001)

Atlantis in Depth: Parlez-vous Atlantean? (2001)

Atlantis in Depth: To Infinity and Beyond! (2001)

Atlantis in Depth: Birth of a Nation (2001)

Belfast, Maine: New film from Frederick Wiseman a good bet (1999)

Best of BIFF 2005: The best of the fest, officially and unofficially (2005)

Chaplin and Agee: The Untold Story of the Tramp, the Writer, and the Lost Screenplay (2005)

Claude Lelouch: Oscar-winning French director takes Q&A at DIFF (2005)

Coffee Talk: Documentaries the subject of a coffee klatsch at DIFF (2004)

Denver International Film Festival 2003: DIFF moves into its second quarter-century (2003)

Denver International Film Festival 2004: The world comes to Denver (2004)

DIFF:25: The 25th Denver International Film Festival (2002)

DVD Gifts for 2005: Recommendations for the DVD lover on your list (2005)

DVD Gifts for 2006: Recommendations for the DVD lover on your list (2006)

Fall 2005 Remakes: Even Oscar season isn't immune to remakes (2005)

Fifth Annual Waterfront Film Festival: A town without a movie theater hosts a film festival (2003)

Fighting on Film: Anti-war docs wonder what we ask of our soldiers (2006)

Film (in Boulder) is Dead: Boulder's second-newest theater goes dark (2007)

Five Days at Sundance 2002: by Pablo Kjolseth for the Colorado Daily and Movie Habit (2002)

GPFF Awards Ceremony: Festival continues, but awards cap a week of Midwestern movies (2003)

GPFF Day 3: Third day reveals some of the festival's keynote films (2003)

GPFF Opening Night: Films reveal more than just flyover country (2003)

GPFF Youth Media: Kids strut their stuff and compete for money (2003)

Great Plains Film Festival 2003: Films reveal more than just flyover country (2003)

Great Plains Film Festival 2003 Schedule: (2003)

Greetings from Telluride: Thursday in the park with Zoltan (2006)

Haunted Carnival '98: First annual horror film fest comes to life (1998)

Haunted Carnival Unites 5 Film Series: Sequel brings new stars (1999)

Lilo & Stitch's Islands of Adventures: DVD game ingeniously re-interprets DVD standards (2003)

Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without A Cause (2005)

Long Live Film (in Boulder): Boulder's newest theater lights up (2007)

Mea Culpa, They-a Culpa 2002: Mistakes were made in 2001, some by us, some by others (2002)

Mea Culpa, They-a Culpa 2003: Mistakes were made, some by us, some by others (2003)

Qatsi 101: Qatsi director Reggio speaks at CU (2003)

Recommendations for BIFF 2007: Festival's third year looks good; let us suggest some movies (2007)

Remakes for Summer 2007: Remakes of Halloween, Nancy Drew, Hairspray & Others Are Coming Your Way Soon! (2007)

Sisters Give Birth to BIFF the First: Boulder International Film Festival Begins (2005)

Stargazing in Telluride Misses the Point: Three films feature great performances (2006)

Students Leave their Prints on Telluride: Student shorts are just the right size (2006)

Sundance Glance 2001: Festival Overview (2001)

Talent to Spare: Dream project from CU's heyday crashed and burned (2005)

Telluride 2004: They say it's all about the movies at Telluride, but is it? (2004)

Telluride 2005: Notes on the 2005 Telluride Film Festival (2005)

Telluride Wrapup: Final thoughs about Telluride 2006 (2006)

The Big Red One Reconstruction: A conversation about the new version shown at DIFF27 (2004)

The Many Faces of Oliver: Oliver Twist lives (yet) again on the big screen (2005)

The Next Park City?: The Boulder International Film Festival expects growth in its second season (2006)

theDVDetective Opens its Doors: Region-free specialty shop adds bricks, mortar (2005)

Video Store Owner Turned Filmmaker Shows Heart: First-time director tells his own story on screen (2005)

Lists

23 Capsules: Short Reviews from Sundance 2002

9 Capsules: Short Reviews from Sundance 2001

As Good as They Say: Ten classics we're lucky to be able to see

Cold Movies: ... to make you appreciate being warm

Darwin Day Movies: Celebrate Darwin Day with a scientific, skeptical, atheist, humanist movie

DVD Gifts for 2004: Classics for movie lovers with a longer attention span

DVD Gifts for 2004: Kid-friendly movies for those looking for good clean fun

DVD Gifts for 2004: Recommended recent movies on DVD

DVD Gifts for 2007: Recommendations for the DVD lover on your list

GPFF Day 2: Day 2 reveals the eclectic architecture of Lincoln, Nebraska

GPFF Day 6: Feature films, good shorts, and an eye-opening documentary

GPFF Narrative Shorts: Short, sweet, and usually funny

GPFF: a Day of Documentaries: Nonfiction films abound on the Great Plains

Great DVDs of 2003: Notable discs were released in 2003

Sundance 2004: Three out of 167 ain't bad

Sundance Sampler '03: Short Reviews from Sundance 2003

Top ten lists

2002 OFCS Voting Record

Top Ten 2004

Top Ten 2005

Top Ten of 1998

Top Ten of 1999

Top Ten of 2000

Top Ten of 2001

Top Ten of 2002

Top Ten of 2003

Top Ten of 2006

Top Ten of 2007