Howie Movshovitz
Film CriticHowie Movshovitz came to Colorado in 1966 as a VISTA Volunteer and never wanted to leave. After three years in VISTA, he went to graduate school at CU-Boulder and got a PhD in English, focusing on the literature of the Middle Ages.
In the middle of that process, though (and he still loves that literature) he got sidetracked into movies, made three shorts, started writing film criticism and wound up teaching film at the University of Colorado-Denver. He continues to teach in UCD’s College of Arts & Media.
He has been reviewing films on public radio since 1976 (first review: Robert Altman’s Buffalo Bill and the Indians). Along the way he spent nine years as the film critic of The Denver Post, and has been contributing features on film subjects to NPR since 1987.
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Arts & LifeThe Denver Film Festival opens next week for the 43rd time, but, of course, in an unusual pandemic way. Some films will show at drive-ins; others will be streamed, along with filmmaker conversations and discussions. There are lots of films to watch. And KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz, who teaches film and television at CU-Denver, has three he’d like to recommend. -
Arts & LifeThe new documentary Dick Johnson Is Dead has just been released on Netflix. It’s by a daughter about herself and her father, now stricken with Alzheimer’s disease. For KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz, who teaches film and television at CU Denver, there’s not been anything quite like it.
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Arts & LifeResidue is not a happy movie. But it is a beautiful film, and a touching one from a young first-time Black director, Merawi Gerima who grew up in Washington, D.C. but has Ethiopian roots.
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Arts & LifeEvery Labor Day weekend since 1974, dedicated film lovers have gathered for the Telluride Film Festival. It's not happening this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. For KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz, who teaches film and television at CU-Denver, Telluride is where he fell in love with the movies.
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Arts & LifeIt’s rare that a movie comes along that’s simply thrilling, and The Son of the White Mare by Hungarian animator Marcell Jankovics, is just that.
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Arts & LifeThe Painted Bird, by Czech filmmaker Václav Marhoul is not for the faint of heart. The film comes from a 1965 novel by Jerzy Kosinski about a young boy,…
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Arts & LifeThe Truth opens in Paris, but not the monumental Paris of the Eiffel Tower or the Champs Elysees. The story takes place at one house, a big house, with…
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Arts & LifeDa 5 Bloods is like a lot of Spike Lee’s films. It can be brilliant and original, and also tedious and commonplace. It’s sometimes thrilling and…
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Arts & LifeFor a good 45 minutes, Joan of Arc looks like it was put together by Monty Python. It’s so stiff and awkward, you figure it’s got to be intentional parody…
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Arts & LifeI should start by revealing that I've known Bob Young since the 1970s. We're friends, although not close friends. But I think he may be the finest living…
