Howie Movshovitz

Although the film Between Two Worlds came out in France in 2021, it’s just recently come out in the United States, mostly on various screening platforms. KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz says that while it’s too bad the movie hasn’t hit a Colorado movie screen, any chance to see it is worthwhile.

By design, Telluride forces viewers to make choices over which films to view during the festival. KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz said, of the films he watched during the festival, at least two new pictures had 'stunning power.'

The new film 'Golda' paints a picture of Israeli prime minister Golda Meir, played by Helen Mirren, during the Yom Kippur War. Despite the dramatic political backdrop during Meir's leadership, KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz said the movie rendition lacks both depth of character and plot.

Returning to theaters after 20 years, the Korean film 'Oldboy' from director Park Chan-wook paints a violent picture of what redemption can mean in a 'disfigured society.'

A new documentary called A Compassionate Spy is about a man little known in America, but who played a shocking role in the history of the world. For KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz the movie makes an important extension for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.

Finally out, the new film Oppenheimer tells a story about the man who led the project to create the atom bomb. KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz says it’s become rare to see an expensive Hollywood movie of such deep moral complexity.

A new film from France called "Scarlet" tells a story of a girl and her father in the years after World War I, when life can be hard and unsettled. KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz says "Scarlet" is hard to classify, which is good.

A new political thriller examines a life of comfort disrupted under the rule of the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. The movie, Chile ’76 from Manuela Martelli, is quiet — and for that reason, unnerving.

In late 1985, “Woman-Ochre,” a painting by abstract expressionist master Willem de Kooning was stolen from the University of Arizona Art Museum. Thirty-two years later, the painting turned up in a home in rural New Mexico. The new documentary "The Thief Collector" is about the thieves.

French filmmaker François Ozon is the director of '8 Women,' 'Swimming Pool' and 'Frantz.' His 2021 film 'Everything Went Fine' is just opening in the United States. It’s a family story with an ailing father who wants to die. KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz, says that in Ozon’s best films, nothing is simple.