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鈥檚 College of Arts & Media.
He has been reviewing films on public radio since 1976 (first review: Robert Altman鈥檚 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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The Women + Film Festival at the Sie Film Center runs from April 13-16th, screening movies either made by women or primarily about women. For KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz, work by women still doesn鈥檛 get the respect it deserves. -
The long career of British director Stephen Frears began in 1968 and includes such films as 'My Beautiful Laundrette,' 'High Fidelity' and 'The Queen.' His new movie, 'The Lost King' is based on the true story of the woman who found the body of England鈥檚 King Richard III. -
Mozart鈥檚 famous opera 'The Magic Flute' tells about a young prince who must free a princess from the Queen of the Night. A new movie adds high school kids to the brew. For KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz, Mozart doesn鈥檛 need the help. -
The 27th annual Denver Jewish Film Festival runs March 11 to 19 at the JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center and online from March 20 through the 29. The festival features the Jewish experience on film, but for KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz who teaches film at CU-Denver, the best movies in the festival are also about the human experience. He has several suggestions for this year鈥檚 festival. -
'Close' is the title of a new film from Belgium about two 13-year-old boys who share a particularly intimate friendship. The movie has won a host of awards in Europe and the United States, and is one of the five nominees for best foreign language film at next month鈥檚 Oscar awards. KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz teaches film at CU-Denver. He says the picture is beautifully sensitive, but maybe sensitive isn鈥檛 enough. -
The new movie 'No Bears' is the work of an Iranian filmmaker banned from filmmaking by his government. The filmmaker, Jafar Panahi, continues to make films anyway. KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz teaches film at CU-Denver. He says the picture is a testament to human ingenuity. -
The new movie 鈥楲iving鈥� is a remake of a 70-year-old masterpiece from Japan鈥檚 Akira Kurosawa about the death of a minor bureaucrat. KUNC Film Critic Howie Movshovitz said the new iteration doesn鈥檛 compare to the original. -
As an actor, Sarah Polley鈥檚 films include "The Sweet Hereafter," "The Weight of Water" and "The Secret Life of Words." As a writer and director, Polley made the challenging "Stories We Tell," and now she has a new movie called "Women Talking." KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz teaches film at CU-Denver. He says that what the women talk about is disturbing and important. -
British filmmaker Sam Mendes has directed movies as distinguished as Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥淜ing Lear,鈥� the Oscar-winning drama of sexual frustration, 鈥淎merican Beauty,鈥� and two films starring Daniel Craig as James Bonds. -
The new movie 鈥楾谩r鈥� tells a story of a woman orchestra conductor riding high in that high-altitude world. It鈥檚 the first work by writer/director Todd Field since 2006, and for KUNC film critic and CU Boulder Assistant Professor, Howie Movshovitz, T谩r is as complex and unexpected as Fields鈥� earlier pictures, 鈥楲ittle Children鈥� and 鈥業n the Bedroom.鈥�
