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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.

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�

The biggest American festival of documentary film, called DOC NYC runs in New York from November 9 through November 27 with over a hundred features. But you don鈥檛 have to be in New York to see the films 鈥� the festival is also online. KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz, who teaches film at CU-Denver, says the festival will show some exceptional documentaries.

Italian writer and director Dario Argento is famous among horror movie lovers, but his first film in ten years, Dark Glasses, is not his best, says KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz.

The 45th Denver Film Festival opens Wednesday, Nov. 2 and runs through Sunday, Nov. 13, with a slate of 239 films, counting features and shorts. The festival has returned to an in-person/in-theaters event. Tickets are on sale and KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz, who teaches film at CU-Denver, has a few suggestions.