Second-year curation documents Afghanistan’s ski culture, Munich’s Olympic hostage crisis and a Greater-than-life Dane.
Film & TV
On Set: Mel Gibson’s Take on Santa as a Fallen Superhero in ‘Fatman’
This holiday-fare movie in the time of Covid-19 took a dark turn, and missed the mark.
Group Empowers Unheard Voices to Take Control of their Narratives
DIYDocs is teaching residents of Jackson, Wyoming, and Tlaxcala, Mexico, how to make their own documentary films. All they need is a smartphone.
On Set: A Tale of Two New Releases
Do audiences want new films in a socially distanced theater or on their home screens? ‘Tenet’ and ‘Mulan’ each took different routes and movie critic Jeff Counts tells us what worked best.
On Set: ‘Palm Springs’ Speaks to Our Pandemic Daze
In both style and theme, the Hulu original film is perfect viewing for the quarantine-addled mind.
On Set with Jeff Counts: Cinematic Gems for the Netflix Fatigued
As you burn through your Netflix backlogs and wonder how to pace yourself, film critic Jeff Counts revisits 2019 films that deserve a second look.
On Set with Jeff Counts: ‘Honey Boy’ is a Portrait of Heartache and Courage
Whether the story of Shia LaBeouf’s life in film was worthy of its own film has never been a question. The real question was always: Who would tell it?...
On Set with Jeff Counts: ‘The Call of the Wild’ Delivers Universal Truths, Struggles with Style
Film technology has notably advanced over the last few decades. Today the potential for world-building that's available to directors and screenwriters...
On Set with Jeff Counts: ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Returns to Jackson Theaters. Don’t Sleep on those Screenings
World War II movies are so common these days. We are no strangers to three-hour prestige projects centered on such narratives of good versus evil. But...
