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38 February 22, 2018
Top picks for BIFF
Four docs and two dramas to see at this year’s fest by Michael J. Casey
B
oulder audiences love a good documentary. And from Feb. 22–25, the Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) returns to help Boulderites scratch the educational itch with a lineup that holds a little something for everyone. Of the 34 features screening at this year’s festival, 23 are documentaries, including BIFF’s closing night movie, a work in progress from Boulder-based photographer James Balog. Two Trains Runnin’ What does Balog’s latest hold in store for audiences? is a retrospective Hard to say at this point, but if past results are any indidoc about college friends in search cator, then Balog’s latest is sure to capture the city’s of their heros Skip hearts and minds. James and Sun House. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves and jump to the end; there’s an awful lot of good in between that would be a shame to miss. Namely, the best movie screening at BIFF: Faces Places (Feb. 23, 10 a.m., Boulder Theater). Yes, this column has droned on long enough about Agnès Varda and JR’s remarkable road trip/art project, but now Boulder audiences have their chance to see this masterpiece on the big screen and experience this Oscar-nominated doc’s charming and life-affirming sensibility first-hand. Moving from the French countryside to the Deep South, Two Trains Runnin’ (Feb. 23, 7:15 p.m., Boulder Theater) is a retrospective documentary about a group of college friends who loved the Delta blues so much they packed up and went in search of their heroes: Skip James and Sun House. The year was 1964, and tracking down two retired musicians from the ’30s was neither an easy nor a welcome task. As the title alludes, there are two narratives at work, the first a recollection of three college buddies working their way through the South, trying to track down their musical idols; the second, the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-’60s. One part memoir, one part history lesFollow Russian son, Two Trains Runnin’ uses archival footage, animarefugee André tion and contemporary interviews to further explore the Tchelistcheff as he shapes the Califorintersection of popular art and the Civil Rights nia wine scene in Movement. Andre: The Voice of Wine. Heading west, we find ourselves basking in the Golden State’s sunshine with a man who saw eternity in a glass of wine, Andre: The Voice of Wine (Feb. 24, 12:15 p.m., First Presbyterian Church). Directed by Mark Tchelistcheff, the grandnephew of the doc’s subject, Andre recounts the life and work of André Tchelistcheff, one of California’s most influential winemakers. After fleeing the Russian Revolution in 1917, Tchelistcheff found success in the vineyards of France until Georges de Latour of Beaulieu Vineyards (BV) recruited the Russian refugee to shepherd his Napa Valley vineyards in post-prohibition Boulder Weekly