Freelance writer
Lisa Kennedy
Denver-based freelancer Lisa Kennedy specializes in film and theater.
All Stories

39th Denver Film Festival offers the most exciting lineup in years
Will local filmgoers get the opportunity to see some of the most talked-about, well reviewed films of the year? A resounding "yes." Will they be able to discover under-the-radar charmers?

Denver Film Festival offers the most exciting lineup in years
Will local filmgoers get the opportunity to see some of the most talked-about, well reviewed films of the year? A resounding "yes." Will they be able to discover under-the-radar charmers?...

One critic’s viewing list for the Denver Film Festival
Tough choices of the "If-I-see-this, I-won't-make-it-to-that" variety lie in wait.

Theater review: “Glass Menagerie” at Ricketson
A melancholy and still potent mix of compassion and judgment.

Reaction Shot: Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks deliver cool, calm, steady ascent with “Sully”
Aaron Eckhart and Laura Linney also star in this near-prefect rumination on heroism.

The best moments from the 2016 Telluride Film Festival
Very few false notes struck during the four-day, cinema-loving summit.

Amy Adams, Casey Affleck and Pablo Larrain will be honored at Telluride Film Festival
The veil has officially lifted. Thursday morning, the notoriously secretive Telluride Film Festival (Sept. 2-5) announced its heady mix of the highly anticipated, the unexpected, the legendary and, if the...

Reaction Shot: “Southside With You” is an intimate charmer
What a day, what a date.

Reaction Shot: Is “Hands of Stone” with De Niro a contender?
In this week's Reaction Shot, Lisa Kennedy breaks down the latest films.

In “Light Between Oceans,” Lakewood-born director builds on success of Gosling-powered films
The still young but distinctive writer-director had been searching for a follow-up to “The Place Beyond the Pines” and "Blue Valentine."