Archive for the ‘ Denver Film ’ Category
The documentary 45365 will be playing from Friday Feb 26 until March 4 at the Starz FilmCenter (900 Auraria Parkway Denver, CO 80204 303.595.3456 http://www.denverfilm.org) at 5pm and 7.30pm daily. 45365 is the Ross Brothers’ first feature film which was shot in their hometown of Sidney, Ohio. Through the use of nostalgia inducing direct cinema, The Ross [ READ MORE ]
Sidekicks! A hero’s witty bon mots would be echoing through an empty room without a sidekick to soak them up… Comic relief would be unprovided… The unsung second bananas of film are getting their due at the Denver Public Library, however, with their Fresh City Life event, Sidekicks: Cinema’s Brilliant B-String Film Series. Tonight [ READ MORE ]
Get your spontaneous fun and get yourself through the week tonight at the Meadowlark (2701 Larimer St.)! Join Fashion Denver’s Brandi Shigley tonight as she hosts a medley of entertainment and activities sure to get us through the Wednesday doldrums. Tonight’s Spun is sure to be packed with some great, funny, and entertaining bits as [ READ MORE ]
In the underbelly of the Thin Man Tavern, genre movies are shown in the Ubi Sub Ubi room each Wednesday. Last year, horror films filled up most of the docket, while Sci Fi takes center stage during this run. Tonight’s showing is “Andromeda Strain” (I presume its the 1971 version of the Michael [ READ MORE ]
So I know there’s already a lot of hype around this Watchmen film and it probably doesn’t need another advertisement, but holy makererl! With the lawsuits over distribution between Fox and Warner Bros., I wasn’t certain Alan Moore’s AMAZING graphic novel would make it to the screen. In his graphic novel, Moore [ READ MORE ]
Without a Home is screening at the Durango Independent Film Festival next week. The filmmaker followed five homeless people and 1 homeless family over a four year period and unexpectedly got deeply involved in their lives becoming a character in the film herself. It was truly an incredible journey; one of the subjects won the lottery, another person’s [ READ MORE ]
Gah! It’s Wednesday- that bleak no-man’s land that lies between the hopeful beauty of Friday and the dreaded Monday. There’s something draining about a Wednesday, as if you don’t know quite how to feel. That’s why I’m looking forward to SPUN tonight at the Meadowlark Lounge (27th and Larimer) from 9PM- close. [ READ MORE ]
In the upcoming film “Two Lovers,” a young, troubled man (Joaquin Phoenix) moves home in order to deal with a recent breakup, but the move finds him drawn towards not one but two women: An energetic, beautiful neighbor (Gwyneth Paltrow) and a friend-of-the-family’s sweet daughter (Vinessa Shaw). Who HASN’T been torn between [ READ MORE ]
I may have said this before, but one of my friends in particular hates it when I call movies “Film” or “Cinema” (As in: “Hey! Transformers III: More Explodin’! just came out! Let’s go see that film! I heard it was Michael Bay’s finest piece of Cinema.”) but I like to [ READ MORE ]
Oh, Valentine’s Day (or the more popular TimeWarnerDisneyHallmarkPringles holiday, Love Day) is here again. Most of my past V-days have been spent drinking delicious martinis and cheaper beer (that tastes more delicious as the night goes on), and I always thought that was a pretty sound way to celebrate a day (ANY day, really!) [ READ MORE ]
I’ve been readying for the coming zombie apocolypse for a long time. I have my axe/sledgehammer, baseball bat and machete at the ready (Try going in to an Ace Hardware store and asking for the best zombie-killing machete. You get the best blank stares. For reals!) and have been trying to [ READ MORE ]
Tonight at the Esquire Midnight movies, not only will the toxic avenger be up on the screen, but the film’swriter/director, Lloyd Kaufman of troma, will be there IN PERSON to answer questions! A nerd with no hope for success with the ladies (The Avenger, not Kaufman), the hero of the famed low-budget horror/comedy is nothing until [ READ MORE ]
Anybody planning to be in San Francisco this week? Know anyone who is there? If you are there or know someone who will be, spread the word about some exciting opportunities! Brandi Shigley of Fashion Denver and Johnny Morehouse, Denver filmmaker, will be in the Bay area to teach courses that everyone can enjoy! Brandi [ READ MORE ]
I love to call movies “Film.” It annoys my friends, so when we’ll stop at Blockbuster for some [SPOILER ALERT] “Indiana Jones 3: Aliens Hate Communists” and I enjoy the pained looks on their faces when I insist on announcing that we’re renting “Cinema.” Yes, my brows are so high they shoot off [ READ MORE ]
Whoa! This year marks the first full calendar year I’ve been a denzien of the Denver area. So much stuff happened! Art! Politics! Music! Hobos! So here are my musings on some of my favorite events and activities and sights from the year. I’m sure I’ll leave out [ READ MORE ]
Shake up your normal night at a bar along with talented Denver folks during SPUN (Spontaneous Fun) night at the Meadowlark. Fun takes a variety of shapes as Brandi Shigley of Fashion Denver brings all sorts of entertainment, along with some surprise activities, to the Meadowlark (2701 Larimer St.) on the last Wednesday of every month. A [ READ MORE ]
I’ve always wanted to attend one of those fancy movie festivals in Toronto or Park City or something. I’d search for celebrities and leak their gossip to Us! Magazine (They’re just like Us, but with drugs and hotter bodies and plastic surgery!) and spend the rest of the time flitting from one [ READ MORE ]
Johnny Morehouse and Brandi Shigley present “Come See What I Hear,” a series of short films by the Denver’s talented Morehouse. Admission is $5.00 and proceeds benefit Morehouse’s future project “Fund For Finishing Film” which will provide [ READ MORE ]
