September 2015

HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT Directed by Kent Jones  Synopsis: In 1962, French director Francois Truffaut persuaded Alfred Hitchcock to sit down with him for a week-long interview in which the great British auteur would share with his young admirer the secrets of his cinema. Based on the original recordings of this meeting—used to produce...

“Telluride is the best film festival in the world,” Clint Eastwood Once the vow of silence is lifted – now – and the world gets to know what’s in store at the 42nd annual Telluride Film Festival, tomorrow, Friday, September 4 – Monday, September 7, the fun begins. Only the Telluride...

Once the vow of silence is lifted & the world gets to know what’s in store at the 42nd annual Telluride Film Festival, Friday, September 4 – Monday, September 7, the fun begins and not just on the silver screen. All around town on the streets, in the lines,...

Writing for Indiewire, Erik McClanahan talks about about “12 Films to See In September.” Thought the article makes for fun and perhaps useful reading in the run up to the Telluride Film Festival this weekend. Then again, it’s anybody’s guess until the cat is out of the...

My latest medical update is that I am still receiving inquiries for a vaccine for the Canine influenza virus that hit in the Midwest last spring/summer. Unfortunately there still is no vaccine for this virus (H3N2, not to be confused with H3N8 for which there...

“No matter what kind of year I have had, if I come to Telluride, it’s been a good year,” Werner Herzog.     Lights! Camera! Action! The 42nd annual Telluride Film Festival officially begins with the start of Labor Day weekend, Friday, 9/4 – Monday, 9/7, when the legacy of Georges Melies will...

Juried photography exhibition reimagines landscape of Telluride. Featuring 23 images, the show opens Thursday, September 3, during Telluride Arts’ First Thursday Art Walk. Reception 5 - 8 p.m.  at the Ah Haa School for the Arts in the Daniel Tucker Gallery at The Depot.Winners announced at 7 p.m....