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Letterstojuliet_smallposter-1 Robin-hood-poster Telluride's Nugget Theatre is showing two movies the week of Friday, June 11- Thursday, June 17.

"Robin Hood" is a holdover from last week and is an updated version of the old story. Don't expect a lot of merry doings in the forest with his Merry Men, and Maid Marian has morphed into the "Widow Marion." "Robin Hood" is rated PG-13.

The setting is Verona, the home of Juliet Capulet, and people still write to Shakespeare's timeless heroine for advice about their lovelives. These are answered by modern day Dear Abbies, including a young American woman who finds a letter from 1951 and takes it upon herself to have the letter's author return to Italy to see if she can find the object of her long-ago passion. Rated PG. Bring your own history and see if the film moves you.

See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews, and below for movietimes.

10 June, 2010 /

[click "Play" to listen to Paulie's conversation with Susan] The Telluride Dance Academy is holding its Spring Recital, Fresh Twists on Dance this afternoon, Sunday, June 6. Susan did a podcast interview with Paulie Distefano that was supposed to be...

06 June, 2010 /

The afternoon breezes that threatened to stop the Telluride Balloon Festival's Saturday evening "Glow" on Colorado Avenue abated by sundown Saturday evening. Main Street in Telluride was full of balloons, crews and watchers. And everyone got his money's worth: Colorado Avenue was ablaze...

06 June, 2010 /

IMG_2332 IMG_2312 The Telluride weather forecast looked good when I went to bed Friday night, so I woke at 0530. The clear, windless sky was all the encouragement I needed to leave my comfortable bed, get dressed and ride my bike to town to watch the Telluride Balloon Festival launch. By the time I got to the Telluride Town Park, most of the hot-air balloons were filling with warm air from their gas burners.

05 June, 2010 /

This weekend, June 5 & 6, is the annual Balloon Festival in Telluride. Weather permitting, the hot-air balloons will begin inflating in Telluride's Town Park at 6:30 am, with launch between 6;45 and 7:00 am both mornings. The past few days the air...

04 June, 2010 /

Babies_smallposter Iron-man-poster-2 After a busy Mountainfilm weekend, Telluride's Nugget Theatre is back on a regular schedule, with three movies on tap for the week of Friday, June 4 to Thursday, June 10.

"Ironman 2" continues its run this week. Rated PG-13, "Ironman" is a superhero with a secret, though it's not about his identity. He is known, and the government wants his power as a national asset. And of course there are bad guys to deal with. Sounds like standard superhero fare, but the cast is led by Robert Downey, jr.

"Babies" (rated PG) is a documentary about, you guessed it, babies. Babies of diferent colors, from different places, from rich places, babies from poor places, babies just being babies. Mostly there isn't a lot of voiceover, no explanation, babies doing what babies do.

Robinhood_smallteaser This isn't "Robin Hood" with a band of merry men, and Maid Marion has become the Widow Marion; don't go expecting to see Robin having a jolly time with Friar Tuck. Things are rough in Sherwood Forest: Richard the Lionhearted has died, leaving the weak but venal John in charge, and the Sheriff of Notingham is still a baddie. "Robin Hood" is rated PG-13 for violence and sexual situations.

See below for movietimes, and the Nugget website for trailers and reviews.

03 June, 2010 /