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Author: Clint Viebrock

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There is a lot of conversation about how much effect the Telluride Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival have on the Oscar nominating procedure. I don't pretend to have inside information on this subject, but TIO had the opportunity not only to view some great films at Telluride, but to witness audience reaction in the theaters and to converse with film buffs in the lines outside. Our take on the Oscar season? For an in depth look at what TIO said right after the festival see Susan's review from September 14.

We called out Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air", starring George Clooney, as a contender in several categories.

27 September, 2009 /

Ted Hoff of Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel showed TIO the results of his early training with Mai, his year-old Labrador Retriever female. A word of caution: watching the following video may cause you to run out and acquire a Lab. If you succumb to this urge,...

26 September, 2009 /

I couldn't resist taking this photograph. The view is out of my office window, and explains why I sometimes have to quit working, and just go outside.  Not that this late afternoon light is a rarity here in Telluride, but I never...

24 September, 2009 /

"Tarantino films have a way of growing on you. It’s not enough to see them once." (Roger Ebert) Quentin Tarantino; a war movie; the Hero, the Nazi, the Girl. With me so far? Enough said? And to Roger Ebert's point (see above), "Inglourious Basterds"...

24 September, 2009 /

Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library and the Telluride Historical Museum are presenting a free movie, "The Soul of a People" tonight, Wednesday, September 23. Showtime is 6:00 pm at the Library program room. The film is set during the Great Depression, and documents the...

23 September, 2009 /

Aliensintheattic_200905151038 Juliejulia_200905051045 Telluride's Nugget Theatre is screening four movies in the week of September 8-24. The beginning of the week features "Julie and Julia" and "Aliens in the Attic" with a Saturday matinee showing of "Aliens in the Attic."

Starting Sunday, September 20 "The Time Traveler's Wife" is paired with "Julie and Julia" then a program change on Thursday, with two showings of "The Hurt Locker."

"Julie and Julia" is Nora Ephron's adaptation of two books, one the story of Julia Childs (Meryl Streep) and the other by Julie Powell (Amy Adams), who got a book contract by taking one year to cook every recipe in Julia Childs' famous Mastering the Art of French Cooking. (Rated PG-13 mostly for some profanity.)

17 September, 2009 /

District9_smallposter2 "District 9" is this week's movie at Telluride's Nugget Theatre. The aliens came to Earth 30 years ago. As it turned out, they were survivors of a dying world, and brought neither the threat of interplanetary war nor wonderful technological advances, so they were consigned to a refugee camp in South Africa while the world decided what to do with them.

Impatience with this situation comes to a head as a multi-national company with no reason except profit to care about the creatures under its control, looks for ways to profit from the responsibility it has undertaken.

The movie is rated R for violience and language. Check the Nugget website for reviews and trailers. See below for movie times.

12 September, 2009 /

IMG_4336 Telluride's community radio station, KOTO, is holding it Fall fundraiser on Friday, September 11. The guest DJ theme is "Mayors." See schedule is listed below. The on-air  event is another fun Telluride tradition, another way Telluriders connect. In the interest of full disclosure, I was one of the guest DJs last Spring, and I can say first hand it is a great event. Call in and support your favorite guest DJ.

10 September, 2009 /