"(Telluride) is actually one of the few film festivals that really is about seeing movies instead of just walking around and talking about them." (Ben Affleck at the world premiere of "Argo") The 39th annual Telluride Film Festival began with a crude knock-knock joke. Here goes: Knock,...
In 2009, four young Russian filmmakers visited America for a residency, making a stop in Telluride for the (dearly departed) Film Festival. Telluride Inside...
Forty-one may be the new 21. Just ask Telluride Arts. Rather than crashing and burning in a mid-life crisis, the nonprofit formerly known as TCAH, which opened for business in 1971, continues to make big plans for the future, including a re-imagining for Telluride's grassroots...
"I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back," Maya Angelou [caption id="attachment_22734" align="alignright" width="238"] Kristin Holbrook of Two Skirts supports volunteers[/caption] When the global economic meltdown hit in 2008, trickle down...
Editor's note: Only a limited number of 3-Day passes available for the 19th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival. Saturday Single Day tickets are completely sold out, with a limited number of Friday and Sunday Tickets available for purchase. 3-Day passes are $170 each, Sunday tickets...
[caption id="attachment_22673" align="alignleft" width="300"] Part-time Telluride local Laura Linney and Bill Murray: "Hyde Park on Hudson"[/caption] In a digital, real-time world, surprise is an endangered species. So, go ahead and try. Surprise me. So far, no surprises at the RNC. Same old pasteurized pap. It would surprise...
[caption id="attachment_22683" align="alignleft" width="300"] "Love, Marilyn"[/caption] The Telluride Film Festival, per Buck Henry, "Valhalla for film folk," is an equal opportunity venue, known for giving documentaries as much prominence as features. Ditto for special programs that often showcase films that don't quite make it by conventional...
[caption id="attachment_22689" align="alignleft" width="249"] Roger Corman wins an Oscar – and a TFF tribute[/caption] Every year since the event got off the ground in 1974, The Telluride Film Festival, known locally as The SHOW, pays tribute to artists whose contributions resonate throughout the medium and over...
[caption id="attachment_22626" align="alignleft" width="209"] Bruvel's Flow Head[/caption] Hot on the heels of the RNC then the DNC, this particular Labor Day weekend the Telluride Film Festival provides a much needed escape from the vitriol and the noise. But where to go when as good as it...
[caption id="attachment_22557" align="alignright" width="225"] Telluride Film Fest 2012 poster by Dave Eggers[/caption] Lights! Camera! Action! The 39th annual Telluride Film Festival officially begins with the start of Labor Day weekend, Friday, 8/31 – Monday, 9/3,when the legacy of Georges Melies parades all over town. For those unfamiliar about...
