Author: Susan Viebrock

Word on the street: 2015 was one of the best Telluride Film Festivals ever. Its “strong,” (from Festival favorite “Room”), was in evidence right out of the gate, with early screening of  films such as “Spotlight” and “He Named Me Malala.” The positive buzz never quit. Giving Strong: “Room,”...

Winner of 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “The Flick,” runs through October 17 at Denver's Curious Theatre Company. Tickets here. The latest book in the award-winning Allison Coil Mystery Series by our theatre critic/author Mark Stevens is “Lake of Fire.” Mark will be in town for a book...

Tickets and passes to the 22nd annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival here.  Please scroll down to the bottom of the story to read Billy Gibbons’s answers to my questions about weekend headliner ZZ Top. If you’ve been around since 1969, fans know most of your secrets,...

Telluride First Foundation’s inaugural conference in Mountain Village features Dr. Deepak Chopra as keynote speaker. Dr. T. Colin Campbell, co-author of “The China Study,” the largest investigation of nutrition every conducted, and ultra-athlete, Rich Roll, also a plant-based food advocate, among top-tier presenters. The Integrative Wellness Summit takes place Friday, September...

Indiewire previewed these fall film and has selected “The 15 Films We’ve Already Seen (And You Won’t Want to Miss). A number of which are on the program for the 42nd annual Telluride Film Festival, including “Steve Jobs,” “Carol,” "Son of Saul.”  [caption id="attachment_53583" align="aligncenter" width="600"]...

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...

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...

“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....