Author: Susan Viebrock

Cloud Series II is an exploration of light and atmosphere by Telluride artist Corinne Scheman. The paintings are of changing cloud and sky patterns, of variable light and atmosphere that project an ethereal quality, but still retain the viewers' awareness of the fact of paint...

[caption id="attachment_34514" align="alignleft" width="300"] Bruce Dern, Alexander Payne, Jason Reitman[/caption] It all started with a little red truck, the one Bruce Dern sent to director and Telluride favorite Alexander Payne after reading the script for the Everyman tale, "Nebraska." The truck came with a note: "I...

[caption id="attachment_34272" align="alignright" width="300"] Image by Barry Brecheisen[/caption] Can you capture sound through a lens? The electricity in the air? Getting award-winning candid shots is not easy given the variables of light and movement during a performance. But Rolling Stone regular Barry Brecheisen has the knack....

Werner Herzog and Telluride Film Fest's newest venue: Telluride Film Festival co-director Gary Meyer, who became a director seven years ago after #33 remembers when he first came to the annual celebration of film and filmmakers. "I sadly missed the first year of the Telluride Film Festival,...

[caption id="attachment_34358" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo Credit: Clint Viebrock[/caption] Telluride has its fair share of star-laden premieres, but the SHOW has a strong tradition of non-fiction, which has equal footing with features. Hands down, the one with the loudest Internet chatter among the docs in the 2013 Telluride...

Please note: Whenever available, posts contain links to trailers for the films for your previewing pleasure. [caption id="attachment_34355" align="alignleft" width="200"] Photo Credit: Clint viebrock[/caption] In Telluride, as regulars know, the full list of films, filmmakers and tributes are not released until the first day of the long...

[caption id="attachment_34351" align="alignleft" width="300"] photo credit: Pamela Gentile[/caption] "The first time I came to Telluride there were three wonderful tributes, a selection of discoveries from around the world and classic films presented with such love that I felt this was my new home. Thirty-nine years later, I...

[caption id="attachment_31094" align="alignright" width="223"] TFF #40 by Dean Tavoularis[/caption] Many years ago, Telluride Film Festival director and co-founder Bill Pence proclaimed his on-going allegiance to the town. “There would be no Telluride Film Festival without Telluride,” he said, “We try to thank the community in ways that...

[caption id="attachment_31094" align="alignright" width="223"] TFF #40 by Dean Tavoularis[/caption] "No matter what kind of year I have had, if I come to Telluride, it’s been a good year," Werner Herzog, honored by Film Fest's newest venue Lights! Camera! Action! The 40th annual Telluride Film Festival officially begins with...

Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, one of the most scenic and intimate music weekend in the country, celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year, Friday, September 13 - Sunday, September 15, 2013. The event, an eclectic mix of blues, funk, rock, indie, jam band, gospel and soul performances,...