Film

[caption id="attachment_36576" align="alignright" width="190"] Bruce Dern, who starred in "Nebraska" is a contender (from The New York Times)[/caption] This time it was the New York Times' Melena Ryzik, aka, The Carpetbagger, weighing in. The article about the rogue's gallery lined up (or lining up) in Best...

[caption id="attachment_36489" align="alignright" width="300"] Bullock in Gravity; Ejiofor in 12 Years A Slave; Lawrence in American Hustle, from BBC News & Entertainment[/caption] My husband Clint sent me a link to this blog by Tim Masters that appeared in BBC News, Entertainment Arts,  about the Oscars. The...

[caption id="attachment_31094" align="alignright" width="223"] TFF #40 by Dean Tavoularis[/caption] For all your hardcore cinephiles, this just in from the Telluride Film Festival: Warm Holiday Greetings. We hope you enjoyed our 40th as much as we did. We're now looking forward to a great year ahead and the 41st...

Telluride Film Festival Cinematheque at the Wilkinson Public Library, Monday, December 2. Pre-SHOW reception starts at 5:30 p.m. Screening at 6 p.m.  The Telluride Film Festival and Wilkinson Public Library are pleased to continue the 2013-14 Cinematheque lineup: They Came to Telluride: Women Behind the Lens. The popular...

[caption id="attachment_36151" align="alignright" width="300"] Golden Oscars (from Show Biz)[/caption] The girl can't help it. I try to look away, but find myself drawn like a moth to light to articles speculating about films that might make it to the Oscars. Everyone who attended knows #40 was...

Buffs like us who had been following the film festivals and their picks in general release, know that Alfonso Cuaron's techno blockbuster "Gravity" is, pardon the pun, flying high. Here's what we said about the movie in our review of the 40th annual Telluride Film...

[caption id="attachment_36033" align="alignright" width="300"] Dern and Payne on set of "Nebraska" (from Spinoff Online)[/caption] Ok, alright. I admit it. I am biased. First screened at the Telluride Film Festival, we did handstands for Alexander Payne's "Nebraska" – and have been waiting for others to join in...

With the snow already falling and skiers carving fresh tracks into the hill, it's time to get fired up for winter. The Sheridan Opera House's presentation of the ski film McConkey on Thursday, November 14th, is the perfect way to do so. McConkey is a heartfelt...

The Telluride Ski Mountain may not open for another month, but it’s never too early to get excited about skiing. Sheridan Opera House’s presentation of “The Way of Life” this Thursday, November 7th is the perfect way to do so. Gravity Works and Osprey Packs,...

[caption id="attachment_35477" align="alignright" width="300"] Redford & Chandor plot a scene. Image from movies.com[/caption] Been over this ground before. The consensus among attendees is that the 40th annual Telluride Film Fest  was the best in the history of one of the best film festivals in the world....