[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....
As the fall film festival whirligig draws to a close, the co-directors of the Telluride Film Festival must feel vindicated by the plaudits being heaped on many of their picks, including the technical tour de force and blockbuster-in-the-making, "Gravity." Here's the Rappler's spin, by KD...
The Telluride Horror Show is in its fourth year, and it has proven itself as a serious film festival that explores the genre of horror movies. This year is no exception, with guest director Frank Henenlotter, who helped to sculpt the genre with his 1982...
And the beat goes on. At the close of the fall film festival season, I came upon yet another article about a Telluride Film Festival favorite, the documentary "Tim's Vermeer," this one from The Hollywood Reporter. [caption id="attachment_35247" align="alignright" width="199"] "Tim's Vermeer," The Hollywood Reporter[/caption] "THR's awards...
One thing is for sure about horror movies: someone is going to get whacked. But who? Most cinema critics and film buffs agree that the modern horror film genre has Marxist elements, the classic socioeconomic warfare between the rich and the poor, the upper crust...
