Andrea, Tunnel to Towers Mud season in Telluride ends with Memorial Weekend, May 27 – May 30, with the coming together of the tribe for the celebration that opens the summer festival season: Mountainfilm in Telluride. What began as a homespun gathering of outdoor enthusiasts...
Andrea Garbarini in Rwanda
The events of 9/11 marked a turning point in the history of our country: America lost its innocence. Even in Telluride we no longer lived in splendid isolation from the violence that impacts lives across the globe every single day. Suddenly, violently, our corner of the Big Blue Marble acquired a discernible crack. We became vulnerable.
For the families who lost loved ones, the implications of the tragedy of 9/11 go way beyond the geopolitical to profoundly personal. And the recent execution of Osama Bin Laden does not change much. Terrorism with a capital "T" has entered our vocabulary and there is still no turning back.
A new documentary by Telluride locals George & Beth Gage, "From the Ground Up," is a tribute to those people, telling the story of five widows of FDNY firefighters, men who lost their lives trying to save others. In just a half hour, the film gives depth and breadth to Mountainfilm's motto: "Celebrating Indomitable Spirit."
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Hilton Kelley speaks at Awareness in Action Symposium
Hilton Kelley, The Sierra Club's 2011 Goldman Environmental Prize winner for North America, is in town for Mountainfilm in Telluride, May 27 – May 30. He is scheduled to speak Friday, May 27, at the Moving Mountains Symposium in one of three afternoon breakout sessions,1:30 – 3:30 p.m., The Nugget Theatre.
Traditionally Mountainfilm's Moving Mountains Symposium has focused on a single issue or place: reintroduction of wolves into the West, Mongolia, energy, water, food, extinction, etc. But this year, with hot spots all over the world and our own country in hot water, festival director David Holbrooke concluded that talking about issues was simply not enough. He decided his event would model "Awareness Into Action."
by Jim Bedford
The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride shows movies all year long and features two great new films this week.
The brilliant, funny and colorful animation RIO, new from the makers of the ICE AGE movies, shares the Nugget screen with Robert Redford's Civil War drama that explores Mary Surratt's role in the Lincoln assassination, both films are playing the whole week of Friday, May 13 through Thursday, May 19, 2011.
See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews, and below for movietimes.
The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride shows movies all year long and features another great film this week.
Playing Friday, May 6 through Thursday, May 12, 2011, is ARTHUR (PG13), with the unique Russell Brand reprising the role that Dudley Moore made famous. With Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner and Nick Nolte.
See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews, and below for movietimes.
Ski The Himalayas 2 is now available on Comcast Xfinity VOD and Dish Network Pay per View. The 80 Minute documentary chronicles a team's adventurous ascent and ski descent of a Himalayan peak in the Annapurna region of Nepal.Aspiring Himalayan skiers Ben Clark and Jon...
by Jim Bedford
The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride shows movies all year long and features two films this week.
Playing Friday, April 29 through Sunday, May 1, 2011, HOP (PG), mixes neat state-of-the-art animation with live action. It's for the whole family.
In HANNA (R), running from Friday, April 29 through Thursday, May 5, 16 year old Saoirse Ronan is taught to be an assassin by her father (Eric Bana) and we learn how she puts her schooling to work. With Kate Blanchett.
See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews, and below for movietimes.
by Jim Bedford
The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride shows movies every night of the year and features three films this week.
Playing Friday, April 22 through Thursday, April 28, 2011, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Monaghan dodge a stitch in time in SOURCE CODE (PG-13). It's a quirky thriller will a romantic soul that has lots of GROUNDHOG DAY-like surprises.
Also playing all week is HOP (PG), which mixes state-of-the-art animation with real action. It's a funny, feel-good film for the whole family.
On Thursday, April 28 only, the Telluride Film Festival Presents CEDAR RAPIDS (R), a witty comedy from the people who brought you THE VISITOR. No Nugget passes please.
See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews, and below for movietimes.
BERKELEY, CA, April 15, 2011 – Telluride Film Festival (September 2-5, 2011), presented by National Film Preserve, Ltd. announces its Call for Entries in all categories including student, short and feature length films. Submission period begins April 15, 2011. Telluride Film Festival 2011 Film Entry Form...
The Telluride Film Festival's “Sunday at the Palm” series presents "A Little Princess" (1995). The FREE event takes place Sunday, April 24, 4 p.m. at the Michael D. Palm Theatre. The movie is rated G and the running time is 97 minutes.
Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett ("The Secret Garden") and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, "A Little Princess" is sure to inspire the very young and young-at-heart.
Nominated for two Academy Awards, "A Little Princess" tells the tale of Sara Crewe (Liesel Matthews), a girl who uses imagination and a positive attitude to escape the demands of a difficult headmistress in the cloistered world of a new boarding school.
