[click "Play", Erika Gordon talks about Sunday at the Palm] On February 20, 4 p.m., the Telluride Film Festival's Sunday at the Palm presents Hayao Miyazaki's animated masterpiece "Castle in the Sky" (1986, 124 min., rated PG).The fantasy/adventure tale, "Castle in the Sky," ...
by Jim Bedford
The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride has two movies on the bill for the week of Friday, February 18 through Thursday, February 24, 2011. And there's more snow on the way!
Yes, it premiered last September at the Telluride Film Festival, and yes, it's going to get a bunch of Oscars on Feb 27, so we bring you the brilliant THE KING'S SPEECH to the Nugget on Friday.
TRUE GRIT (PG13), starring Jeff Bridges, continues through Wednesday this week. Nominated for a fistfull of Oscars as well, the Coen brothers do a brilliant re-make of the John Wayne classic.
See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews, and below for movietimes.
by Jim Bedford
The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride has two movies on the bill for the week of Friday, February 11 through Thursday, February 17, 2011. And the snow is really, really good in Telluride, too!
TRUE GRIT (PG13), starring Jeff Bridges, continues all this week. Nominated for a fistfull of Oscars, the Coen brothers do a brilliant re-make of the John Wayne classic.
Also playing is the THE GREEN HORNET (PG13), directed by Michel Gondry, telling the story of Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), heir to his late father's fortune, who teams up with his late dad's assistant Kato to become masked crime fighters.
See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews, and below for movietimes.
Telluride Inside... and Out goes out on a limb with a prediction: the five-star Wilkinson Public Library should attract its biggest audience ever for the upcoming installment of the Telluride Film Festival Cinematheque's "Films of the Great Depression." The momentous event takes place Monday, February 7, 5:30 p.m. for pre-SHOW snacks.
Telluriders are no exception: Americans love anti-heros to death. Indiana Jones, Dirty Harry, Michael Corleone, Tony Soprano, select members of the cast of "Broadway Empire," Bill the Vampire in "True Blood," Dexter of Showtime fame, and the countless no-counts who inhabit the world of reality TV are just a few examples.
The Nugget Theatre in beatiful downtown Telluride has two movies on the bill for the week of Friday, February 4 through Thursday, February 10, 2011.
"True Grit" (PG13) plays solo through Sunday. Nominated for a fistfull of Oscars, "True Grit" is a re-make of the John Wayne classic, starring Jeff Bridges in the role of Rooster Cogburn.
Joining the program from Monday through Thursday, it's "The Dilemna", (PG13), a buddy-flick about secrets: What do you do when you think your best bud's wife is foolin' around, but telling him may bust your important presentation and maybe sink your joint automobile design company?
See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews, and below for movietimes.
Telluride's Nugget Theatre is showing "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" (PG) the week of Friday, January 28- Thursday, February 3. Based on the Narnia tales of C.S. Lewis, this time the entry point of the parallel universe is a painting, and the adventures of our young protagonists take place on the sailing vessel, The Dawn Treader.
The second movie for the week is "The Fighter", (rated R), set in a gritty Lowell, Mass. in the 1990s. The movie tell the story of half brothers Micky Ward and Dickie Eklund in the fight game. Dickie is messed up on drugs, a has-been fighter training the younger Micky. Based on a true story, "The Fighter" earns its R rating on all counts, but both the critics and the audiences have praise for the movie.
See below for movie times and the Nugget website for reviews and trailers.
kicker: Mountainfilm in Telluride opens the week with Monday screenings
Mountainfilm in Telluride is sometimes in Telluride and only sometimes in May. Mountainfilm on Tour conducts programs around the country throughout the year. There were recent Mountainfilm special events in Aspen and at New York's Lincoln Center. This week, it's Mountainfilm in Telluride at the five-star Wilkinson Public Library. The FREE program is scheduled for Monday, January 24. Doors at 5 :30 p.m. and films at 6 p.m.
The program for Mountainfilm in Telluride at the Wilkinson Public LIbrary is as follows:
Telluride's Nugget Theatre is showing two movies for the week of Friday, January 21 through Thursday, January 27, plus a Telluride Film Festival presentation of "Fair Game" at 8:30 pm on January 27.
Avaricious politicians, rapacious developers, a pair of cartoon bears- those of a certain age will remember the antics of Yogi, the pic-a-nik basket-stealing bear and his timid sidekick, Boo Boo. The shtick may be a little tired, but your kids will love it. "Yogi Bear" is rated PG.
"Gulliver's Travels" (PG) is not Jonathan Swift, but it does have Lilliputians and a protagonist, in this case Lemuel Gulliver, mail clerk to travel writer to hero to little people. And the little people should enjoy it.
Naomi Watts is Valerie Plame and Sean Penn is her husband Joe Wilson in "Fair Game" (PG13) portrayal of the Bush administration's betrayal of Plame to discredit her husband in the run-up to the Iraq war.
See below for movietimes and the Nugget website for previews and trailers.
kicker: "...Babe on Acid...," New York Times
On Thursday, January 20, the Telluride Historical Museum presents "Scrapple," with co-writer/director Chris Hanson. The screening complements the Museum's winter exhibit: "The 1970s: Makin' It Work." A wine and cheese reception takes place at The Museum, 6 – 8 p.m. (ish), followed by a screening at The Nugget at 8:30 p.m.
In 1998, the guest list for Mountainfilm in Telluride included new kid on the block, ethnobotanist/author Wade Davis, as well as photographer Galen Rowell. Among the featured films were "Puma: Lion of the Andes," "Bhutan: The Last Shangri-La," "Windhorse" – and "Scrapple."
Last night, the Golden Globes made Telluride proud of our golden girl.
Part-time local Laura Linney was awarded a Golden Globe for Best Actress, Comedy/Musical (TV) for her no-holds-barred performance in "The BIg C," the ultimate in when "life hands you a lemon..."
In "The Big C, " Linney plays Cathy Jamison, a dutiful suburban wife and mom, whose cancer diagnosis compels her to shed her inhibitions like last year's dress. Humor and hope move in. The immature hubbie moves out. Showtime has scheduled a second season.
Linney first came to Telluride in 2004 as a Telluride Film Festival tributee and to present two films, “Kinsey” and “P.S.” The trip rocked her world. Linney witnessed a rainbow, got to have a leisurely conversation with Joan Allen, an actress she long admired, and, then there was Marc. Marc is Marc Schauer, whose Film Fest assignment involved hosting Miss Linney. The rest is history: the Telluride Film Fest gave Linney much more than a medallion. It gave her a husband and a whole new world.
