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[click "Play", Susan speaks with producer and director, Jeff Spitz]

 

 

Navajo-boy-poster kicker: "Like a finely made rug, The Return of Navajo Boy contains multiple layers of color, construction, and meaning.... A must-see." Native Peoples Magazine

On December 6,  Dr. Doug Brugge, a guest of the Advocacy Coalition of Telluride, the Town of Telluride, the Pinhead Institute and the Telluride School District, spoke to an audience at The Palm about the environmental and health consequences of mining, milling and processing of uranium ore.

Dr Brugge, a Harvard PhD, grew up on the Navajo reservation. His wide-ranging expertise in public heath includes the subject of the of uranium mining and processing on Native Americans. In 2007, Brugge testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on uranium contamination in the Navajo Nation, whose chairman, Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) became an advocate for the tribe because of one powerful documentary and its powerful new epilogue produced one year later in 2008: "The Return of Navajo Boy."

07 January, 2011 /

Tronlegacy_smallteaser Plenty of chances to see "Tron: Legacy" (PG) at Telluride's Nugget Theatre this coming week. It's "all Tron, all the time."

Kevin Flynn has been trapped in a virtual world of his own making for 20 years. Son, Sam, receiving his father's message, goes to help. Naturally there is a villain. And some great effects. See below for movietimes and the Nugget website for trailers and reviews.

 

 

05 January, 2011 /
[click "Play", Todd Altshuler talks about Telluride Jazz and "Icons Among Us"]

Iconsamongus Telluride Inside... and Out has talked about the many and different ways the town's five-star Wilkinson Public Library is definitely not your mother's library. Conventional descriptors like "staid" and "quiet" just don't apply. Dedicated programs for small people and teens are wide-ranging and robust. And on the theory the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, program coordinator Scott Doser is constantly forging alliances with other non-profits to fill the Program Room.

One shining example of a successful joint venture is the Telluride Film Festival's ongoing Cinematheque series at the Library, which launched for the winter season on Monday, January 3, with "Films of the Great Depression." (Stay tuned for ongoing coverage.)

Coming soon to your local Library is yet another film series, this one orchestrated by Telluride Jazz Celebration's new marketing director, Todd Altschuler. The initiative kicks off Thursday, January 6, 6 p.m., with "Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense."

04 January, 2011 /
[click "Play", David Oyster talks about the series on Depression Era films]

 

1-3 TFF "The best things in life are..." You know the lyric. Ain't necessarily so except for the upcoming Telluride Film Festival Cinematheque at the five-star Wilkinson Public Library. Round #5 of the FREE Cinematheque series, which begins  Monday, January 3, focuses on "Films of the Great Depression."

Too close to home? Well, maybe. Historically relevant? For sure. These films selected by Telluride Film Festival co-director Gary Meyer explore the ways in which cinema provided a forum for social commentary as well as emotional release for its vast audiences.

Monday night is a double feature, opening with Charlie Chaplin's masterpiece "Modern Times," (1936, 87 minutes), followed by Busby Berkeley's "Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933, 97 min.)

01 January, 2011 /

The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride is showing three movies for the week of Friday, December 31-Thursday, January 6, 2011.

Loveandotherdrugs_smallposter Thetourist_smallteaser The animated feature, "Tangled" (PG) is back through Sunday as the early program.

Enjoy a thriller set in Paris and Venice featuring Angelina Jolie as the sexy, mysterious woman and Johhny Depp as the hapless fall guy? Well, then "The Tourist" (PG) might just be your flick.

In the interest of full disclosure, the editor of "Love and Other Drugs" (R) is our brother-in-law, Steven Rosenblum. Jake Gyllenhaal is a Viagra salesman and Anne Hathaway is in the early stages of Parkinson's disease. Reviews are mixed but it sounds like a movie one would talk about later.

For movietimes see below, and the Nugget website for trailers and reviews.

29 December, 2010 /

Tangled-poster-1 Harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-i-movie-poster Missed Harry and Rapunzel at the Nugget Theatre in Telluride last week? Well, here's another chance. "Tangled" (PG) shows twice each day (once on Friday, 12/24) and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" (PG13) once each evening.

See below for showtimes and the Nugget website for trailers and reviews.

22 December, 2010 /
[click to hear Susan's conversation with Hillaree & Brian O'Neill]

 

CRussell-4384 Telluride has lots of great people around town, but some, sadly are addicts. A number of them are addicted to a white substance. Its name is POW. I am talking, of course, about powder, as in snow. If you are one of them, listen up.

On December 23, Travis Julia Productions announces a showing of Warren Miller's 61st film, "Winterventions." The two screenings, sponsored by Jagged Edge and Bootdoctors, take place at the Sheridan Opera House @ 6 p.m. and @ 9 p.m.

19 December, 2010 /

Deathlyhallows_smallteaser Tangled_smallteaser The Nugget Theatre in Telluride is showing two movies for the week of December 17-23, "Tangled" and "Harry Potter 7". Note that there are two showings for "Tangled" each evening.

"Tangled" (PG) is an animated take on the old story of Rapunzel and her golden hair. Audience reviews are mostly positive.

We're nearing the end of the Harry Potter saga, the kids have grown up, and the situations get blacker. You know you have to see "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" (PG13); you've come too far to turn back now.

See below for movietimes and the Nugget website for reviews and trailers.

15 December, 2010 /
[click "Play" to hear Jeb's serious (?) conversation with Susan]

 

Jeb & friend
Jeb & friend, KOTO LipSync

Even in a town as non-traditional as Telluride, there are still some sacred cows, rather hams. And turkeys. We are talking about Christmas dinner, with sides of cranberry sauce and mince meat pies. Except in Tuna, Texas, where tuna is "the feast of choice."

Sunday, December 19 – Wednesday, December 22, Jeb Berrier and his Second Stage Productions – Berrier, Buff Hooper, Bubba Lee Schill, Kelsey Patterson – host an evening of holiday fun at the Sheridan Opera House with their adaptation of "A Tuna Christmas."

"A Tuna Christmas" is the second in a series of satires on Southern life and attitudes set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, "the third smallest town" in the state.

14 December, 2010 /
[click "Play", David Oyster talks about the program]

 

 

kicker: Scorsese series ends with satire

12-13 TFF Stalkers are unfunny. But a film about stalking? You decide.

The Telluride Film Festival and the five-star Wilkinson Public Library host the final installment in the four-part Martin Scorsese retrospective, brilliantly programmed to show the sweeping range of the pioneer filmmaker by Telluride Film Festival co-director Gary Meyer. The FREE Cinematheque film club is a vehicle for the cinephiles in the greater Telluride community to watch and discuss great film, not just during Festival weekend, but year-round.  Food and beverages with every screening. Popular Telluride Film Festival Ringmaster, producer/director/film professor David Oyster leads the discussion. The featured film is Scorsese's dark yuck, "King of Comedy," (1982, 109 minutes, Rated PG). The event takes place Monday, December 13, 5:30 p.m. for pre-SHOW get-together. (The first screening is @ 6 p.m.)

Robert de Niro stars as Rupert Pupin, a stage-door autograph hound and aspiring stand-up comedic of Herculean ambitions. It is arguably one of the most flamboyant performances of de Niro's career. Jerry Lewis plays Jerry Langford, the star Rupert stalks, a late night talk show host who craves privacy. Rupert pursues Jerry with the mono-manical focus of a true psychotic. There's a kidnapping. And more laughs.
But the laughter could turn in a blink into terror. How will it all work out?

12 December, 2010 /