Film

Telluride Film Festival Cinematheque at Library, 3/8

Cinematheque, the highly successful collaboration between the Telluride Film Festival and the Wilkinson Public Library, continues its "All About Food" series Monday, March 8. The pre-SHOW reception starts at 5:30 p.m. Curtain up at 6 p.m.

Nuggets from the Nugget: “Valentine’s Day”, “Youth in Revolt”, “Imaginarium of Dr. P”

The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride has three movies on the schedule for the week of Friday, March 5-Thursday, March 11.

"Youth in Revolt" (Rated R) features a laid back Nick Twist (Michael Cera) whose parents have split, each having taken up with a differently inappropriate partner. On a trailer park vacation, his mother and her crude boyfriend flaunt their sexuality and Nick meets Sheeni (Portia Doubleday). Nick is on a mission to lose his virginity... Then the fun begins.

An all-star ensemble cast pairs up, or not, on one day, "Valentine's Day." The movie is rated PG-13. Many people who saw "Valentine's Day"  loved it. The critics, not so much. So go, and make up your own mind.

Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (Rated PG-13) has a great cast and an intriguing, if confusing story. And real life intervened to make this movie even more of a house of mirrors: during the filming Heath Ledger, one of the principals, died. The solution: bring in Johnny Depp and others as alter egos. Should be interesting.

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

Nuggets from the Nugget: “When in Rome,” “Frozen,” “From Paris with Love”

Telluride's Nugget Theatre is showing three movies the week of Friday, February 26 through Thursday, March 4. For showtimes see below; the Nugget website has trailers and reviews.

"When in Rome" gets higher marks from viewers than from the critics. "War and Peace" it ain't, but the principals are attractive, and if you can accept enchanted coins from the fountain, you'll probably have a good time.

"Frozen" is an indie film (rated R) which has its three boarder protagonists stranded on a chair lift after everyone else has gone home. Again, viewer response has been largely positive. Be glad you're warm in the Nugget and not up over Awesome Rock when darkness sets in.

Nuggets from the Nugget: “Avatar” and “Edge of Darkness’

Telluride's Nugget Theatre has "Avatar" as a return engagement and opens "Edge of Darkness" for the week of February 19-25.

James Cameron's "Avatar" creates its own world and philosophy and will undoubtedly take home a basket of Oscars. It is worth seeing for a number of reasons: compelling story, great special effects, just to see what all the fuss is about. Rated PG-13.

Mel Gibson has to take on the corporate world and the US government single-handedly in "Edge of Darkness" to learn why his daughter has been murdered. Not surprisingly, the movie is rated R, for violence.

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

Telluride Film Festival presents “Sunday at the Palm”: “The Wizard of Oz”

Telluride is sorta kinda like Oz, only our denizens are taller. And we are not plagued by witches – although switching around a consonant or two could be a game changer.

"The Wizard of Oz (1939)" is as much a part of American culture as burgers, beer and baseball. The Library of Congress named "The Wizard of Oz" the most-watched film in history, and the movie is often ranked among the "top ten best movies of all times" in  critics' and popular polls.The perennial fantasy film from MGM during its golden years is the Telluride Film Festival's Valentine to the community. "The Wizard of Oz" is the featured film on Sunday, February 14, part of the Festival's ongoing Sunday at the Palm series hosted by outreach/education liaison Erika Gordon.

Nuggets from the Nugget: “Avatar” and “The Book of Eli”

The Nugget Theatre in Telluride is showing "Avatar" and "The Book of Eli" the week of Friday, February 12-Thursday, February 18. Note that the Telluride Film Festival is presenting "Me and Orson Welles" on February 18.

"Avatar" has garnered eight Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture, and is rated PG-13.

Denzel Washington stars in "The Book of Eli" and it's his job to prevent A VERY IMPORTANT BOOK from falling into the wrong hands in this post-apocolyptic Western. Plenty of action, rated R.

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

Nuggets from the Nugget: “Avatar”

James Cameron's "Avatar" recently replaced James Cameron's "Titanic" as the highest grossing movie, and Telluride can see "Avatar" this week, Friday, February 5-Thursday, February 11, at Telluride's Nugget Theatre. On Friday and Saturday, there are two showings each day.

If you know nothing about "Avatar" you must have been living in a cave. In fact Roger Ebert calls "Avatar" "...one of those films you feel you must see to keep up with the conversation." The movie is a hero's quest in the sense of Joseph Campbell, and now you can join in the conversation.

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

Nuggets from the Nugget: “Alvin and the Chipmunks” and “It’s Complicated”

Something for everybody at Telluride's Nugget Theatre this week, Friday, January 29-Thursday, February 4. And those of you who are young or young at heart have two opportunities to see Alvin and company on Saturday.

In "Alvin and the Chipmunks: the Squeakquel" the furry ones go to high school and are pitted against a girl chipmunk trio in a music contest. Alvin and group hope to win the $25K first prize to support the school music program. Need more plot than that? It's rated PG.

Meryl Streep (Jane) and Alec Baldwin (Jake) are ten years divorced, and find themselves out of town together. This being Hollywood, they have an affair, though Jake is re-married and Jane has an incipient relationship. "It's Complicated" is rated R, for sexual situations and some drug content.

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

Nuggets from the Nugget: “Sherlock Holmes” and “Up in the Air”

The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride is showing two movies for the week of Friday, January 22-Thursday, January 28.

"Sherlock Holmes" is back for a replay. Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law are Holmes and Watson. The movie is rated PG-13. Check out last week's "Nuggets."

Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" stars George Clooney and premiered at the 2009 Telluride Film Festival. The film was singled out by TIO for the awards season, garnered several Golden Globe nominations, and won Best Screenplay. Rated R, "Up in the Air" was right on in its timing. With the U.S. economy on its ear, the film tell the story of a man whose job it is to go around the country firing people. Pretty funny, eh? But pertinent.

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