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Aliceinwonderland_smallcharacter Telluride's Nugget Theatre will show "Alice in Wonderland" for the week of Friday, April 9 - Thursday, April 15. Showtimes are 7:30 pm nightly. The movie is rated PG.

"Alice" may never really have been a children's tale, and this Tim Burton version is decidedly dark, hence the PG rating. Mia Wasikowska has been praised for her Alice and the versatile Johnny Depp is the Mad Hatter. All the familiar Lewis Carroll characters are here, but Alice has been reimagined as a 19 year old, and that has implications. Should be intereting.

See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews.

08 April, 2010 /

Copout_smallposter Shutterisland_smallposter2 "Lightning Thief" returns for two more nights at Telluride's Nugget Theatre, along with "Shutter Island" and "Cop Out" as the movies for the week of March 26-April Fools Day.

In "Lightning Thief" (rated PG) a kid who just happens to be the son of Zeus and a mortal woman of today, is accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt. Sounds like an adventure.

Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Film Noir: these may be all you need to know to convince you to go see "Shutter Island" (rated R). A child murderer is missing from the fortress-like prison for the criminally insane. Are you intrigued yet?

"Cop Out" (rated R) is a cop buddy movie with Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan. The plot concerns the theft of a valuable baseball trading card. Your guess is as good as mine.

Check the Nugget website for trailers and review. Read below for showtimes.

25 March, 2010 /

"The Boss"  live in HD, Friday, March 19, 7 p.m.,  and boss movies from the Oscar week starting Sunday with Oscar shorts at Telluride's Palm Theatre.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
Live In Barcelona
A concert filmed in high definition
and 5.1 sound for digital projection

March 19th at 7PM

FREE with suggested $5 Text To Give donation

See below for UPCOMING PALM EVENTS
18 March, 2010 /

Percyjackson_smallteaser Thehurtlocker_smallposter The movies this week at Telluride's Nugget Theatre are "The Hurt Locker" and "Lightning Thief" with a special showing of Academy Award-nominated "Invictus" on Thursday, March 25. "Invictus" is presented by the Telluride Film Festival.

"Lightning Thief" (rated PG) is Greek mythology brought into modern America and concerns a lad saving his mother and returning Zeus' lightning bolt. By the way, Zeus is the boy's father.

Invictus_smallposter The Oscars were good for "The Hurt Locker" (rated R) as the movie picked up six awards. The story is about combat bomb squad volunteers, and probably has a bit of violence.

 On Thursday, March 25, the Telluride Film Festival presents "Invictus" which earned Oscar nominations for Morgan Freeman (as Nelson Mandela) and Matt Damon.

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

18 March, 2010 /

The Telluride Film Festival is now recruiting candidates for the Production Apprentice Program. From the Telluride Film Festival's website: "Sure, there's the pleasure of rubbing shoulders with the film elite. But plenty of elbow grease goes into producing the four-day Telluride Film Festival. Our...

13 March, 2010 /
[click "Play" to listen to Erika Gordon speak about Sunday at the Palm]

 The Telluride Film Festival's Sunday at The Palm series continues this weekend, March 14, 4:00 pm, with a film that brought critics to their knees:

"BEAUTIFUL!"
- New York Times

"MAGNIFICENT! ENCHANTING!"
- Variety

"PURE MAGIC!"
- Hollywood Reporter

"Is it too early to announce the most beautiful film of 2009?"
"It's hard to imagine a more transporting cinematic experience!"
- Chicago Tribune

"Azur & Asmar: The Prince's Quest (2006, 99 minutes, PG), the whimsical, epic animated feature from award-winning director Michel Ocelot, is the story of two boys raised as brothers. This masterpiece premiered as part of the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006 . It had its American premiere in 2008 in New York.  The opening was meant to run for one week, but sold- out shows triggered a second week of screenings. When those sold out, a third and final week got tacked on before the film made the rounds to other lucky American cities.  Now "Azur & Asmar" comes to Telluride on the big screen to enchant children of all ages.
12 March, 2010 /

Aneducation_smallposter Crazyheart_smallposter Three movies on tap this week at Telluride's Nugget Theatre: "Valentine's Day"  (rated PG-13) also showed last week and features an large ensemble cast telling stories of people in love, people who want to be in love, people who are NOT in love, all in the 24 hours of Valentine's Day.

"Crazy Heart" (rated R) is the vehicle for Jeff Bridges' boozed up has-been of a country singer, for which he won Best Actor in the recent Academy Awards.

Speaking of the Oscars, Carry Mulligan was nominated for Best Actress for her role in "An Education" (rated PG-13) which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival last September. If you missed it last Fall, hie thee to the Nugget.

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

11 March, 2010 /

by Shannon Mitchell

IMG_5495 Passes to the 37th Telluride Film Festival (September 3-6, 2010) are now available to the public.

The audience at the 36th annual Telluride Film Festival was the first in the world to view a number of Academy Award-nominated films including Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air,"  "Bright Star," "The White Ribbon" and "The Last Station."

Purchasing a pass allows the moviegoer complete flexibility throughout the four-day Festival. Pass-holders are able to move from theatre to theatre, event to event at their leisure while taking in the beauty of the Telluride surroundings.

06 March, 2010 /