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Up_smallposter2 Yearone_smallteaser The Nugget Theatre in Telluride for the week of July 10-16, is showing "UP", an animation from Disney/Pixar (rated PG for some peril and action), and "Year One",  (rated PG-13, for language, crude sexual situations).

"UP" is the story of an old man (even older than I am) who has never had any adventure in his life, and now is coerced into adventure by a young boy.

"Year One" has two hunter-gatherers off to see the world. Much of the movie is set in ancient Sodom. Perhaps you can guess some of the rest.

For reviews and trailers, see the Nugget website. Also, note the addition of a Saturday matinee for "UP".

09 July, 2009 /

Pellham Telluride's Nugget Theatre has one more showing of Disney's "Earth" on Friday, July 3 at 6:00 pm. The movie is rated G and is the story of one year on Earth, with an emphasis on its wild creatures.

The rest of week the movie is "The Taking of Pelham 123", rated R, with Denzel Washington as a New York subway dispatcher with an intimate knowledge of New York underground against criminal genius, John Travolta, in a race against time to save the hostages aboard the subway train.

For trailers and reviews, see the Nugget website. Please note revised showtimes.


02 July, 2009 /
Terminatorsalvation_smallteaser The Nugget Theatre in Telluride will show "Night at the Museum" through Wednesday, June 24. On Saturday and Sunday, June 20, 21, Bela Fleck presents "Throw Down Your Heart."

On Monday, June 22, the featured attraction becomes "Terminator: Salvation." Humankind is once again threatened; it's continued existence in the face of the Terminators is in the hands of two unlikely allies.

See below for movie times, and go to the Nugget website for previews and trailers.

18 June, 2009 /

The Nugget Theatre in Telluride will show one movie, twice nightly Friday, June 12-Thursday, June 18. "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" plays at 6:00 pm and 8:30 pm each night. The movie is rated PG.The original "Night at the Museum" was...

11 June, 2009 /

Angelsanddemons_teaser The Nugget Theatre in Telluride continues showing "Star Trek" this week and adds "Angels and Demons" nightly. Both programs are rated PG-13.

In "Angels and Demons" Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) must follow an arcane set of clues to prevent the destruction of the Vatican. This Dan Brown follow-on to "The Da Vinci Code" finds Langdon between religion and science, a dangerous place to be, it turns out.

See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews of both movies.

04 June, 2009 /

At the Nugget Theatre in Telluride, the movie for the week of May 29-June 4 is "Star Trek." The movie is showing twice each night at 6:00 and 8:30 pm., and is rated PG-13.This prequel takes us back to a time before Kirk was...

28 May, 2009 /

[click "Play" button to hear Susan's conversation with Roko Belic]

30 45 In 1999, former Telluride Mountainfilm director Rick Silverman shared his film favorites. High on the list was "Genghis Blues." The heart-warmng film by brothers Adrian and Roko Belic tells the story of a Tuvan throat-singer Kongar-ol-Ondar and a blind San Franciscan bluesman, Paul Pena, who taught himself to throat sing, a popular form of entertainment in southern Siberia. Ten years later, Festival program director David Holbrooke has asked the brothers and the "Elvis of Tuva" to return to town for a program encore.

Following their score at the 21st annual Mountainfilm, Roko partnered with Italian explorer and author Folco Terzani to make another film, "Twilight Men, the true story of a Westerner and an Indian holy man who go into the Himalayas in search of an enlightened master.

22 May, 2009 /

[ click "Play" button to hear Susan's interview with Josh Aronson]

DSCN6170  Part-time local Josh Aronson is a regular at Telluride Mountainfilm, an event that began as a homespun gathering of gnarly outdoor adventurers and evolved into a crazy quilt of lively talks, memorable exhibits, and yes, films. (Mountainfilm's current program director, David Holbrooke, is also a filmmaker.)

Josh received an Oscar nomination in 2001 for his very first film, "Sound & Fury," which documents one family's struggle over whether or not to provide two deaf children with cochlear implants, devices that can stimulate hearing. Implants are hot-buttons in the deaf community: while they provide easier access to the hearing world, they also challenge one's identity within the deaf culture. "Sound & Fury" screened at Mountainfilm following its premiere at Sundance.

21 May, 2009 /