VALKYRIE
Opens at Telluride's Nugget Theatre on Monday, Feb 2
Cast: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice Van Houten, Eddie Izzard, Terence Stamp, Stephen Fry
Director: Bryan Singer
Screenplay: Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander
Length: 2:00
Rated: PG13 for violence and brief strong language
Subtitles: none
"Marley & Me" opens at Telluride's Nugget Theatre on Friday, Jan 23 at 5:30 and 8 PM nightly“A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his.” (John Grogan)Cast: Jennifer...
by B.F.Deal
The Nugget Theatre first opened in 1935 when the Nunn Building was divided to accommodate movie screenings. The Telluride Film Festival master leased the theatre in 1982 in order to have a venue with a "Main Street" address. The theatre has operated continuously ever since.
Luci Reeve, assisted by Jim Bedford, aka B.F. Deal, have sub-leased and managed the theatre since 1984 with Luci running the day-to-day operations and Jim programming the movies.
“Telluride Inside…and Out” is now the go-to spot for weekly posts about what's coming up at the Nugget Theatre. The 5 pm movie through Thursday, January 22 is "Bedtime Stories."
Cast: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths, Teresa Palmer, Lucy Lawless, Courteney Cox, Jonathan Pryce
Director: Adam Shankman
Screenplay: Matt Lopez, Tim Herlihy
Length: 1:35
Rated: PG, for some mild rude humor and mild language
Subtitles: none
“Telluride Inside…and Out” is now the go-to spot for weekly posts about what's coming up at the Nugget Theatre. We begin with this week's blockbuster, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Showtimes: 7:30 pm, through Wed. January 21.
Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton
Director: David Fincher
Writer and Screenplay: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Eric Roth
Length: 2:48
Rated: Rated PG-13 for profanity, sexual situations, violence
Subtitles: none
It has never been about blockbusters or crowd-pleasers, although films such as this year’s “Slum Dog Millionaire” may turn out to be both.
The Telluride Film Festival has always been about quality not brand names and Hollywood endings – although at times both appear on the screen.
The art of filmmaking, the TFF’s core value, is what drives their programming not just over Festival weekend, but throughout the year. Case in point is this weekend’s program: “A FREE Cinematic Weekend with Howie Movshovitz of NPR.”
[Click play button to hear] Howie Movshovitz has taught film at the University of Colorado, Denver, for about 30 years. He has also been Colorado Public radio’s film critic since 1976 and a regular contributor to NPR. He first began...
[ click play button to hear] Telluride Mountainfilm is the annual gathering of the tribe over Memorial weekend. What began as an adrenaline rush has evolved into Ground Zero for the survival of the planet through...
Ok, maybe not Seattle exactly, but across the lake in Bellevue, last night Clint and I hooked up with part-time Telluride local and former Mountainfilm director Arlene Chester Burns at the Bellevue Art Museum. The get-together was to celebrate the opening of an exhibition of...
Their goal is clear: to entertain and inform.
He is in charge of images. Her deal is words. Together George and Beth Gage make highly intelligent, visually seductive documentaries that can make a difference to their neighbors and to the planet.
