Academy Awards

The Swell Season Caps a Swell Season

Best Oscar-night performance by a Coloradan

Trey Parker

Best Independent Video Store -- Avant-Garde

Video Station

Big Screen Bash

See all five Oscar-nominated best picture films in one day.

Party Like a Rock Star

The Denver Film Society hosts an Oscar-night bash.

Flick Pick

The Denver Film Society hosts an Oscar-night bash.

Scandinavian Film Festival at Starz FilmCenter

The Denver Film Society hosts an Oscar-night bash.

Flick Pick

The Denver Film Society hosts an Oscar-night bash.

Three 6 Mafia

Last 2 Walk
Hypnotize Minds/Columbia

Small Packages

Short is sweet at the Aspen ShortsFest.

Oscar Night Done Right

Neighborhood Flix has the perfect party planned.

Going Green

Neighborhood Flix has the perfect party planned.

Gay Caballeros

You won't be able to quit this Oscar party.

The M's

Tuesday, April 25, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Short 'n' Sweet

A ceiling fan and a potted plant in love? Yep, it's Oscar season.

Jack Twist

Mayan Theatre

Ring-a-Ding-Ding

The local Golden Gloves contest hits the spot.

Flick Pick

Oscar Shorts 2005

Pop Quiz

Heaven and Helluloid
February 26, 2004

Flick Pick

Golden Film Festival

Flick Pick

City of God

Flick Pick

Starz FilmCenter

Up the Academy

The Oscar telecast has, for a decade, been Gil Cates' golden moment

Kenya Dig It?

A wobbly Basinger and a feeble screenplay doom I Dreamed of Africa.

AND THE WINNER WAS...

A wobbly Basinger and a feeble screenplay doom I Dreamed of Africa.

Departures

A wobbly Basinger and a feeble screenplay doom I Dreamed of Africa.

Flick Pick

A wobbly Basinger and a feeble screenplay doom I Dreamed of Africa.

Oscar Wild

A wobbly Basinger and a feeble screenplay doom I Dreamed of Africa.

Focus in on Mountain Films

A wobbly Basinger and a feeble screenplay doom I Dreamed of Africa.

Ken Buck has a gay name according to Saturday Night Live: Is he a closet Midnight Cowboy?

Seth Meyers does Ken Buck.​Congrats, Ken Buck. One poll shows your lead over Michael Bennet in the Senate race has shrunk to a dead heat, likely due to your comparison of homosexuality to alcoholism and suggestion that global warming is a hoax, not to mention that "buyer's remorse" comment abo ... More >>

Cast your nominations for the 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards

​It's that time of year again, when chefs from all over the country send out e-mails begging their loyal customers to nominate them for a James Beard Foundation Award, otherwise known as the "Oscars of the food universe."

The week in Cafe Society bloggery: Cupcakes, veggie dogs, tacos and a fuzzy hunk of meat that says, "I'm bacon!

Lori Midson​ Behold the highlights and low lights of what you may have missed this week on the Cafe Society blog.

Starz Denver Film Festival Closing Night: If Black Swan isn't a comedy, why is it so funny?

"Black Swan."​The Starz Denver Film Festival has lately gotten very good at choosing future Academy Award nominees or winners to spotlight on its highest profile evenings -- and given the Oscar buzz surrounding Black Swan, Saturday's closing-night offering at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, th ... More >>

Hollywood in the Rockies

"Black Swan."​The Starz Denver Film Festival has lately gotten very good at choosing future Academy Award nominees or winners to spotlight on its highest profile evenings -- and given the Oscar buzz surrounding Black Swan, Saturday's closing-night offering at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, th ... More >>

Oscar nominations for Best Picture: 2011 vs. 2010

​The Academy Award nominations are out and they're pretty much what you expected: The King's Speech, Black Swan, The Social Network, etc. This is the second year of the expanded ten movie Best Picture category. And as these things go, the ten nominees are not a bad indication of what stuck wi ... More >>

A Reel Good Time

​The Academy Award nominations are out and they're pretty much what you expected: The King's Speech, Black Swan, The Social Network, etc. This is the second year of the expanded ten movie Best Picture category. And as these things go, the ten nominees are not a bad indication of what stuck wi ... More >>

The Eagle is a thunderous, old-school boys' adventure

​The Academy Award nominations are out and they're pretty much what you expected: The King's Speech, Black Swan, The Social Network, etc. This is the second year of the expanded ten movie Best Picture category. And as these things go, the ten nominees are not a bad indication of what stuck wi ... More >>

Now's the time to see these Oscar-nominated short films

​The Academy Award nominations are out and they're pretty much what you expected: The King's Speech, Black Swan, The Social Network, etc. This is the second year of the expanded ten movie Best Picture category. And as these things go, the ten nominees are not a bad indication of what stuck wi ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, February 18-20, 2011

​Money is stupid. It really just gets in the way of having a good time and causes more harm than good. Thankfully, provided you're into dance parties, art shows, reading or writing, this weekend has plenty of opportunities to enjoy life on the cheap. That is, provided you're willing to spend a ... More >>

Oscars 2011: The Fighter shows that the Academy establishment is changing

​Money is stupid. It really just gets in the way of having a good time and causes more harm than good. Thankfully, provided you're into dance parties, art shows, reading or writing, this weekend has plenty of opportunities to enjoy life on the cheap. That is, provided you're willing to spend a ... More >>

Oscars 2011: Live-blogging the self-congratulatory golden phallus ceremonies

They've been doing this for EIGHTY-THREE years?!?​ There are a lot of things more important than watching and liveblogging the 2011 Academy Awards - but none of them are things we have to do today. Look for our recap after the show!

Oscars 2011: The red-carpet fashion of the stars

Black Swan's Natalie Portman.​The best part of the annual Academy Awards is arguably the red-carpet fashion, and this year, stars were showcasing a variety of couture gowns. Bright reds and tangerines dominated the pre-Oscar parade, with some purple trimming and light, ethereal dresses to coun ... More >>

Ten people who should host the 2012 Oscars

At least they make decent movies.​Is it time to already begin thinking about next year's Academy Awards show? Well, if you're like most Americans -- and critics, the venerable Roger Ebert among them -- who watched last night's show, then the answer is "yes." The hipster hosts, 28-year-old An ... More >>

Dolphin Punching, Moonwalking and Comics this week on our new release picks, March 1

​If you're one of those weirdoes that do your taxes straight away at the end of January, then chances are you've got a big old government check burning a whole in your pocket right now. Thankfully, we've got plenty of stuff for you to spend your money on. If you've got a bad memory, if you're ... More >>

Playtime Bill

​If you're one of those weirdoes that do your taxes straight away at the end of January, then chances are you've got a big old government check burning a whole in your pocket right now. Thankfully, we've got plenty of stuff for you to spend your money on. If you've got a bad memory, if you're ... More >>

Starz Denver Film Festival 2011: Five red carpet events, Big Night screening of The Descendants

"The Descendants."​Next Monday, October 17, the Starz Denver Film Festival's website will go live with the entire 2011 lineup, and it's a hefty one: a whopping 260 flicks will unspool November 2-13. But today, fest executive director Tom Botelho offers us a preview of the highest profile movi ... More >>

Starz Denver Film Festival: The Descendants is a small story that made for a Big Night

"The Descendants."​The Starz Denver Film Festival's Big Night has become a showcase for future Academy Award nominees -- Juno, Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours and The Last Station among them. And there's little doubt this streak will continue. The odds of The Descendants failing to generate awa ... More >>

Top ten Backbeat posts of 2011

​By now, anyone who's ever blogged -- which is likely most of you reading this -- knows that the stories that took the most time, the really important ones, were often around the bottom when it came to traffic, pageviews, unique visitors, etc. Meanwhile, the ol' bacon Nativity scene is doing g ... More >>

Star Gazing

​By now, anyone who's ever blogged -- which is likely most of you reading this -- knows that the stories that took the most time, the really important ones, were often around the bottom when it came to traffic, pageviews, unique visitors, etc. Meanwhile, the ol' bacon Nativity scene is doing g ... More >>

The 2012 Oscar-nominated short films offer something for everyone

​By now, anyone who's ever blogged -- which is likely most of you reading this -- knows that the stories that took the most time, the really important ones, were often around the bottom when it came to traffic, pageviews, unique visitors, etc. Meanwhile, the ol' bacon Nativity scene is doing g ... More >>