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February 26, 2012
Saving Face and The Descendants link Colorado to Oscar wins
Colorado-based filmmaker Daniel Junge won an Oscar tonight for Saving Face, the short documentary film that follows a Pakistani plastic surgeon dedicated to performing reconstructive surgery on women who've been attacked with acid. Read an interview with Junge about Saving Face.
Blogs
February 24, 2012
Daniel Junge on his Oscar nomination, Saving Face, and the Colorado film industry
This isn't Daniel Junge's first trip to the Oscars. The Colorado-based filmmaker was nominated for an Academy Award in 2010 for his documentary The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner; this time he's nominated in the Documentary Short category for Saving Face, a film that follows a Pakist ... More >>
News
February 9, 2012
Welcome to Collywood!
This isn't Daniel Junge's first trip to the Oscars. The Colorado-based filmmaker was nominated for an Academy Award in 2010 for his documentary The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner; this time he's nominated in the Documentary Short category for Saving Face, a film that follows a Pakist ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2011
Want to touch George Clooney and have your book turned into a movie? Work at Westword!
Before writing the Descendants, and before indie-film-world-big-deal-director Alexander Payne turned the novel into a George Clooney movie, Kaui Hart Hemmings worked at Westword, selling classified ads. In 1999, right out of Colorado College, the Hawaii-native got her first job with us. "Had ... More >>
Film
November 17, 2011
Family soap The Descendants revolves entirely around its star
Before writing the Descendants, and before indie-film-world-big-deal-director Alexander Payne turned the novel into a George Clooney movie, Kaui Hart Hemmings worked at Westword, selling classified ads. In 1999, right out of Colorado College, the Hawaii-native got her first job with us. "Had ... More >>
Blogs
November 8, 2011
The Nix Bros. on comedy, short films and what funny really means
This is one in a series of posts in honor of Denver Arts Week that salute some of our favorite people and places on the arts scene. The Nix Bros. have been busy the last few years doling out comedy films of all shapes and sizes, from the patently absurd Rainbow Chasers, to the music ridiculo ... More >>
Blogs
November 7, 2011
The Descendants is a small story that made for a Big Night at the Starz Denver Film Festival
Big pics below.The Big Night presentation of the annual Starz Denver Film Festival has become a showcase for future Academy Award nominees: The last four flicks featured in this slot included three excellent Oscar magnets -- Juno, Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours -- with even the sometimes p ... More >>
Calendar
November 3, 2011
Movie Madness
Big pics below.The Big Night presentation of the annual Starz Denver Film Festival has become a showcase for future Academy Award nominees: The last four flicks featured in this slot included three excellent Oscar magnets -- Juno, Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours -- with even the sometimes p ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2011
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 >>
Film
December 3, 2009
Everybody's Fine
"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 >>
News
August 21, 2008
Welcome to Collywood
"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 >>
Film
July 31, 2008
Swing Vote
Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in Swing Vote.
Summer Guide
June 12, 2008
Welcome to Collywood
Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in Swing Vote.
Culture
June 12, 2008
Welcome to Collywood
Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in Swing Vote.
Film
July 19, 2007
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Two straight guys pretend to be gay and turn out to be humanists in Chuck & Larry.
Film
January 4, 2007
Little Children
Two straight guys pretend to be gay and turn out to be humanists in Chuck & Larry.
Film
August 25, 2005
Drift Wood
Evan Rachel Wood and James Woods get lost amid Pretty Persuasion.
Film
December 30, 2004
Cine Bon!
Remembering the films that heated up cinemas this year.
Film
December 30, 2004
Leaning Sideways
In a year when small movies came up big, picking the top ten was a Payne.
Calendar
March 27, 2003
Best Hollywood References to Denver
About Schmidt
Film
July 19, 2001
Leapin' Lizards!
The dinosaurs are jumping, but the story isn't.
Film
December 30, 1999
Reeling in the Year
From South Park to Pokémon, 1999 was almost an American beauty.
Film
July 22, 1999
Missed Congeniality
From South Park to Pokémon, 1999 was almost an American beauty.
Film
May 6, 1999
High School Confidential
From South Park to Pokémon, 1999 was almost an American beauty.
Film
April 17, 1997
Choosing Sides
From South Park to Pokémon, 1999 was almost an American beauty.

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