Denver Film Society

Bring The Big Lebowski to Red Rocks -- and help the Denver Film Society buy new projectors

When Film on the Rocks announced its 2013 summer line-up and The Big Lebowski was nowhere to be found for the second year in a row, fans were upset. But the Denver Film Society has saved the best for last: The non-profit announced last night at the season opener of FOTR that for a $25 donation to th ... More >>

Czech It Out

The Watching Hour launches summer series with Requiem for a Dream

On the surface, Darren Aronofsky's bleak masterpiece Requiem for a Dream, the screwball musical nun-comedy of Sister Act and a spaghetti Western from Thailand don't have much in common. In the eyes of Denver Film Society programming director Keith Garcia, they all share one important trait: They're ... More >>

Win twenty free movie passes to Hollywood Theaters!

We'll cut to the chase: Movies are one of this planet's greatest pleasures, and there's nothing quite like seeing a film at a real theater. Show and Tell would like to share that experience with you, so keep reading to find out how how you can win twenty free passes to any Hollywood Theater by answe ... More >>

Oh, the Horror

Not-Nifty Fifties

Teaser Pleasers

Jingles All the Way

Starz Denver Film Festival: $2.5 million gift puts Opening Night in the money

The opening evening of the Starz Denver Film Festival always focuses on the love of movies, and last night was no exception. But this year (the fest's 35th), the event was also about...a huge pile of cash. Before a big crowd at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, fest vet Ron Henderson revealed that phi ... More >>

The 35th Starz Denver Film Festival is looking for volunteers

The 35th Starz Denver Film Festival returns to the Mile High City from November 1 through 11, and is looking for volunteers to help both before and during the annual cinematic extravaganza.

Bad Company

Doing Down Under

Weird Science

Thank the Academy

The Denver FilmCenter's Rare Imports Series digs up five foreign gems in January

​Film-going ain't what it used to be. But thanks to the Denver Film Society, you can enjoy an old-school viewing experience on Tuesdays in January, when the DFS will roll out brand-new prints of five foreign classics on the big screen at the Denver FilmCenter. The weekly screenings flicker on ... More >>

Starz Denver Film Fest attendance, revenue up, Starz FilmCenter replacement search goes on

Tom Botelho.​Denver Film Society executive director Tom Botelho is still recovering from the just-concluded Starz Denver Film Festival; he's got a severe cold. But the word of mouth about the fest makes him feel better, and so do attendance and revenue figures, both of which appear to be up ov ... More >>

The Starz Denver Film Festival schedule is live; ticket sales open later this week

Kirsten Dunst in "Melancholia."​ You can start planning now: The schedule for the 34th annual Starz Denver Film Festival, which runs November 2 through 13 at various venues throughout town, is now available online at the user-friendly Denver Film Society website. DFS member early ticketing ope ... More >>

Neighborhood Flix space to become DenverFilmCenter

​Those who are still missing Neighborhood Flix can take heart: Tavern Hospitality Group, which was going to turn the space in the Lowenstein project at 2510 East Colfax Avenue into the Tavern Congress Park, just signed an agreement with the Denver Film Society to lease the Neighborhood Flix sp ... More >>

The Justice League's third party will have an '80s theme

​The Justice League of Street Food is on a roll, and will hold its third party October 1. From 5 to 10 p.m. this Friday, the Deluxe Little Orange Rocket, the Inventing Room and Sully's Slice Truck, the Cupcake Truck, Biker Jim's, Steuben's, the Biscuit Bus, Pinche Tacos, Steamin' Demon and th ... More >>

Très Bien

Trash in the Pan

Bugging Out

A Ran for Your Money

The Whole World’s Watching

The Unkindest Cut

Film, Japanese Style

The Unkindest Cut

And the Winner Is…

This Turkey No Turkey

Opening night at the Starz Denver Film Festival: Dialed down but still Precious

"Precious" director Lee Daniels got emotional. Not fake emotional. Real emotional.​It's been a tough year for the Denver Film Society. Not only has the economy wreaked havoc on the organization, necessitating shortened hours of operation, but internal turmoil boiled over in June, when executiv ... More >>

Take the Day Off

And relive your ’80s angst with the John Hughes Experience.

Michael Jackson tribute planned tonight at Film on the Rocks

Just received word from our friends over at Theaters and Arenas that the Denver Film Society is planning some sort of special Michael Jackson tribute tonight after the Rouge's set, which kicks off at 6:45, and just before the screening of Jaws at dusk. Despite our dogged persistence, our peeps simpl ... More >>

From the week of June 18, 2009

Cut! On a third take, the Denver Film Society board finally lets Bo Smith go

Wake-Up Call: Ready for his screen test?

Late Monday, the Denver Film Society announced that a search was already under way for a new executive director to take the place of Bo Smith, who'd finally been dismissed just two days before. "We are looking for a permanent replacement," DFS board chair David Charmatz told me. "We'll decide as a ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Denver Festival Society keeps rolling

While most of the employees of the Denver Film Society are back at work, they're not quite sure if they're still employees, because twenty of them had officially resigned before the board voted to dismiss new executive director Bo Smith last Friday. And there's also the matter of a major budget sh ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Cut! The Denver Film Society makes it official

If this were a movie, one insider theorizes, it would be like Crash, with everyone going through the same situation -- but seeing it entirely differently. Last Monday, as Westword was going to press (we have new deadlines for our new format -- although the paper still hits the street Wednesday af ... More >>

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Donkey Punch at Starz FilmCenter

Party Like a Rock Star

The Denver Film Society hosts an Oscar-night bash.

Atwater Under the Bridge

Boogie Man examines one of the most polarizing political figures.

Monster Mash

Old-school and new-school monster movies have it out.

Let Freedom Reel

Cinemocracy Rocks! puts democracy into film.

Zombies on the Brain

Zombie

Starz FilmCenter

And It Don't Stop

A hip-hop film series does more than scratch the surface.

Rising Starz

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The Big Lebowski

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