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May 1, 2012
Lasley Elementary gets a new salad bar as part of HBO's The Weight of the Nation
Lakewood mayor Bob Murphy stood in front of Lasley Elementary students today and talked about how the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff view obesity as a national security issue, since 27 percent of all applicants for the armed forces are too obese to serve. The rest of the festivities were more upbeat, bu ... More >>
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May 1, 2012
Reader: Sand Creek Massacre is a piece of history that should not be ignored
Not enough history for you in History Colorado? Did you want more context in the exhibit devoted to the Sand Creek Massacre? That was one of the complaints in the New York Times piece on the new facility -- which echoed some of Michael Paglia's criticisms of History Colorado. There are ways to fill ... More >>
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April 13, 2012
Q & A: Filmmaker Todd Cassetty's 5 Days in Denver recreates Re-create 68
Director/producer Todd Cassetty is used to working with pop sensations like Taylor Swift. He produced two Taylor Swift music videos and seven Taylor Swift TV specials -- most notably, her 2010 NBC Thanksgiving Special. More recently, though Cassetty has set his sights on a culture somewhat less pred ... More >>
News
March 22, 2012
The Columbine shootings continue to "inspire" Hollywood
Thirteen years and a hundred school shootings later, why is Hollywood still obsessed with this one?
Blogs
March 2, 2012
Ten things to do for $10 this weekend, March 2-4, 2012
It looks like March is roaring in like a lion just in time for the weekend, but that doesn't mean there aren't a ton of things to do for fun. From Johnny Depp's classic bad-boy role in Cry-Baby to a whole slew of art openings, we've got plenty of interesting events to attend that won't maul your poc ... More >>
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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 >>
Blogs
February 20, 2012
kART Across America: Michael Moore offers to help local documentarians
In December, we caught up with Andy Raney and Jeremy Make, the local co-creators of kART Across America, a documentary devoted to their 108-day trek across the United States in a fussy, broken-down golf kart named Christine. On Thursday, Michael Moore caught up with them -- on NPR. In a Talk of the ... More >>
Blogs
February 20, 2012
2012 Women Film Voices Festival programming announced
"Last year, five percent of movies were made by women," says Karla Rodriguez of the Denver FilmCenter. Which is exactly why this second annual edition of Women Film Voices is imperative -- to shine a light on a corner of the film-making world that is often overlooked. The lineup for the festival, ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2012
Hollywood, Colorado exhibit at the Boulder History Museum showcases films made here
Boulder History MuseumA still from the movie "The White Desert," filmed at Rollins Pass in 1925. Colorado is no Hollywood, but the state does have a rich film past, if not an active film present, as detailed in our cover story "The Reel West." Today, in an effort to jump-start the state's mov ... More >>
Film
February 9, 2012
The 2012 Oscar-nominated short films offer something for everyone
Boulder History MuseumA still from the movie "The White Desert," filmed at Rollins Pass in 1925. Colorado is no Hollywood, but the state does have a rich film past, if not an active film present, as detailed in our cover story "The Reel West." Today, in an effort to jump-start the state's mov ... More >>
Film
December 1, 2011
The arty, spare Inni follows Iceland's Sigur Ros
Boulder History MuseumA still from the movie "The White Desert," filmed at Rollins Pass in 1925. Colorado is no Hollywood, but the state does have a rich film past, if not an active film present, as detailed in our cover story "The Reel West." Today, in an effort to jump-start the state's mov ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2011
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 >>
Blogs
November 11, 2011
Director Larry Wessel on his documentary ICONOCLAST and his fallout with Boyd Rice
When filmmaker Larry Wessel started working on ICONOCLAST, he didn't know it was going to turn into a six-year filming project. But then again, his subject, Boyd Rice, has been a wild and curious abstraction of a performer, whose work in music with the NON was a forerunner in noise and indust ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2011
Michael Moore speaks at Occupy Denver to a crowd that leaves shortly after
Michael Moore.Michael Moore was late. The man whose personality is as almost as big as his mouth, and for whom both eclipse his documentaries, was an hour late by the time he reached the unusually large crowd waiting for him at Occupy Denver. By the time he arrived, its size was at least six ... More >>
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November 1, 2011
Get Your Indiana Jones on with Uncharted 3, or get your mad scientist geek on with The Geek Dad Book this week, in our new release picks for November 1, 2011
Finally, November is here, and if the rent and bills are paid up, you may have a little extra cash to spend on miscellaneous nonsense. Thankfully, we have plenty of it, with the especially exciting The Geek Dad Book for Aspiring Mad Scientists providing a whole slew of fun experiments to do w ... More >>
Blogs
September 23, 2011
Colorado music scene documentary underway
In 2006, Diego Ramos started shooting a web-based documentary on the Colorado music scene, but he says it was a little ahead of its time. So last summer, Ramos, who's worked as director of photography on the Discovery Channel's Disappeared, started filming other local acts for another project ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
Documenting Documentaries
In 2006, Diego Ramos started shooting a web-based documentary on the Colorado music scene, but he says it was a little ahead of its time. So last summer, Ramos, who's worked as director of photography on the Discovery Channel's Disappeared, started filming other local acts for another project ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2011
Colorado beer calendar: BrewDEN meets at Renegade; Denver Beer Co taps its first firkin
Construction continues at Vine Street Pub, where a new brewery operated by the Mountain Sun group should be ready by mid-September -- ready, but not operational. That's because it will take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months for the company to work out its permitting issues from the c ... More >>
Calendar
June 16, 2011
Diggin’ On This
Construction continues at Vine Street Pub, where a new brewery operated by the Mountain Sun group should be ready by mid-September -- ready, but not operational. That's because it will take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months for the company to work out its permitting issues from the c ... More >>
Blogs
April 14, 2011
Director Michael Sládek gets candid about Con Artist
Though it's largely been forgotten in the annals of crack-pottery and snake-oil salesmanship, the story of Mark Kostabi is one of the art world's weirdest and most head-slappingly dumb. A darling of the high-rolling '80s New York scene, Kostabi and his rise to fame and riches on the backs of ... More >>
Film
April 7, 2011
The Elephant in the Living Room lands at the Oriental Theater
Though it's largely been forgotten in the annals of crack-pottery and snake-oil salesmanship, the story of Mark Kostabi is one of the art world's weirdest and most head-slappingly dumb. A darling of the high-rolling '80s New York scene, Kostabi and his rise to fame and riches on the backs of ... More >>
Blogs
March 8, 2011
Ska Brewing makes light of beer -- but not light beer -- in new video
Craft beer has been the star of a recent documentary, a television series and a couple of Youtube videos over the past year, now another feature-length documentary is scheduled to be released this summer. Most of these efforts have been serious, noble -- sometimes overly so. Leave it to the ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2011
Netflix Instant: What Denver is watching on its freeze day
There's a storm in the midwest that's causing everyone to roll out their stupid snow puns again (Snowpocalypse Now!) and here in Denver we're getting into the negative double digits -- a big day for Netflix Instant, the movie rental option that doesn't require pants, much less a jacket and i ... More >>
Music
January 27, 2011
Circle Jerks
Thursday, January 27, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.
Blogs
January 11, 2011
Top 10 music documentaries currently streaming on Netflix
Netflix's instant streaming service is quite possibly the most amazing service in the history of mankind. Combing through its offerings, however, is no easy task. Thankfully, we've spent an inordinate amount of time watching music documentaries (so you don't have to) and have narrowed down th ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2010
Bob Febrache documentary needs your help
Bob Frebrache's Absinthe Studios has been buzzing along for the better part of three decades, recording the likes of Ian Cooke, The Fluid, The Swayback, Frantix and many others. Now, friend and fellow sound engineer James McElwee wants to tell Bob's story in a new documentary -- but he needs ... More >>
Calendar
December 2, 2010
The Power of Film
Bob Frebrache's Absinthe Studios has been buzzing along for the better part of three decades, recording the likes of Ian Cooke, The Fluid, The Swayback, Frantix and many others. Now, friend and fellow sound engineer James McElwee wants to tell Bob's story in a new documentary -- but he needs ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2010
Tonight: William S. Burroughs rides again
The outlaw novelist is in. More than two decades ago, freelance writer Gregory Daurer thought it would be cool to track down William S. Burroughs at Naropa and hook him up to a brain machine. Audio excerpts of Daurer's interview with Burroughs surface in a new documentary on the outlaw novel ... More >>
Film
October 7, 2010
Freakonomics: Not exactly the sum of its parts
The outlaw novelist is in. More than two decades ago, freelance writer Gregory Daurer thought it would be cool to track down William S. Burroughs at Naropa and hook him up to a brain machine. Audio excerpts of Daurer's interview with Burroughs surface in a new documentary on the outlaw novel ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
Bucking the System
The outlaw novelist is in. More than two decades ago, freelance writer Gregory Daurer thought it would be cool to track down William S. Burroughs at Naropa and hook him up to a brain machine. Audio excerpts of Daurer's interview with Burroughs surface in a new documentary on the outlaw novel ... More >>
Film
August 5, 2010
Soldiers in a barrel: Restrepo belongs to the soldiers in Afghanistan
The outlaw novelist is in. More than two decades ago, freelance writer Gregory Daurer thought it would be cool to track down William S. Burroughs at Naropa and hook him up to a brain machine. Audio excerpts of Daurer's interview with Burroughs surface in a new documentary on the outlaw novel ... More >>
Calendar
July 15, 2010
Documentaries in the House
The outlaw novelist is in. More than two decades ago, freelance writer Gregory Daurer thought it would be cool to track down William S. Burroughs at Naropa and hook him up to a brain machine. Audio excerpts of Daurer's interview with Burroughs surface in a new documentary on the outlaw novel ... More >>
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June 3, 2010
Eye of Truth
The outlaw novelist is in. More than two decades ago, freelance writer Gregory Daurer thought it would be cool to track down William S. Burroughs at Naropa and hook him up to a brain machine. Audio excerpts of Daurer's interview with Burroughs surface in a new documentary on the outlaw novel ... More >>
Film
April 29, 2010
Street art makes its way to the big screen in Exit Through the Gift Shop
The outlaw novelist is in. More than two decades ago, freelance writer Gregory Daurer thought it would be cool to track down William S. Burroughs at Naropa and hook him up to a brain machine. Audio excerpts of Daurer's interview with Burroughs surface in a new documentary on the outlaw novel ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2010
Moving Pictures: Behold, One-Eyed Doll, a rockumentary chronicling the trials and tribulations of a touring goth-punk band
Every once and a while we pretend like we want to learn things and watch documentaries, but only if they're available for free somewhere. Luckily, we just found a new one to watch, and this one involves a band we've never heard of (One-Eyed Doll), doing things we never figured bands did (they eat? ... More >>
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March 11, 2010
Greg Friedler’s Bare Assets
Every once and a while we pretend like we want to learn things and watch documentaries, but only if they're available for free somewhere. Luckily, we just found a new one to watch, and this one involves a band we've never heard of (One-Eyed Doll), doing things we never figured bands did (they eat? ... More >>
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March 4, 2010
Inroads at the Crossroads
Every once and a while we pretend like we want to learn things and watch documentaries, but only if they're available for free somewhere. Luckily, we just found a new one to watch, and this one involves a band we've never heard of (One-Eyed Doll), doing things we never figured bands did (they eat? ... More >>
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February 4, 2010
Further Down the Road
Every once and a while we pretend like we want to learn things and watch documentaries, but only if they're available for free somewhere. Luckily, we just found a new one to watch, and this one involves a band we've never heard of (One-Eyed Doll), doing things we never figured bands did (they eat? ... More >>
Music
January 28, 2010
Anvil didn't give up its dream of bringing metal to the masses
Every once and a while we pretend like we want to learn things and watch documentaries, but only if they're available for free somewhere. Luckily, we just found a new one to watch, and this one involves a band we've never heard of (One-Eyed Doll), doing things we never figured bands did (they eat? ... More >>
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December 3, 2009
Red Light Special
Every once and a while we pretend like we want to learn things and watch documentaries, but only if they're available for free somewhere. Luckily, we just found a new one to watch, and this one involves a band we've never heard of (One-Eyed Doll), doing things we never figured bands did (they eat? ... More >>
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November 12, 2009
Flick Pick
Every once and a while we pretend like we want to learn things and watch documentaries, but only if they're available for free somewhere. Luckily, we just found a new one to watch, and this one involves a band we've never heard of (One-Eyed Doll), doing things we never figured bands did (they eat? ... More >>
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July 30, 2009
Rock, Paper
The documentary American Artifact highlights the history of rock poster art.
Film
June 18, 2009
Throw Down Your Heart at Starz
The documentary American Artifact highlights the history of rock poster art.
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June 11, 2009
Film School
Fresh City Life explores the worlds of documentarian Warner Herzog.
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April 17, 2008
'Tween Spirit
Fresh City Life explores the worlds of documentarian Warner Herzog.
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November 29, 2007
Classic Rock 101
Students introduce the School of Rock.
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November 15, 2007
The Iron Age
Iron Ladies of Liberia takes an in-depth look at the country's new leader.
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June 21, 2007
Still Afloat
A new documentary revisits Molly Brown.
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August 3, 2006
Bike Power
A new documentary revisits Molly Brown.

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