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  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    John Hickenlooper celebrates Colorado's Oscar, Grammy wins

    Years before he won an Academy Award, filmmaker Daniel Junge was a barback at the Wynkoop Brewing Company -- and yesterday his former bosshosted a reception to celebrate not just Junge's recent Oscar win for best short documentary, Saving Face, but also Ryan Tedder's Grammy -- a real double whammy f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Reader: Saving Face Oscar win hits close to home

    Saving Face may be set in Pakistan, but the crew behind the film is from Colorado -- and they brought an Oscar back to this state after winning the best short documentary award. The team included co-directors Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, producer Allison Greenberg, editor/producer Davis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    A day in the life of an Oscars novice, by Saving Face producer Alison Greenberg

    Alison Greenberg was a producer for Saving Face and is manager of foundation and donor relations for the Denver Film Society. She wrote this first-person account of her trip to the Oscars with the crew of Saving Face, a documentary which won the Academy Awards for Best Documentary Short. BY ALISON ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 23, 2012

    Reel Social Club brings fashion and film together over mimosas this Oscar weekend

    ​Red carpet appearances by designer gown-donning stars are just as much a part of the Academy Awards spectacle as the Oscars themselves. In advance of this coming weekend's 84th annual ceremony, Denver FilmCenter's Reel Social Club is celebrating this marriage of fashion and film with it's Seam To ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 23, 2012

    Thank the Academy

    ​Red carpet appearances by designer gown-donning stars are just as much a part of the Academy Awards spectacle as the Oscars themselves. In advance of this coming weekend's 84th annual ceremony, Denver FilmCenter's Reel Social Club is celebrating this marriage of fashion and film with it's Seam To ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    The Oscars: Five Denver area watch parties

    Hollywood's biggest night is coming up on Sunday, and in honor of that most hallowed of cinematic traditions, we've compiled a list of the five best places to watch the Oscars in style.

  • 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

    August 18, 2011

    One Day doesn't offer much in the way of guilty pleasures

    "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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2011

    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!

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Top 10 list of Colorado movies a ten-cent ticket fee didn't subsidize

    "The Searchers."​The Colorado legislature just nixed a plan to tack a ten-cent fee onto movie tickets, money that would have been used to provide financial incentives for film companies that want to make movies in this state. As revised, the bill would now ask for donations from movie-goers -- ... More >>

  • Film

    February 24, 2011

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

    "The Searchers."​The Colorado legislature just nixed a plan to tack a ten-cent fee onto movie tickets, money that would have been used to provide financial incentives for film companies that want to make movies in this state. As revised, the bill would now ask for donations from movie-goers -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Oscars vs. Razzies: What does better at the box office?

    ​This weekend, the best and worst of 2010 in film will be categorically determined (right...) by the Academy and Golden Raspberry Awards, respectively. And while statues are nice, everyone knows that money guides filmmaking to a much greater degree than accolades. So we were wondering -- does ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 3, 2011

    A Reel Good Time

    ​This weekend, the best and worst of 2010 in film will be categorically determined (right...) by the Academy and Golden Raspberry Awards, respectively. And while statues are nice, everyone knows that money guides filmmaking to a much greater degree than accolades. So we were wondering -- does ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    How to make an Oscar-winning film: a flow chart

    ​The Oscar Nominations are out for this year and, as in all years that have preceded it, this one offers no surprises. It's a relatively unknown fact, but there is a very specific formula for making an Oscar nominated film -- so specific, in fact, we've made a flow chart that plots in out in d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    The ten worst movies nominated for a 2011 Golden Globe

    ​The 68th Golden Globe Awards will be handed out this Sunday. It's a contractual obligation that all televised awards shows do not reward quality, and this will be no different; plenty of shitty movies will wind up being allowed to slap Golden Globe Winner on their DVD packaging. Of course, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    The MTV Movie Awards were last night, but who cares?

    While you were out enjoying the lovely weather last night, MTV aired its 19th annual Movie Award show. The broadcast featured such thought provoking awards as "Most WTF Moment" and "Best Villain." We're pretty certain the MTV Movie Awards haven't actually mattered to anyone for the better part of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 4, 2010

    And the Winner Is…

    While you were out enjoying the lovely weather last night, MTV aired its 19th annual Movie Award show. The broadcast featured such thought provoking awards as "Most WTF Moment" and "Best Villain." We're pretty certain the MTV Movie Awards haven't actually mattered to anyone for the better part of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Precious nominations put Colorado in Oscar spotlight

    Gary Magness and Lee Daniels share a "Precious" moment at the Denver Film Festival.​This year's Oscar nominations are out, and Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire earned six nods, including Best Actress (Gabourey Sidibe), Best Supporting Actress (Mo'Nique), Best Editing, Best Adapt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Temple Grandin, Colorado cow whisperer, gets local premiere of HBO biopic

    Trailer Precious, which just earned a Best Picture Oscar nomination for Colorado producers Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, and The Cove, directed by Boulder's Louie Psihoyos and nominated as Best Documentary Feature, aren't the only high-profile flicks with local connections. This Saturday, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 17, 2009

    Oscar Wild

    Trailer Precious, which just earned a Best Picture Oscar nomination for Colorado producers Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, and The Cove, directed by Boulder's Louie Psihoyos and nominated as Best Documentary Feature, aren't the only high-profile flicks with local connections. This Saturday, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 19, 2009

    Big Screen Bash

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

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    Q&A with Nothing But the Truth director Rod Lurie

    Vera Farmiga and Kate Beckinsale in director Rod Lurie's Nothing But the Truth. Director Rod Lurie has had Colorado on his mind in recent years. His 2007 film Resurrecting the Champ, co-starring Josh Hartnett and Samuel L. Jackson (with a cameo by John Elway), was partially filmed in Denver and bas ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 6, 2008

    Rock On

    Comedian Chris Rock offers no apologies.

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2008

    The Swell Season Caps a Swell Season

    Comedian Chris Rock offers no apologies.

  • Calendar

    February 21, 2008

    Oscar Night Done Right

    Neighborhood Flix has the perfect party planned.

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2008

    Glen Hansard Nominated for an Oscar

    Neighborhood Flix has the perfect party planned.

  • Calendar

    December 20, 2007

    All I Want for Christmas

    Neighborhood Flix has the perfect party planned.

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2007

    The AFI Top 100 Films -- And The Top Ten Movies Filmed in Colorado

    Neighborhood Flix has the perfect party planned.

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2007

    Nicolas Cage: Woman Fighter

    Neighborhood Flix has the perfect party planned.

  • Calendar

    February 22, 2007

    Life of the Party

    Neighborhood Flix has the perfect party planned.

  • Calendar

    August 17, 2006

    X Marks the Spot

    Neighborhood Flix has the perfect party planned.

  • Calendar

    March 2, 2006

    Gay Caballeros

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

  • Film

    October 27, 2005

    Scattered Dour

    The Weather Man's a comedy, but not that kind.

  • Music

    June 30, 2005

    Fat Joe

    All or Nothing (Atlantic)

  • Film

    February 24, 2005

    Flick Pick

    Oscar Shorts 2005

  • News

    February 26, 2004

    Pop Quiz

    Heaven and Helluloid
    February 26, 2004

  • Culture

    March 15, 2001

    Up the Academy

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

  • Culture

    February 22, 2001

    Harden's Crossing

    She's finally been invited to the Oscar party, but what will she do after the ball?

  • Culture

    January 4, 2001

    The Tired Gun

    Or: Why winning an Oscar sometimes means losing a career

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