John Hughes

10 things to do for $10 (7 free!) this weekend, November 2-4

With Halloween over, we're now officially on to colder weather and anticipating the upcoming holiday season. But there's still plenty to do this week, everything from Day of the Dead parties to art openings, costume parties and even a dramatic reading of lines from Pretty in Pink. And they're each u ... More >>

Reader: I love Molly Ringwald and all her characters

Molly Ringwald started writing as a child -- before she became an '80s teen icon who starred in such John Hughes films as Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink and The Breakfast Club . She says she never really thought she'd publish anything, though -- but last year, she released her self-help memoir Gett ... More >>

Molly Ringwald on writing and advice she got from Bret Easton Ellis

Molly Ringwald, who comes from a family of voracious readers, started writing as a child -- before she became an '80s teen icon who starred in such John Hughes films as Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink and The Breakfast Club -- but says she never really thought she'd publish anything. Last year, thou ... More >>

Fast Times at a Mile High

The six crassest lines uttered by Jay, of Jay and Silent Bob

You might have noticed that Jason Mewes didn't utter a single four-letter word when we interviewed him about Kevin Smith: Live From Behind, a live recording of the duo's podcast, which select movie theaters across the country will screen tonight. Find more details in our online calendar listings. W ... More >>

Footloose remake comes alive when teens are fulfilling the grownups' worst fears

The skateboarding, snowboarding, skirt-chasing, lumberjacking Weekend in Stoke

Skate & create! The fourth annual Bordo Bello skateboard art fundraiser runs tonight from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Redline Gallery, 2350 Arapahoe Street, with a silent auction featuring skateboard decks, vinyl toys and other artwork. Event organizers sent out blank Board Pusher decks and KidRobot Mun ... More >>

The Psychedelic Furs

Wednesday, September 21, Summit Music Hall, 1-866-468-7621.

Crazy, Stupid, Love isn't quite crazy enough

Comment of the day: "Way to limit a career"

​Anthony Michael Hall defined a subculture for an era once, back in the days of the Brat Pack, when over the course of two great years and three great movies he pretty much single-handedly made it (sort of) okay to be a nerd -- at least, that's what I argued in my post celebrating his birthday ... More >>

Happy Birthday, Anthony Michael Hall: A look back at the holy trinity of geekdom

​Ever since he ended up as conspicuously the only member of the Breakfast Club not to get coupled up -- and was pretty much okay with it -- we knew Anthony Michael Hall was a guy we could identify with. Lanky, bug-eyed and just a little too weirdly enthusiastic, he was the quintessential geek, ... More >>

Orchestral Manoeuvres is enjoying a renaissance of sorts

Film on the Rocks announces Ferris Bueller's Day Off as 'favorite John Hughes Film'

​ Back when the Film on the Rocks schedule was announced, fans got a chance to select their favorite John Hughes film for a showing. Well, the fans spoke and overwhelmingly they chose Ferris Bueller's Day Off over The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles. Ferris grabbed nearly half the vote, lea ... More >>

Film on the Rocks 2010 schedule announced

​ Update: This morning, the Denver Film Society announced the full lineup for this year's Film on the Rocks. See which acts are slated to perform after the jump. The Film on the Rocks 2010 schedule has been announced. Looks like the Denver Film Society is kicking things off with a bang this ... More >>

Hearsay bits: VAUX ahead of its time, Lockerpartners create spots to Flip for and Ali Pierre writes tunes for Rhianna and Britney Spears

Screen grab from an observant fellow VAUX fan who spied this before us.​ After all the work that went into compiling this year's Westword Music Showcase ballot, we needed a break last weekend. A break that involved watching Pretty in Pink, a flick we hadn't seen in a dozen years or more, on V ... More >>

Everything old is new again in Hot Tub Time Machine

The Psychedelic Furs and Happy Mondays

Friday, September 11, Boulder Theater, 303-786-7030.

Take the Day Off

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

Relive prom with the Inactivists

​There's been a lot of prom-themed events lately, from the Rockbar's '80s Nerd Prom last weekend to next weekend's John Hughes memorial prom at Starz. But something tells me this weekend's Very Senior Prom, which kicks off at 9 pm. Saturday, August 29 at Moe's BBQ and Bowling, may be the highl ... More >>

My moment with John Hughes

John Hughes.​When news broke yesterday about the death of director John Hughes at age 59, I couldn't help thinking back on my brief encounter with the maker of iconic '80s teen flicks such as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The year was 1985, and I was living ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 7 edition

Photo by Aaron ThackerayBusta on the Rocks.​Shall we rap? Today in Backbeat Online: • Last Night: Rock the Bells at Red Rocks. • MP3 Freeloader: Rockie making a splash on the club scene. • Zebra Junction closes up shop this evening. • Q&A with Jared Piccone of Innerpartysystem. • Q& ... More >>

Boyz II Men, Stevie B and Break EFX at the Ogden Theater

Photo: Chad FahnestockBoyz II Men, Stevie B and Break EFXFriday, November 28, 2008Ogden TheaterBetter than: Listening to the recorded soundtrack from the ten-year high school reunion of any graduating class from the 1990s.The reactions varied wildly. When I told people that I was covering the Boyz I ... More >>

The Supreme Court

Watch that Tempa.

The Black Kids

Black Kids

Saturday, May 3, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay

Harold and Kumar get shipped to Gitmo in this forced act two.

Delegating Denver #26 of 56: Michigan

Mama’s Cafe

Plenty could be finer than eating in this diner in the morning — not to mention noon and night.

Up All Night At Mama's Café

Up All Night At Mama's Café

Cold War Reheated

Sweet Charity

Molly Ringwald makes a sweet Sweet Charity.

Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

Alone Time

To shake the teen-idol stigma, Tiffany bared her breast assets.

The Force Runs Its Course

Best Mid-Week Club Night

Off the Wall
hi-dive

Caste Aside

Pariah Caste's edgy, passionate rock is in a class of its own.

Teen Spleen

Talking smack wreaks high school havoc in Mean Girls.

Asking for It

Storytelling blusters with sex, rage and insanity.

American Why

Not Another Teen Movie is just that, and it's the worst one ever.

Saccharin & MSG

The gang's all cheer.

Whatever...

The teen movie genre finally implodes with Whatever It Takes.

Yugo, Girl

Drowning Mona is a trailer-trash mishmash.

In God He Trusts

Director Kevin Smith spouts his Dogma.

Ali Clear

Ali Kazemi's common name is finally clear.

Spring Fever

The Festival of Lights, Camera, Action

Cruella and Unusual Punishment

Disney's new Dalmatians ain't the puppy chow it could have been.

Still Hurting

Injured workers have borne the brunt of workers' comp "reform" in Colorado.

NO ALTERNATIVE

A LOOK AT THE MODERN-ROCK SONGS DENVER RADIO IS DOING TO DEATH.