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

The Friday Rap-Up: DJ Low Key, Jay-Z, KRS-One, Buckshot, Dr. Dre

Delegating Denver #39 of 56: Ohio

Pool Party

Billiards promoters shoot to move the game from the barroom to the family room.

Backwash

Colfax cowers before a full-fledged yuppie insurrection.

Paul the Apostle

Become a convert at Fresh City Life’s Newman’s Own film series.

So Chong

Tommy and Shelby Chong stop at Denver Improv.

Return to Sender

Tommy and Shelby Chong stop at Denver Improv.

A Very Fine House

By daring to be different, Britain's Tall Paul has become a giant of the dance-music world.

Tennessee's Last Waltz

Even the playwright's lesser work shows signs of genius.

All-Pro Chaos

Even the playwright's lesser work shows signs of genius.

A Brilliant Twilight

Even the playwright's lesser work shows signs of genius.

Beat the Crowd

Even the playwright's lesser work shows signs of genius.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

It’s hard to warm up to this Tennessee Williams.

Our top DVD picks for the week of November 14:

It’s hard to warm up to this Tennessee Williams.

Burning the Yule Log

It’s hard to warm up to this Tennessee Williams.

Kickin' the Tires

Pixar's latest is no lemon, but it does have that used-Cars smell.

Beauty at Buchenwald

Pixar's latest is no lemon, but it does have that used-Cars smell.

To Each Theron

Pixar's latest is no lemon, but it does have that used-Cars smell.

Oh, Grow Up

Failure is Matthew McConaughey's perfect movie.

Flag Waving

Beverly Hills' Brandon becomes Denver's grand marshal.

Grinding Gears

Is Denver's Grand Prix headed down a racing dead end?

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Is Denver's Grand Prix headed down a racing dead end?

Dog Stars

Dogs Die in Hot Cars takes a bite out of the hype.

Like Moths to a Flame

The timing is hot for Ladder 49, an unabashed homage to firefighters.

Touch of the Poet

In Blue Car, verse helps a disturbed young girl find her way.

Dig It

Disney mines the booming kiddie market with the gritty Holes.

Sullivan's Travels

Things are not always as they seem on the complex Road to Perdition.

Streetcar Rolls Again

A gutsy attempt to restage Tennessee Williams's classic inferno has trouble catching fire.

Cash Poor

Paul Newman fails to score in this empty caper flick.

The ABBA Experiment

Twenty-five years later, Sweden's still getting its revenge.

Splice World

Twenty-five years later, Sweden's still getting its revenge.

Know When to Fold 'Em

Twenty-five years later, Sweden's still getting its revenge.

Syrupy but Sweet

Twenty-five years later, Sweden's still getting its revenge.

Dead Reckoning

Twenty-five years later, Sweden's still getting its revenge.

Catie Did

Twenty-five years later, Sweden's still getting its revenge.

Thrills for the week

Twenty-five years later, Sweden's still getting its revenge.

Barely Breathing

Twenty-five years later, Sweden's still getting its revenge.

WALKER ON THE WILD SIDE

Twenty-five years later, Sweden's still getting its revenge.

A STAR IS REBORN

Twenty-five years later, Sweden's still getting its revenge.

THE UNKINDEST CUT

Twenty-five years later, Sweden's still getting its revenge.

Happy Birthday, Paul Newman! Five films you would have made better

Improves everything.​Today is the birthday of Newman's Own best selling product, the late Paul Newman, everyone's favorite cool-eyed and irreverent actor/philanthropist. He can't so much celebrate his birthday, being deceased, but everyone else can -- and surely they will, running some retrosp ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Top 10 gambling movies of all time

​This week's cover story, "All In," focuses on the work of University of Denver professor Robert Hannum, who's been researching the mathematics of gambling and the science of poker for almost two decades. Of course, we all know (or think we know) something about Las Vegas casinos and card game ... More >>

Billy the Kid photo for sale in Denver: Price tag $400,000?

Big pic below.​A credit-card-sized tintype of William H. McCarty, alias William Bonney, alias Billy the Kid -- arguably the single most famous photograph to emerge from the Wild West -- will be up for public sale for the first time ever in Denver next weekend. And no, the young desperado in th ... More >>

Fast Eddie turns fifty: Some pool-hall lessons about life's breaks (VIDEO)

​Fifty years ago this week, a modest black-and-white movie about pool sharks and the people who back them, love them or break their thumbs had its world premiere in Washington, D.C. The initial critical reception was mixed, but over time The Hustler would be recognized as a classic, a startli ... More >>

The 50 worst sports movies of all time

Slap Shot 2: Number 28.​The sports movie is rarely versatile: an outsider, or group of outsiders (wrong race, wrong gender, wrong species), have uncanny talent in their field, but the old guard (typically, white, old men), don't like the change the new person represents. So the rebels have to ... More >>

Top ten Show and Tell posts of 2011

Number 5​Depending on who you're listening to, the world is going to end in 2012, or the world will undergo some sort of transformation. Either way it's spiritual. What's not spiritual, however, are these cold, hard numbers: The top ten posts on Show and Tell during 2011, which may or may not ... More >>

Colorado hopes to lure filmmakers with a new plan

Number 5​Depending on who you're listening to, the world is going to end in 2012, or the world will undergo some sort of transformation. Either way it's spiritual. What's not spiritual, however, are these cold, hard numbers: The top ten posts on Show and Tell during 2011, which may or may not ... More >>