Philip Seymour Hoffman

10 things to do for $10 in Denver this weekend (8 free!), April 5-7

If anyone would appreciate cheap fun, it's The Dude, Jeff Bridges's iconic slacker character in The Big Lebowski. We may not have bowling on our activities list, but you can see the 1998 Coen brothers' classic for free this weekend -- and there are many more entertaining events around town, everythi ... More >>

A Late Quartet weaves its plot in musical metaphors

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 >>

Starz Denver Film Festival preview: Brit Withey on Opening Night's A Late Quartet and more

Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest -- including many flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Here, he shares his take on this evening's Opening Night film, A ... More >>

The Master rises and falls on the magnetic pull of its stars

Reader: Scientology? Why not a movie exposing Christianity or Mormonism?

Five years after Paul Thomas Anderson released his Oscar-winning There Will Be Blood, he finally has another movie coming out -- and this time, he's ready for what will follow. "I've made six movies, and I feel like I'm only just finally figuring out how this business fucking works," Anderson said ... More >>

Paul Thomas Anderson talks 70mm, Joaquin Phoenix and Scientology

Eleven movies to look forward to in 2012

The Ides of March is haunted by the crash of Obamamania

Moneyball shows a little warmth behind those cold, hard statistics

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 >>

Phillip Seymour Hoffman's a sad sack (again), but watch Jack Goes Boating for John Ortiz

Summer Film Preview

Last Night's Show: Broken Spindles, Born in the Flood, Iuengliss at hi-dive

Photo: Jon SolomonBroken Spindles, Born in the Flood, IuenglissThursday, February 26, 2009hi-diveBetter than: Eating chips and looking at a borrowed book of David Byrne's weird photography of furniture, which is what I would have been doingHere's what was weird about this show: Broken Spindles stole ... More >>

The best movies of 2008

Valkyrie

Doubt

Synechdoche, New York

Art imitates life imitating art in Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York

Presenting the only Cannes awards that really matter: Ours.

Support Group

The year's best characters.

The Savages

Testing the limits of familial bonds, one nursing-home application at a time.

Charlie Wilson's War

All aboard the ’80s wayback machine for Mike Nichols’s good time Charlie.

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Sibling rivalry. Daddy issues. Infidelity. Sidney Lumet crafts one hell of a melodrama.

The Music Men

Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune.

When the Stars Came Out

Forbidden Planet, The Da Vinci Code, Strangers With Candy, Homicide

Savage Humor

The Savages kicks off the thirtieth Starz Denver Film Festival.

Impossibly Passable

Repeat Offender

A second, slimmer Capote movie fails to improve on its predecessor.

All-Day Suckers

Amy Sedaris and Stephen Colbert peddle Candy not everybody wants.

Abort

Mission: Impossible III runs the franchise into the ground.

Rogues' Gallery

Racists, louts and terrorists earned their place among the best of 2005.

Hello, He's Not Johnny Cash

Walk the Line never strays from the dull telling of a tall tale.

Truman Tale

Inside a courtroom drama playing at a theater near you.

Writes and Wrongs

In Capote, a murder leads to a masterpiece leads to an undoing.

A Mountainous Achievement

Cold Mountain sets the new standard for Civil War drama.

Ground Zero Hour

A final day of freedom coincides with the aftermath of 9/11.

Hooked Shnook

Adam Sandler is truly disturbing in Love -- deliberately so this time.

Tiny Town Meets Tinseltown

Mamet's State and Main chronicles collusion between Hollywood big shots and Vermont movie wannabes.

Take 23

The Denver Internation Film Festival opens this Thursday.

Listen to the Movie

Almost Famous rings in your ears -- and heart -- long after it's over.

Bang! Bang! You're Alive

Stumbling down memory lane with the late Lester Bangs.

Talent in Full Bloom

Boogie Nights director Paul Thomas Anderson lives up to his potential with Magnolia.

Only the Lonely

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