Robin Williams

The Dairy Center developing a standup comedy scene in Boulder

While big-name comedy acts like Aziz Ansari will draw a large crowd in Boulder, getting a local comedy scene going in Colorado's hippie hamlet has faced some challenges -- whether money, politics or apathy. Now James Gold is hoping to put Boulder's anti-comedy stigma to rest with his Dairy Comedy Sh ... More >>

Serious About Funny

Through its characters' thoughts and feelings, A Kind of Alaska mesmerizes

Joe Piscopo on Frank Sinatra and Saturday Night Live

Joe Piscopo joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 1980, after honing his stand-up chops at New York's Improv; he stayed with the show until 1985. During his SNL stint, he became known for such original characters as the Sports Guy, as well as celebrity impersonations of David Letterman and Frank ... More >>

The twenty best bicycle scenes in cinema, ever

With rare exceptions for the Smart Car, the tandem bike and whatever those contraptions are in the Dr. Seuss books, the human evolutionary process basically stopped when mankind progressed from two legs to two wheels. If you need proof of the superiority of the cycle, look no further than film, wher ... More >>

Marc Maron Goes Easy

Ten movies and TV shows set in Colorado -- but filmed somewhere else

Colorado has a rich film history. Nearly 400 movies have been shot here in more than 100 years. But, as explained in this week's cover story "The Reel West," Colorado is experiencing a bit of a film drought lately, something that lawmakers and industry folks hope to reverse. Instead of shooting in t ... More >>

Four transvestites that sucked

​Candy Darling was probably the sexiest transvestite that ever lived, but s/he wasn't just sexy -- she was also talented. A star of stage and screen, she worked with luminaries from Andy Warhol to Tennessee Williams and was, during the course of her short life, such a fixture on the New York s ... More >>

Jake Gyllenhaal goes to the gym but cannot beef up The Sands of Time

Best snowy movies to watch on a snow day

If you're lucky (as Jefferson County Public School students are) and have a snow day today, you'll get the chance to watch some movies. But what are the best films for the occasion? We suggest flicks that make you glad to be warm inside instead of outside grappling with the elements -- like, for in ... More >>

Flick Pick

The Thief of Baghdad

Anger Management

Bobcat Goldthwait brings his act to the Comedy Works.

Two Lovers

Oliver Stone's W.: another reason to hate stereotypical Hollywood liberals

Q&A with Martin Short

August Rush Closes the Denver Film Festival on a Hackneyed Note

Emmys Gone Wild

Review: Transformers and License to Wed

Reign Over Me

Adam Sandler finally nails a somber role.

Fall Out Boy Fall Out

Voter Fraud

Barry Levinson wags the dog again, but his bark is worse than his bite.

Pause & Effect

A truly universal remote leads to Sandler's best movie in years.

Aboard Game

Zathura sweeps you into its alternate reality.

Big Fun, Even Small

Cold Case

Here's a mystery for Mulder: What happened to Duchovny's career?

Talkin' 'bot Love

Like Big Fish for little kids, Robots works hard to please everyone.

Well Grounded

The Terminal is Spielberg's satiric take on our post-9/11 world.

Sole Power

Wouldn’t you like to be in their shoes?

Photo Opportunity

Mark Romanek makes a great bad man of Robin.

Baked in Alaska

A sleep-deprived Al Pacino tangles with a pyscho Robin Williams.

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

The loving and loathing of a poofy rhino animates Death to Smoochy.

Sly Foxx

He steals Ali, but will Hollywood give Jamie Foxx a shot at the title?

Father Knows Best

For Dan Savage, promiscuity takes a back seat to parenthood.

Reeling in the Year

From South Park to Pokémon, 1999 was almost an American beauty.

Heart to Heart Talk

Twenty Years of Denver

Brains Into Mush

Spring Fever

Closet Case

Muscle Bound

Hello, Fodder

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Vintage Coppola? Sorry.

ROBIN OF THE JUNGLE

MOUTHING OFF

DRAG RACE

THRILLS

CLASSICAL GAS

MASKED MANIC