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Roger Ebert

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    They Call It Myanmar, in Denver tomorrow, lifts the curtain on the people of Burma

    Colorado is home to more than two thousand refugees from Burma, an isolated country in southeast Asia. Among them is Drucie Bathin, the head of the Colorado Rangers Organization, which works on the model of refugees helping refugees, and the subject of our cover story, "A World Away." And what is it ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 5, 2012

    The Best and the Brightest

    Colorado is home to more than two thousand refugees from Burma, an isolated country in southeast Asia. Among them is Drucie Bathin, the head of the Colorado Rangers Organization, which works on the model of refugees helping refugees, and the subject of our cover story, "A World Away." And what is it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Ebert Interruptus film will be Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    Although Roger Ebert's health problems prevent him from participating in the World Affairs Conference, the annual intellectual orgy that's coming to Boulder from April 9 through April 13, the film critic's interruptus program is still a featured attraction -- and is now named after him. This year's ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 8, 2012

    High Anxiety

    Although Roger Ebert's health problems prevent him from participating in the World Affairs Conference, the annual intellectual orgy that's coming to Boulder from April 9 through April 13, the film critic's interruptus program is still a featured attraction -- and is now named after him. This year's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    NHL 12, autobiographies from Michael Moore and Roger Ebert, and more in our new release picks for September 13, 2011

    ​New release week is starting to hit its stride again now that summer is basically over. We haven't yet hit the action-packed holiday onslaught, though, and this week, we've got a lot of fantastic and slightly off-the-beaten path stuff to choose from, including autobiographies from Roger Ebert ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Too soon? The top ten most tasteless Ryan Dunn jokes on the internet

    That's disgusting.​Ever since Roger Ebert tweeted "Friends don't let jackasses drink and drive" roughly twenty seconds after Jackass star Ryan Dunn drunkenly died in a fiery wreck (after which the film critic reportedly cackled wildly for another twenty seconds through his hideous jaw), the in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2011

    The Grand Rapids LipDub: A tribute to my hometown

    That's right, Newsweek.​Few could have anticipated a decade or two ago, when I was a kid growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, what kind of toll the decline of the Big Three automakers would take on the whole state; back then, it was a solidly middle-class and blue-collar place to be from, a p ... More >>

  • Music

    April 14, 2011

    In an act of rebellion, Bob Dylan lets the Chinese censor his concert

    That's right, Newsweek.​Few could have anticipated a decade or two ago, when I was a kid growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, what kind of toll the decline of the Big Three automakers would take on the whole state; back then, it was a solidly middle-class and blue-collar place to be from, a p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Ho boy! Denver is getting a Steak 'n Shake!

    Bring home the burger and shake, baby!​What may very well be the greatest of all American burger chains is coming to Denver. Well, not Denver, exactly, but close enough. And, no, it's not In-N-Out, although that, too, will come to Denver at some point in our lifetime. But not yet. Instead, we ... 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

    November 29, 2010

    Irvin Kershner's ten best films: RoboCop2 and Star Wars among them

    Image via towerofyouth.orgIrv Kershner​Rest in peace, Irvin Kershner, you director of RoboCop 2 and some film called The Empire Strikes Back. Born in 1923, he died over the weekend at the age of 87 and left behind an oeuvre of great filmmaking -- including no small number of sequels. So it ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    James Franco portrays Allen Ginsberg and Aron Ralston, giving him some Colorado cred

    ​Next month, actor James Franco stars in Danny Boyle's 127 Hours, a movie that chronicles the grim hours Aron Ralston spent pinned beneath a rock, an experience that provoked the Colorado climber to use one of his arms to cut off the other. But first you can catch Franco in another movie that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Pavement's Bob Nastanovich on reunion tours, the Fall and dealing with inner-band conflicts

    Tarina Westlund​Pavement is among the most influential rock bands of the '90s, despite not quite becoming a household name, and you can hear the band's influence in virtually all underground rock since then, from the slightly off-center rhythms, the jagged but melodic guitar riffs and the fasc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 1, 2010

    We Are the World

    Tarina Westlund​Pavement is among the most influential rock bands of the '90s, despite not quite becoming a household name, and you can hear the band's influence in virtually all underground rock since then, from the slightly off-center rhythms, the jagged but melodic guitar riffs and the fasc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Top 10 creepy movie bunnies, in case you want to ruin Easter

    Donnie Darko​Easter isn't a holiday that's rife with media and art devoted to it. There are few TV specials of which to speak. Save for Christian rock stations, no radio stations devote 24 hour coverage to Easter songs (which would pretty much amount to replaying "Easter Bonnet" and "Peter Cot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Sita Sings the Blues brings personal eccentricities to animation

    An image from Nina Paley's "Sita Sings the Blues." Full-length animated films have traditionally been very expensive to make, requiring teams of artists working over a long period of time. As a result, the medium's became the near-exclusive province of powerful studios with deep pockets but a box-o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Q&A with Aisha Tyler

    Aisha Tyler suits up. Aisha Tyler may not be the complete package, but she comes a helluva closer than the average human. The Dartmouth grad's appeared in recurring roles on some of television's biggest hits, including Friends and 24, hosted Talk Soup back when that meant something, appeared in fil ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 26, 2009

    The Whole World's Watching

    Get some perspective in Boulder this week.

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2008

    Roger Ebert Will Be Sticking His Thumb Elsewhere

    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 >>

  • Film

    December 27, 2007

    The Way He Lives Now

    As his fourth film in a decade arrives in theaters, the movies' most enigmatic leading man reveals the method behind his on-screen madness.

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2007

    Delegating Denver #17 of 56: Illinois

    As his fourth film in a decade arrives in theaters, the movies' most enigmatic leading man reveals the method behind his on-screen madness.

  • Film

    November 1, 2007

    Sleuth

    There’s better home and garden, but not much else, in Kenneth Branagh's Sleuth remake.

  • Home Entertainment

    August 30, 2007

    Persona Grata

    Meet the last great RPG for PlayStation 2.

  • Home Entertainment

    September 28, 2006

    Camel Light

    Meet the last great RPG for PlayStation 2.

  • Film

    September 21, 2006

    Run Lola Run

    University of Colorado’s International Film Series

  • Home Entertainment

    June 15, 2006

    Bring in the Trash

    University of Colorado’s International Film Series

  • Film

    March 16, 2006

    Sword of Doom and Samurai Rebellion

    University of Colorado International Film Series

  • Music

    December 8, 2005

    Various Artists

    In the Mix: Music From the Motion Picture (J Records/Lion's Gate Films)

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2005

    A Doc in the House

    DocuWeek gives viewers a glimpse of rare films.

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    DocuWeek gives viewers a glimpse of rare films.

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    DocuWeek gives viewers a glimpse of rare films.

  • Film

    April 15, 2004

    Flick Pick

    Shoah

  • Calendar

    April 1, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Shoah

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2003

    Free For All

    Highlighting the week's greatest gratis event

  • Dining

    November 7, 2002

    Consumed

    Who's Your Daddy?

  • News

    June 13, 2002

    Hot Spots

    The media play catch-up on the state's largest-ever blaze.

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    Off Limits

    The dead school.

  • News

    September 21, 2000

    Two of a Kind

    You can tell the difference between the Post and the News -- but you've got to look awfully close.

  • News

    October 29, 1998

    Off Limits

    You can tell the difference between the Post and the News -- but you've got to look awfully close.

  • Calendar

    April 2, 1998

    World Turning

    You can tell the difference between the Post and the News -- but you've got to look awfully close.

  • News

    December 19, 1996

    Off Limits

    You can tell the difference between the Post and the News -- but you've got to look awfully close.

  • News

    February 14, 1996

    OFF LIMITS

    You can tell the difference between the Post and the News -- but you've got to look awfully close.

  • News

    February 2, 1994

    LETTERS

    You can tell the difference between the Post and the News -- but you've got to look awfully close.

  • News

    January 26, 1994

    THE END OF THE AFFAIR

    BOULDER'S BIGGEST TALK SHOW OUTLASTED MCCARTHY, THE SIXTIES AND ANGRY FEMINISTS. BUT CAN IT SURVIVE HOWARD HIGMAN?HOWARD'S END THE PARTY'S OVER FOR CU'S CONFERENCE ON WORLD AFFAIRS--AND ITS EMBATTLED FOUNDER.

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