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Anthony Jeselnik celebrates baby-death, bulimia and domestic violence at DU

The appearance of sociopathic dreamboat Anthony Jeselnik at the University of Denver's Newman Center Saturday was filled with unthinkable rape jokes and reverse-pandering to the backward-hat bros and "Woo!" women who populate the college campus. Despite the fact that nearly half his set was recycled ... More >>

Believe it: Netflix does TV right

What you need to know from Sundance 2013

Bold, impassioned, ecstatically beautiful, Shane Carruth's Upstream Color -- a lyric reverie on loss, love, and various invasions of the body -- was in a class by itself at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Well, let's say it was a class shared by a more conventional but no less heady consideration o ... More >>

Sundance 2013: America's black indie film renaissance

You could hear a pin drop during the first Sundance screening of writer-director Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale, an enormously powerful and moving debut feature based on the shooting death of 22-year-old Oscar Grant by Oakland transit police in the early hours of New Year's Day, 2009. Coogler opens the fi ... More >>

Stacie Passon's superb Concussion is why we have a Sundance in the first place

Sometimes, one film in a festival lineup can help to reveal another in sharper relief. To wit, one of the loveliest entries in Sundance 2013's U.S. Dramatic Competition, James Ponsoldt's deeply felt coming-of-age drama The Spectacular Now, looked even better after the premiere of The Way Way Back, a ... More >>

Sundance 2013: Sex with James Franco, sultry Scarlett Johansson and more

By Scott Foundas In his brief remarks before the first public screening of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Robert Redford praised the Sundance Institute's ongoing filmmaker development labs as "our core," noting that the festival itself was conceived "to create an audience for the filmmakers in ou ... More >>

Ten effective ways to fake an orgasm (NSFW)

I love that we live in a country that's sexually open enough -- not as much as some European countries, but that's another list for another time -- to allow for public education on how to have and give orgasms. Denverites, you have an upcoming class available at Anythink Library Wright Farms: The ap ... More >>

Hitchcock takes on old-world Hollywood with a reality-TV influence

Superhero supergroup flick The Avengers lacks character development

Video: CU Buffs upset UNLV, set their sights on Baylor Bears

Earlier this week, we asked if the CU Buffs and the CSU Rams could get past their first matchups in the annual NCAA men's basketball tournament. In the case of the Buffs, the answer was a sometimes resounding, sometimes nerve-racking but ultimately thrilling "yes" via a 68-64 victory over highly tou ... More >>

CU Buffs and CSU Rams: Can teams get past March Madness first round?

In the past, the annual naming of teams chosen to participate in the NCAA men's basketball tournament has been the equivalent of famine in these parts. And while getting two teams into the field may not qualify as a feast, it's definitely a wonderful change of pace. Now comes the next question: Do t ... More >>

We Bought a Zoo isn't for cynics; it's a sweet, affable kids' movie

Ten topical Halloween costumes to avoid this year

Just go as a beer.​If only because when you look back at the photos ten years from now, you may slap your palm to your face and think, "Did I really dress as the physical representation of WikiLeaks?!" And how many people did you see dressed as Zach Galifianakis's "Alan" from The Hangover duri ... More >>

UNC's Devon Beitzel gets his Jimmer Fredette on, but it's not enough vs. San Diego State

Devon Beitzel.​There were a slew of bracket-busting upsets on the real day one of the NCAA men's basketball tournament -- damn you, Louisville! -- but the University of Northern Colorado Bears weren't part of one. UNC fell to San Diego State 68-50 in their first Big Dance foray. But through tw ... More >>

CU snubbed: Buffs are Scarlett Johansson to UAB's Roseanne, says Dick Vitale (VIDEO)

Relphorde.​Last week, we used the term "lock" in our post about the CU Buffs' Big Dance chances after beating Kansas State in the Big 12 tournament, -- and we weren't the only ones certain that was true. But no: Marcus Relphorde and the rest of the squad were snubbed by the selection committee ... More >>

Oscars 2011: Live-blogging the self-congratulatory golden phallus ceremonies

They've been doing this for EIGHTY-THREE years?!?​ There are a lot of things more important than watching and liveblogging the 2011 Academy Awards - but none of them are things we have to do today. Look for our recap after the show!

Films to watch for in 2011

The MTV Movie Awards were last night, but who cares?

While you were out enjoying the lovely weather last night, MTV aired its 19th annual Movie Award show. The broadcast featured such thought provoking awards as "Most WTF Moment" and "Best Villain." We're pretty certain the MTV Movie Awards haven't actually mattered to anyone for the better part of ... More >>

Congressman Jared Polis wants kids to have healthy lunch options

No Lunchables would be found in this congressman's childhood lunchbox.​No tater tots or fruit cocktail were harmed in the upbringing of Congressman Jared Polis. No Cheetos or Little Debbie snack cakes either for that matter. In fact, Colorado's second district congressman says he brought hi ... More >>

Iron Man 2 will lead to 3 and probably 4, but that doesn't mean it's good

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of December 1, 2009

​As music critics -- and people who generally think about, talk about, listen to and make music -- the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to right now?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation. For t ... More >>

The food at this theater sucks worse than a Woody Allen movie

The Young Man's Dream

Woody Allen is back from his European vacation. Next, he directs Larry David in NYC and Puccini for L.A. Opera.

Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson join forces (and more!) in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Kanye West, N.E.R.D. and Wyclef Jean Reportedly Slated for DNC Events

Mini Reviews

Summer Movie Preview

The season of big budget bangs uses its brain.

Milking It: Dino S'mores Pebbles

45 Second Reviews: The Cool Kids, Scarlett Johansson, The Myriad, The Ting Tings

The Other Boleyn Girl

Sibling rivalry in all its royal glory in Boleyn Girl.

Auto Erotica

Car lovers find a new flame in Burnout Paradise.

Cassandra's Dream

It’s more of the same in Woody Allen’s latest film.

The Nanny Diaries

Life as a young, hot, white, educated nanny in the city sure is a drag.

Gorbachev is the New Face of Vuitton

A Very Special Cat's Pajamas Challenge

A Very Special Cat's Pajamas Challenge

Voice of Reason

Juices Flowing

Welcome to the Grand Illusion

Memento's director plumbs the depths of magic and loss.

French Confection

Sofia Coppola pays opulent tribute to the innocent boredom of a teen queen.

Ghost World

True-crime noir goes searching for Hollywood's heart of darkness.

London Fog

Woody Allen's second straight English excursion is a failed return to comedy.

Double Fault

Woody Allen's Match Point can't return a serve.

Send in the Clones

Michael Bay's up to his old tricks -- now older than ever.

Channel Zero

On his tour, Sage Francis flips Clear Channel the bird.

Painting by Numbers

A picture may say 1,000 words, but this film says considerably less.

A Black and White Delight

The Coen Brothers get tongue-in-cheeky in The Man Who Wasn't There.

The Bitch of Kitsch

Terry Zwigoff and Daniel Clowes trap us with a raptor in Ghost World.

Lame Horse

Unwanted: Dead or Alive