An image from Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell.
The ongoing Denver Film Festival features a great many cinematic attention magnets, several of which have been covered in this space. (Examples include "The Brothers Bloom Flowers to Open the Denver Film Festival," "Grappling with The Wrestler at the Denver Film Festival," "Slumdog Millionaire Makes for a Big Night at the Denver Film Festival" and "The Class Act at the Denver Film Festival.") But there are dozens of other entries
Jonathan RichmanWednesday, July 1, 2009Lion's LairBetter than: Seeing an energetic and earnest singer/songwriter play at the Bluebird or the Fillmore.
It seemed perfectly appropriate that Jonathan Richman opted to
perform in the cramped confines of the Lion's Lair. The bar's small
scope and understated feel served as a perfect complement to Richman's
immediate and intimate style, an approach that depends largely on
engaging an audience with contagious energy and minimal
instrumentation. On Wedne
