The first wave of frightful programming has just been announced for 2016’s sole local horror film festival survivor, the Telluride Horror Show, which takes place October 14 through 16. And it’s a bloody array of gems just waiting to be mined in the eerie mountain town. “Our first batch represents…
Tickets and VIP passes are now on sale for the third annual CineLatino Film Festival, which lights up the Sie FilmCenter September 22 through 25. And this year looks to be the most vibrant yet. Since its debut in 2014, CineLatino has quickly become the most inclusive Latino film series in…
In week three of the Ultimate Queen All-Stars competition at Tracks, the seven remaining contestants were challenged to present a tribute to their favorite “Idols,” with the most unique celebrity tribute winning its creator queen of the night. The contest’s judges — Mariah Spanic, Felony Misdemeanor and Victoria Sexton -…
Week two of the Ultimate Queen All-Stars competition at Tracks was dripping with imagination, as the challenge for September 1 called for all eight competitors to come in their best “fantasy” look — which usually means prosthesis, extreme makeup and and even more glitter than normal. Taking top honors this…
Here it comes, the crisp chill of September, when shorts during the day give way to hoodies and pants at night. The air conditioning in your local movie house will be turned off, and a warm bucket of popcorn will keep your fingers toasty and buttery. In no time at…
The Ultimate Queen All-Stars competition kicked off with a bang last Thursday., when a hefty crowd filled Tracks nightclub for the premier episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars Season Two – which upped the ante on its drag drama with a show full of more twists and turns than a…
Everybody’s favorite four-seat, mobile, musical movie house — Davey B. Gravey’s Tiny Cinema — has been zipping around Colorado this summer, delighting handfuls of moviegoers one little 8mm film at a time. And now, just as the sun begins to set on summer, the Cinema will bring its magic to…
Just in time for the season premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars Season 2, gay hotspot Tracks has selected the best of its Ultimate Queen Competition for Denver’s own All-Stars battle, which kicks off on Thursday, August 25, with a wig and a prayer. Over the years, seven scrappy divas…
Visibility of the LGBTQ community in new media and pop culture continues to rise, and adding to it is the new web series Her Story. The trans-forward series is getting an in-depth presentation, complete with its creators and talent, and courtesy of the GLBT Community Center of Colorado and the Sie FilmCenter,…
You can hear the barking of the dog days of summer as we move through August, and fans of Adult Swim — the Cartoon Network’s popular late-night block of edgier animated fare — have a big date to mark on their calendars: On September 10, the Adult Swim Drive-In is…
The Colorado Anime Film Festival, a new collaboration between the Alamo Drafthouse and the Colorado Anime Festival, will run September 9 through September 11 at the Alamo. The first festival of its kind in Colorado will kick off with a to-be-determined big title; ten more films, special guests and a series…
August is here, marking the start of the long stretch between the summer and holiday movie seasons. To fill the gaps, local film programmers are getting in gear to roll out special acquisitions, programs and guest stars that will keep the movie-watching machine well-oiled and running smoothly. Here, in chronological…
Director Rachel Talalay will descend upon the Alamo Drafthouse Friday to share and discuss her 1995 cult gem Tank Girl with an audience that will fill up on her memories and a special three-course dinner from Alamo executive chef Seth Rexroad. Talalay, a mainstay in John Waters’s ’80s staples and the Nightmare…
Popular LGBTQ-friendly burger chain Hamburger Mary’s is coming back to Uptown this August, a mere seven blocks away from its former home, the recently rebranded M Uptown. Is East 17th Avenue heading for a gay grill showdown? The new Mile High Hamburger Mary’s is putting a gay-friendly sports bar concept into…
Summer and summer movie events are as hot as Georgia asphalt right now. This week the eighth annual CinemaQ Film Festival returns to the Sie FilmCenter to show an array of scorching titles that illustrate and illuminate a snapshot of the current LGBTQ community. Full disclosure: In 2006, as programming…
What did you want to be when you grew up? Many people focus on just one thing, but Roseanne Barr had many goals — and she worked hard to achieve them all. From standup comedy to creating one of the most iconic network television shows ever — Roseanne, which ran from…
June has come and gone, and with it, gay pride month, but the reverberations of the tragic mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12 — which took the lives of 49 and wounded 53, all from the Latinx and LGBTQ communities — continue to move…
Hot dogs, hamburgers, fireworks and heat will always stamp our memories of summer, but it may be those moments we spend inside the refuge of our favorite movie theaters — scientifically cooled by refrigeration — that leave our minds and imaginations racing like a kid headed toward a water slide…
The Alamo Drafthouse is flying high this summer, with a new partnership with Denver International Airport calling for Alamo to produce a free, four-film-series this year, Film on the Fly, which will show off the new open-air plaza that connects the iconic Jeppesen Terminal with the Westin Denver International Airport. The series…
Last Sunday’s senseless mass shooting at Pulse, an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Florida, left an immediate and indelible scar on the global gay community, an injury made graver by the fact that it occurred in June, the month when gay pride is celebrated the world over. Here in Denver, we’re…
In Diva Watch, we profile the passionate, diverse and fascinating performers who light up Denver’s drag community, expanding on our Diva Dozen list from 2015 and our new Freshest Faces list for 2016 by asking different queens — from established to ingénue — questions that take a peek beneath the…
He floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee. He was so mean he made medicine sick. He’s the only person to ever beat Superman. The death June 3 of boxer Muhammad Ali from Parkinson’s-related complications left another hole in this death-speckled year. To pay tribute to the man,…
