The big breakthrough in Legend, the latest well-crafted studio throwback from writer-director Brian Helgeland? Here, at long last, is a movie with two often incomprehensible Tom Hardy characters, sometimes muttering their Cockney curses at each other inside the same scene. Hardy plays twins, real-life gangsters who ruled London’s East End…
The heads of the City Dionysia, the Grecian playwriting competition that pitted Aeschylus against Sophocles and can be considered the original Oscars, had a rule: no original characters. Instead, the best creative minds of a generation — or, really, a millennium — exhausted themselves finding new spins on, say, Medea…
Maybe Cars and the Hot Wheels-ification of Pixar has been a good thing. Now that the storied studio has, like its rivals, puked onto our screens indifferent kid-distracting junk, its new movies come un-freighted with expectations of genius. Miserable as it was, Planes: Fire and Rescue (from corporate parent Disney…
Recent snow storms brought more than a foot of snow to Vail last week, which meant that opening day on Friday, November 20, was a powder day. Nice way to start the season. Vail kicked things off with 1,150 acres of open terrain, and celebrated the new six-passenger Avanti Express…
It’s holiday-shopping season, whether you’re ready for it or not. Fortunately, there are still places where you can avoid commercialization and proudly shop local for one-of-a-kind items, vintage finds and small-batch yummies. Get a headstart on your gift-buying at these November markets and open houses, presented in chronological order. 11) Paris…
This is a short work week, but it’s long on fun — and there are some fantastic ways to kill time without spending a dime. Check out far-out art, dig deep into addiction and get real silly at a comedy show. Drop us a comment if you know of any…
Street art beautifies Denver in a significant way, taking some of our city’s ugliest spaces — including problem graffiti walls — and transforming them into public art galleries that are respected and revered by the community. Although the street-art season will come to an end with the colder weather, the scene is…
Purgatory opens Saturday, November 21, for its fiftieth anniversary season, and the ski area is planning to have a party. There will be lawn games on the beach, plus drink specials and a DJ on the Purgy’s patio. There will also be giveaways and prizes. First chair is at 9 a.m.;…
Weird imagination and the artistic process are the focus of shows opening around the metro area this week, from Donald Fodness’s cuckoo-clock installation at BMoCA to Access Gallery’s showcase for a young artist going big. Here’s where you can get your fill of adventurous art before the holidays hit. Donald…
You can read about every Colorado ski resort in the Edge, our winter sports guide, as we roll it out online. Each description lays out what’s new, what the signature experience is, what to splurge on, how to go cheap and, of course, what to drink. Now, head for the…
Denver isn’t the only city that’s looking good. On the streets of Chicago, we ran into Forever 21 visual merchandiser Lonye White. She works at the Forever 21 store on Michigan Avenue in the Windy City, and she was sporting some serious style: burgundy socks and black leather combat boots,…
When the stunning History Colorado Center was unveiled three years ago, visitors marveled at the architecture, the atrium floor inlaid with a map of Colorado that told stories about the state. But history fans had one big question: Where’s all the stuff? History Colorado — which got its start as…
Marvel’s Jessica Jones is smart, surprising and occasionally terrifying, a human tale of trauma and healing in a superhero vein. Its first episodes have more (unexploitative) sex scenes than battles, more shrugs and eye rolls than mighty kapows. But it’s not the shock or novelty that gives it resonance. Jessica…
Peyton Manning’s taking a sick day this Sunday, so maybe he’ll come out and have a good time at one of these events with us. This weekend, there’s lots of places to practice your rhythm and kick off the holiday cheer — plus there’s chili to eat. See what else…
Steamboat Ski Resort plans to open a few days early, on Saturday, November 21, thanks to healthy dose of new snow from recent storms. The resort will stay open on Sunday, November 22, as well before closing for a few days and reopening on Wednesday, November 25. This is the…
After World War II, downtown Denver started to decay, and movie palaces disappeared. The Curtis Street pleasure row came down, and the grand old houses that remained turned into adult-film showrooms, places that sold beer, too, dark and dangerous and filled with stink. (The tradition of dirty movies downtown is old…
Point Gallery focuses on contemporary representational imagery, as with the pair of exhibits on view there now. In the front spaces is Michael J. Dowling: Forgotten Scoundrels, which comprises drawings and paintings of people and animals. Dowling, who grew up in Colorado, studied with Amy Metier and John Hull here…
#2: Sam Tallent Denver comic Sam Tallent, an off-the-cuff kingpin of the local comedy scene and a member of the Fine Gentleman’s Club, probably exited the womb cracking wise. When he’s not on the road, he frequents several stages — tag-teaming with the Fine Gents at Deer Pile’s Too Much…
Some combinations, like peanut butter and chocolate, are self-evident. No one needs to tell you those two are going to work great together; it’s obvious if you’ve tried them both. Others, like chicken and waffles, are a little weirder, but just as great once you try them. Paul Verhoeven’s 1997…
The Mexican is in town! Gustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican, will be at Su Teatro tonight, where he’ll answer your questions, sign copies of Taco USA and offer a sneak peek at his collaboration with producer Seth McFarlane, Bordertown, an animated series that will debut on Fox in January…
It’s cold outside, but plans are heating up for Artopia 2016 — and our presale on tickets ends tonight! This is the best deal on tickets you’ll find, so get yours now and then join us on Saturday, February 20, at Artopia 2016 — a night of art, culture and…
There are ghosts on the grid. The new owners of what was once the Webber movie theater at 119 South Broadway recently applied for a certificate of non-historic status — a first step toward allowing the building to be demolished. Losing landmarks is nothing new in Denver; waves of development…
