Entertainment
Bergman at 100
“ilm is the great adventure — the costly, exacting mistress.” —Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman’s legacy in the annals of cinematic history is secure. With over...
War, hot and cold, in ‘Underground’
Not every movie survives the baptism of time. Even award winners and those end-of-the-year Top Ten movies become buried under years of obsolescence. Which...
Locally-sourced cinema
Culture is homegrown in Boulder County — from breweries to art. In her latest documentary, Colorado Hopped — Bine to Brew, Longmont filmmaker Barbara Hau paired the two...
Never gonna be president now
A fitting fable: Scorpion asked Frog if he would carry him across the river. Frog, afraid of being stung by Scorpion, hesitated.
“Never fear,” Scorpion...
Keep the lights on
It always begins with light. Be it an ancient myth or a modern movie, light carves away the darkness and gives form and shape...
White people nearly died
The 2004 tsunami that struck Eastern Asia was the sixth deadliest “act of God” in recorded history and quieted just fewer than 300,000 lives. The first major motion picture to tackle the subject, The Impossible, is about a group of white folks who get injured and ...
‘This great stage’
With this summer’s premiere of King Lear, the 66th season of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (CSF) has reached a new high. That’s thanks in...
From flood to film
Lyons has a new man in town and he’s starting up a film festival. That man is Jake Fink. Fink spent 15 years as a journeyman on film sets, starting out as a production assistant in New York City, before moving on to work for the NHL. A project on alien abduction got ...
The passions of Bach
Bach’s St. John Passion is a dramatic musical work that tells the story of Jesus’ betrayal and crucifixion...
Aaron McGruder’s Adult Swim cartoon ‘Boondocks’ lampoons Tyler Perry
LOS ANGELES — Aaron McGruder of "The Boondocks" and Tyler Perry...
