Entertainment

Puttin’ on the ritz

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Horror movies are wondrous things. With a horror movie, one can confront their deepest darkest fears and survive them. The rush of adrenaline at the sight of danger gives way to the sigh of relief and chuckle of amusement when that danger is revealed to be harmless. ...

Truth to power

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Despite the progress won by LGBTQ advocates in recent decades, it’s a dangerous time to be a trans person in America. This year alone,...

Danny Shafer: Keeping it simple

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Penning ambiguous lyrics seems to have become a trend among many of today’s respected artists. So that’s why when an artist like Danny Shafer builds a successful career — even if it’s locally — on well-written simplicity, it feels like a refreshing change of pace...

‘Hockney’ takes a look inside the mind of a painter

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I’m interested in ways of looking, and trying to think of it in simple ways,” David Hockney says. “Everybody does look, it’s a question...

Just give a damn

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In 2012, the world shook with the news that Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old unarmed African American boy, was shot and killed. He wasn’t the...

Dark spaces

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Stacey Steers’ films are far from straightforward. She uses collage to stitch together found imagery like Victorian illustrations and silent movie heroines to create...

Expanding the definition

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In his 1969 book, Custer Died For Your Sins, Lakota activist and scholar Vine Delorian Jr. wrote, “One of the best ways to understand...

Just an old-fashioned love song

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"Your wife’s got that gorgeous glow that comes with your first marriage,” a party guest quips to the oblivious husband. Yes, his face says...

In memoriam: Mary K. (Polly) Addison (1935-2021)

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Polly Addison, local artist, CU Boulder alumna and namesake of one of the Dairy Art Center’s galleries, died on Jan. 11.  Addison was involved with...

The stars are aligned

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Early on in the documentary 100 Years, the audience is introduced to Dorothy Wilson, a member of the Navajo tribe. Wilson lives in a...

Lightning crashes

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Lifelong musician and lyricist Jake Downey sat down next to Lauren Tyler at a party two years ago, guitar in hand, working through a...

Home Viewing: ‘Homeland of Electricity’

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On Tuesday, Oct. 20, TCM’s Women Make Film series continues with episode eight of Mark Cousins’ docuseries Women Make Film: A New Road Film...