Entertainment
A fun, fierce and frivolous political act
Tuesday, Oct. 13 marks the halfway point for TCM’s Women Make Film series — easily the cinematic highlight of 2020 — and the premiere...
An indecisive mash-up
I take notes as I watch films so that I can remember salient plot points, great effects, and idiotic story twists. During The Other Guys, I wrote down “buddy cop film from hell.” That might well sum up the weird mash-up that is The Other Guys, a movie that can’t ...
Art reflecting Ebert
The Chicago Sun-Times obituary by Neil Steinberg couldn’t have said it better: “Roger Ebert loved movies.” Considering that he reviewed thousands upon thousands of them, it was a good thing. From 1967 to his death in 2013, Ebert was the film critic for the Chicago ...
Going gaga for Kojo
Writer/director Blitz Bazawule’s first feature-length film feels exactly like someone telling you about a dream they had. Only you’re actually interested in it, and...
In lieu of a theatrical experience: Summer edition
This was the weekend we were waiting for: A return to movie theaters in the time of coronavirus. Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster, Tenet, was...
The Dead shall rise
Not that we knew it at the time, but we’re pretty sure the weirdly twice-echoed staccato stomp of “Ants Marching” we heard from our...
What has four legs and rocks?
John Elway walks into a bar. The bartender asks, “Why the long face?” No wait. I mean, a horse walks into a bar, and the bartender asks, “What’ll you have, Mr. Elway?” Nope, that’s still not it. Let’s see. Sarah Jessica Parker walks into a bar, and the bartender says...
Dave Mason is feelin’ … pretty good
There aren’t many artists of Dave Mason’s vintage who can escape being defined by their past, and for most them — rockers who came...
Whether The Storm
surf churns with ever sharpened howling windparallel waves crashing and screaming rainlike tiny honed ice crystal blade cut thick skinwhile storm on rise at...
Pro Musica Colorado offers four seasons
The Colorado Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra will perform Philip Glass’ Violin Concerto No. 2: “The American Four Seasons,” but don’t ask which season each movement represents...
