Entertainment
Changing the face of cinema
Remember those old movies? The ones where a couple drives down the road, only they aren’t driving, they’re sitting in a car on some studio lot. And that’s not a road behind them; it’s a rear projection of road. Looks fake doesn’t it...
Steve says, ‘Hi.’
I’m on a phone interview,” Shawn Colvin yells — away from the phone — about 10 minutes into our chat. “It’s Steve,” she explains....
‘Is it really so strange?’
The last couple years have been strange for Bartees Leon Cox Jr. After his 2020 debut album Live Forever caught fire in the early...
Turning rebellion into money
What is it about messianic men and the chaos they cause? They are almost always false prophets, yet time and time again, we fall...
‘The Sopranos,’ ‘Seinfeld’ ranked best-written shows in history
The current state of television, both drama and comedy series, has inspired some to call this a period of renaissance for television writing. The Walking Dead, Mad Men, Game of Thrones and others earn accolades for the quality of their writing...
Here’s to the ones who dream
The city of Los Angeles is home to a million stories, all of them different, many of them sad. They don’t always start out...
Comedy on stage, tragedy off
Studying fairy tales taught Mona Awad that beauty is humanity’s kryptonite.
“I’m fascinated by the shadow side of the things that we worship and hold...
What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do…
For inclusion in Boulder Weekly's round-up of events, please email Caitlin ([email protected]) with a description of the event that includes the date and time,...
The ambassadors of Mexico
At around 11 a.m. local time on Sept. 19, residents of Mexico City methodically filed out of office buildings, homes and restaurants — wherever...
Home Viewing: Melissa Tamminga on ‘Stories We Tell’
About halfway through Sarah Polley’s 2013 documentary Stories We Tell, Michael Polley turns to his daughter and asked, “What is this documentary about?”
Well, it’s...
Me and my pal Adolf
Jojo (Roman Griffin
Davis) is a good little Nazi. Jojo’s only 10 years old, but his brown shirt is
spiffy, his red arm badge is on...
The past and present collide in ‘Hell or High Water’
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hen it comes to movie genres, none are as distinctly American as the Western and Film Noir. The Western, populated by cowboys, Native Americans...

















