Colorado Ballet’s Dana Benton reviews “First Position”
She stands before a mirror, the night before her debut as Odette/Odile in Swan Lake; manic thoughts punctured by a sickening feeling in her gut – what’s that? Sprouting feathers! Nah, it’s probably just some down from her favorite sweater. For those of you who were intrigued by the film Black Swan, the documentary First...
Mountainfilm Film Festival
With Memorial Day’s official declaration that the brighter season has begun, it is time for Coloradans to abide by the holy summer trinity: culture, the outdoors and road trips. The unchallenged way to get all three is to head South. Set in the cinematic town of Telluride, Mountainfilm Film Festival has offered 303 excursionists an...
The Reel Deal: Vail Film Festival
Widely considered one of the best destination film festivals around, the 9th Annual Vail Film Festival(VFF) opened last night at the luxurious Sebastian Hotel, Solaris Plaza and Cinebistro, and Vail Mountain School with a mix of street beats, shorts, and savage wit. On center stage was The Eye of the Storm, a devilishly dark look...
The Reel Deal: 2012 Oscars
SILENCE IS GOLDEN The 84th Academy Awards will be presented live at the Kodak Theatre on Sunday, February 26th, but not without a tinge of controversy. As you may recall, in November, the Academy was left in a mad scramble to cast a new team when former producer, Brett Ratner, resigned after discussing his sex...
The Reel Deal: 8th Annual Boulder International Film Festival
The Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) has quietly emerged as one of the ‘coolest film festivals in the world.’ Celebrating the spirit of Independent Film for the last 8 years, the BIFF annually pays tribute to films and filmmakers from around the world with screenings, parties, workshops, red carpet premieres, and many star sightings like...
Moving Pictures: Pretty Lights, Camera, Action
Derek Vincent Smith, Pretty Lights by night, has already conquered the concert industry with his new music distribution model and sophisticated visual spectacle. Will the film world be next? Re:Generation, a Grammy-backed documentary that sees limited release starting today, features Colorado hero Smith, along with Skrillex, the surviving Doors, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, LeAnn Rimes,...
The Reel Deal: 2012 Movie Preview
So far, the 2012 movie cycle is off to a fairly predictable start as Hollywood waits to crown its Best Picture for 2011 at the Oscars (Sunday, February 26th) while simultaneously, rolling out many unsavory leftovers to fill the void before spring. Among them, One for the Money, The Vow, Underworld Awakening, Red Tails, Loosies,...
Sundance Spy: Day 4
Please forgive my mid-festival hiatus…the Sundance shenanigans are nonstop. I’m back in blogging action and day four in Park City was just my type of “Sunday Funday.” After mingling with industry types and patrons the night before at the official “Late Night Lounge Hosted by Sundance London,” I missed the early morning premiere of Madrid,...
Sundance Spy: Day 3
It’s a good thing we were snowed in today since we called it a night around 4:30 a.m. and needed some serious R&R. The exclusive late night after-party of Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie at the Blue Iguana was filled with Sundance shenanigans with open bar, loud beats, and cameos by Parks & Recreation’s...
Sundance Spy: Day 2
6:30 a.m. was way too early for our iPhone alarms to go off this morning. But, catching the premiere of Your Sister’s Sister was well worth the lack of sleep. The sold out film was at the top of our list and we were sadly sans tickets. Luckily, there’s still a way to get a...
