The Alamo Drafthouse is putting a spin on its popular Baby Day shows by introducing Alamo for All, screenings that not only accommodate young families, but families and guests with special needs who are not able to appreciate a typical movie presentation. Not that any movie screenings here are typical…
At what point do we stop looking at a show like Black Mirror as a sign of things to come and start acknowledging it as a reflection of where we already are? All the Terminators and 2001s in the world couldn’t prevent us from lusting after self-driving cars, asking Siri…
When she was four years old, my friend’s daughter Joy was probing one of the most profound mysteries of the universe. A passionate pursuer of justice and mercy even at that young age, she was sitting on the pot and interrogating her mother about the world. Why, given a caring…
Again this year, Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest — including many flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Today he spotlights the opening-night feature, La La Land, and offers a preview…
A wall of white and black hats. Terrifying darkness. A woman staggering through a medical facility with her guts ripped open. And always, in the background: the player piano ticking along according to its programming, playing modern-day ballads to the denizens of a future world. Welcome to Westworld, a slick…
Boo! A Madea Halloween was the number-one movie the weekend it was released, baffling Hollywood once again and making the Hotep crowd pissed that a movie starring a black guy in a dress made more money than alleged rapist Nate Parker’s still-struggling The Birth of a Nation. (Meanwhile, these woke…
I’m not afraid to admit that I get a kick out of Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon thrillers. Yes, they’re indifferently plotted and predictably written. But I’m a sucker for ludicrous, centuries-spanning conspiracies and indulgent faux-gnosticism. The books serve, if nothing else, as gripping tours through art-world apocrypha, and Brown’s know-it-all…
Netflix’s The Crown, a drama series about the life and times of Queen Elizabeth II, is the kind of sumptuous but tasteful British royals porn you’d expect from Ye Olde Masterpiece Theatre, not from the streaming giant that gave us BoJack Horseman and Stranger Things. A $130 million joint American/British…
The Ten Best Film Events in Denver in November
Aside from when I was a baby in New Jersey and two years in Ohio for grad school, Denver has always been my home. But a home is a different thing from a community: You can have many communities, and in the age of the internet those communities can be…
Tom Papa is a comedian and character actor known for his polished, besuited stage presence and wry observations about modern life and his family. After being discovered by Jerry Seinfeld in 1993, Papa traveled the world as the sitcom star’s preferred feature act; Seinfeld then tapped him to host NBC’s The…
#52: Sarah Fukami Colorado born and bred, printmaker and current RedLine resident Sarah Fukami creates work that’s deeply rooted in her Japanese family’s internment during WWII and issues around her cultural heritage. Fukami layers her mixed-media historical references on Plexiglas panels, relating stories of figures both notable and anonymous, bringing…
I recently read an interview with the brilliant writer and art critic John Berger, now ninety years old, in which Kate Kellaway quotes Berger’s Ways of Seeing: “The secret of reading aloud well, he says…is ‘refusing to look ahead, to be in the moment.’ And he says that a story…
Need some quick inspiration for your Halloween costume? Take a look at the amazing outfits — some naughty, some nice — that photographer Aaron Thackeray captured this weekend, then see the complete party slide shows. Trick or treat! Fanastic Menagerie Halloween Party Brings Out Creatures of All Kinds The Beautiful…
In the boldest costume choice ever donned by an NFL cheerleader on the weekend of Halloween, Romi Bean displaced all cheerleader and T-Rex-with-short-arms stereotypes as she performed her routine flawlessly in a giant T-Rex costume during the Broncos-Chargers game on October 30.
The 39th Denver Film Festival starts on November 2, and as one more lure for moviegoers, the Denver Film Society has announced that in addition to showing over 200 films, the eleven-day festival will welcome more than 130 talented guests, with some special stars pulled aside for award recognition. DFS had…
Don’t party too hearty on Halloween night, because there are plenty of free events that will get your November off to a great start even before Denver Arts Week kicks off on Friday, November 4. You can relax in nature, get the scoop from a brilliant mind, and pay tribute…
The question on my mind as I prepared for the Stanley Hotel’s annual Shining Ball: Is my costume good enough? Every October, the iconic hotel in Estes Park, which is the focus of Westword’s current cover story, “Shine On,” hosts one of Colorado’s most exclusive Halloween parties. It makes sense…
In October, Denver’s events calendar fills with events celebrating Halloween and Día de los Muertos, including the show that opened at the Chicano Humanities & Arts Council gallery Friday night (it continues through October 28). But a few readers think party-goers need to understand the difference between the two holidays. Says Mary: Días…
This Halloween weekend is full of activities — some adult, some very family-friendly. Want to be sure the events you choose are a treat, not a trick? Keep reading for links to some of our best ghoulish guides. (Fair warning: The listed items are in chronological order, and some ended…
Michael Moore has mellowed — and mostly stopped playing dumb. His new film, a present-tense rah-rah-Hillary insta-job put together on the schedule of an episode of South Park, seems from its title to promise the provocations of his early work, another round of the prankish lefty everyschlub wandering a red…
It’s a big party weekend and the options are endless — some scary, some merry, and with plenty of tricks and treats for everyone. Here are our ten favorite events (none of which cost more than $10); for more fun, check the Westword calendar. Dia de los Muertos Larimer Square…
