Movie: "Mistaken for Strangers" looks at brother's rock relationship
Tom Berninger waves while his brother Matt of the National performs. (Provided by Starz Denver Film Festival) Related Stories Nov 8:Starz Denver Film Fest leaps to stage for a night with Gene KellyNov...
View Article"American Mustang" shows ex-Coloradan's passion for wild horses
Ellie Phipps Price is the producer of "American Mustang" a documentary on wild horses that will be screened at the Denver Film Festival. "American Mustang" isn't the first vehicle to shine a light on a...
View ArticleStarz Denver Film Fest leaps to stage for a night with Gene Kelly
Patricia and Gene Kelly in 1994. (Courtesy of Patricia Ward Kelly) Related Stories Nov 8:Movie: "Mistaken for Strangers" looks at brother's rock relationshipNov 6:Eric Schlosser to attend "Hanna Ranch"...
View ArticleKirk Hanna's vision for Colorado is still possible
Kirk Hanna leads his then 5-year-old daughter Emily across a ditch as the pair ride on the family's 12,000-acre ranch south of Fountain in 1996. (Stuart Wong, Colorado Springs Gazette) Kirk Hanna was...
View ArticleThe many-hued 36th Starz Denver Film Festival readies to roll 'em
Meryl Streep, bottom, and Julia Roberts head a muscular cast in the Centerpiece gala, "August: Osage County." (Provided by the Weinstein Company) Related Stories Nov 1:Music in the air, and on screen,...
View ArticleHanna Ranch Feeds Our Soul
When it comes to movies, don't you just love great Western? I mean, who doesn't love a cowboy? Rugged individualist taking on the elements, wrangling a herd of beautiful beasts while riding on another...
View ArticleStarz Denver Film Festival heads into final weekend, guests aplenty
From left, Andy Garcia and Vera Farmiga in "At Middleton," closing night film of the 36th Starz Denver Film Festival. (Provided by Anchor Bay Films) Related Stories Nov 8:Starz Denver Film Fest leaps...
View ArticleDenver film festival puts focus on Colorado with red-carpet premiere
Kurt Tribelhorn, left, Michael Fancher and Kaitlyn Davis toast opening night of the 36th Starz Denver Film Festival on Wednesday evening during a showing of the movie "Labor Day." (Karl Gehring, The...
View ArticleEric Schlosser to attend "Hanna Ranch" world premiere
Author Eric Schlosser The sensuality of pie-making plays a come-hither role in the romantic drama "Labor Day," the opening-night film of the 11-day movie binge known as the 36th Starz Denver Film...
View ArticleMovies now showing in Colorado, 5/30/2014
Now Showing Some reviews originate at newspapers that do not award star ratings; some movies are not screened in advance for critics. Ratings range from zero to four stars. OPENING THIS WEEKEND "A...
View ArticleBox Elder Creek: The latest battlefield in the natural resources war
Bill Coyle, who has a large farm in Watkins, is worried about a plan to drill four wells to provide water for oil and gas fracking along Box Elder Creek. "It will have an impact on the well, and it...
View ArticleBox Elder Creek: Latest battlefield in Colorado's natural resources war
Bill Coyle, who has a large farm in Watkins, is worried about a plan to drill four wells to provide water for oil and gas fracking along Box Elder Creek. "It will have an impact on the well, and it...
View ArticleStanley Film Fest returns with Joe Dante, Elijah Wood
A scene from the Stanley Film Festival's opening night movie, Alexandre O. Phillipe's "Doc of the Dead." (Provided by Stanley Film Festival) When the Stanley Film Festival kicks off April 24-27 in...
View ArticleCan The Meat Industry Help Protect Wildlife? Some Say Yes
Last week we reported on a new campaign from the Center for Biological Diversity that hopes to persuade Americans to cut back on their meat consumption. Their pitch? Eat less meat and you will help...
View ArticleRedLine artists' creativity put to work for gala
Craig Andrisen, left, John Elway and Keith Schneider. (Michael Simpson, Provided by MJSimpson Photography) Cortney Stell, left, executive director of RedLine International; RedLine founder Laura...
View Article"Contempt" closes — and opens — a very fine French film fest
Fabrice Luchini plays Serge, something of a misan-thrope, in the comedy "Bicycling With Molière." (Provided by Strand Releasing) In the heady French comedy "Bicycling With Molière," two friends agree —...
View ArticleArapahoe County hosts AgrAbility Workshop for disabled farmers and ranchers...
(Source: Arapahoe County, CO) Arapahoe County hosts AgrAbility Workshop for disabled farmers and ranchers The Colorado State University Extension office in Arapahoe County will host a free Colorado...
View Article"Pippin""Kinky Boots" to kick off Denver Center Attractions seas
When Broadway's highest honors were given out last June, "Pippin" won the Tony Award for best revival of a musical and "Kinky Boots" took the prize for best musical. The two shows amassed another eight...
View ArticleMartin Scorsese's master class in Polish cinema come to Denver
Krzysztof Zanussi's "Camouflage" opens "Martin Scorsese Presents Masterpieces of Polish Cinema." (Provided by Milestone Films) Sometimes it's best not to second-guess Martin Scorsese. So went the...
View ArticleEco-Cowboy Story 'Hanna Ranch' Set for Distribution by Gravitas Ventures
The distribution is set for what James Redford called "Shakespeare on the High Plains." Listen Productions' dramatic documentary "Hanna...
View ArticleColorado gets screen time at Tribeca Festival
Director Daniel Junge, left, will be screening "Beyond the Brick: A Lego Brickumentary," above, at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. (Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post) Consider them the...
View Article"It Speaks!" and beautifully in encore screening of "Frankenstein"
Aaron Eckhart in "I, Frankenstein," one of three very different portrayals of the tale. (Provided by Lionsgate) Who knows what strange alignment of planets has led to the three very different chances...
View ArticleColorado's flooded farmers, ranchers wait and worry as spring nears
Rancher Jon Flack feeds his cattle hay in a pasture he had to rent in Kersey, Colo. His pastures were too flooded to continue to graze his cattle on. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post) Rancher Jon...
View ArticleCzech that Film, Xicanindie film fests feature prominent guests
A scene from "Honeymoon," the latest from Czech director Jan Hrebejk, who will be at the Sie FilmCenter April 5. (Provided by Denver Film Society.) Two mini-film fests bring a couple of notable guests...
View ArticleColorado pot doc "Rolling Papers" gets its close-up at SXSW
The Denver Post's marijuana editor, Ricardo Baca, with cannibis activist Alicia Castilla, who lives outside of Montevideo, Uruguay. Baca traveled to Uruguay, hoping to talk to then-President Jose...
View ArticleDocumentary to debut about Colorado "eco-cowboy"
THE DALLES, Ore. (AP) In two weeks, Maggie Hanna of The Dalles will have some of the most painful moments of her childhood and some reflecting bravery and determination splashed across the big...
View Article>Documentary to debut about Colorado "eco-cowboy"
THE DALLES, Ore. (AP) — In two weeks, Maggie Hanna of The Dalles will have some of the most painful moments of her childhood — and some reflecting bravery and determination — splashed across the big...
View Article'Hanna Ranch' documents the battles of an 'eco-cowboy'
The documentary "Hanna Ranch" recounts the life of Kirk Hanna, heralded as the "eco-cowboy" from Colorado by author Eric Schlosser in "Fast Food Nation." Long before sustainability became an...
View Article"Hanna Ranch" tells vital and mournful tale of visionary rancher
"Hanna Ranch" is the story of Kirk Hanna's struggle to protect a once prominent way of life in Colorado. (Provided by Listen Productions) For all the ways documentary filmmaking has evolved, there...
View ArticleOscars 2014 nominee screenings in Denver: Where to catch the hard-to-find ones
You've done it again. Waited to the last minute to catch the contenders for the 86th Academy Awards. (The ceremony airs Sunday at 5 p.m. on ABC). You had your reasons: movie time spent with the kids at...
View ArticleRanchers Brace For Weed Invasion As Climate Change Takes Hold
Most climate models a bleak picture of the Great Plains a century from now as a hot region besieged by heavy rainstorms and flooding. And new studies suggest that climate change may bring farmers...
View ArticleColorado Film School to make commercials for Toyota, Oster Jewelers
The Community College of Aurora's Colorado Film School will create regional commercials this fall for Toyota and Oster Jewelers in a new commercial production class being offered to the most...
View ArticleMirr Ranch Group Sells 50,000-Acre Legacy Ranch to The Nature Conservancy
The second largest acquisition of its kind in Colorado, working ranch with significant biodiversity to be protected and conserved Denver, CO (PRWEB) July 09, 2015 JE Canyon Ranch, one of Colorado’s...
View ArticleRanching community of Hanover inviting visitors to go 'back in time' this...
Drive toward Hanover this weekend and, like most days around the tiny ranching community, you won't see much. Until you do....
View ArticleEric Schlosser, author of Command and Control, to speak at Rollins College
The Rollins College Winter Park Institute is hosting a free public event featuring Eric Schlosser, author of Reefer Madness, Fast Food Nation and Chew on This. He will discuss his latest book, Command...
View ArticleTim Duggan Books Acquires THE GREAT IMPRISONMENT by Eric Schlosser (Crown...
(Source: Crown Publishing Group) Tim Duggan Books Acquires THE GREAT IMPRISONMENT by Eric Schlosser Tim Duggan Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, has acquired a new book by Eric...
View ArticleDenver Film Festival opens: Bright lights on rainy night
Chilly, drizzling weather and high spirits reign at opening-night event The 38th Denver Film Festival opened under chilly, drizzling skies at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on Wednesday night as...
View ArticleColorado actor on the rise: Ben Bonenfant
Benjamin Bonenfant, who grew up in Colorado Springs, rehearses for "King Henry V" with Jenna Bainbridge, foreground, and Martha Harmon Pardee. (Callaghan O'Hare, The Denver Post) Last summer actor Ben...
View ArticleFree workshop Feb. 9 to help disabled farmers, ranchers, veterans run...
(Source: Arapahoe County, CO) Colorado State University Extension of Arapahoe County is offering a free workshop 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Feb. 9 to help farmers, ranchers and veterans dealing with physical...
View ArticleColorado ranchers snapping up California cattle
DENVER — California ranchers, despite near-record beef prices, are culling their cattle herds in response to one of the most severe...
View ArticleMountain Plover Festival offers look at ranching on Colorado's plains
Karval's bird festival gives visitors a glimpse into ranching life on the eastern plains of Colorado The color of the mountain plover helps it fade into the landscape, making it hard to spot. (Provided...
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