culture and entertainment

Netflix draws flak for show about Mexico City elites

Netflix announced Monday that “Made In Mexico,” which follows the lives of Mexico’s City’s “wealthiest elites,” is set to debut…

August 22, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

Argento denies sexual assault, says Bourdain made payment

Italian actress and director Asia Argento, one of the most prominent activists of the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment, recently…

August 21, 2018

Film

Danny Boyle departs James Bond over ‘creative differences’

Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, along with star Daniel Craig, announced Tuesday that Danny Boyle has exited…

August 21, 2018

Film

Review: ‘Alpha’ is a boy-meets-wolf love story

Kodi Smit-McPhee, right, plays an young Ice Age man who befriends a wolf in “Alpha.”Alan Markfield/Sony Pictures Entertainment But calling…

August 21, 2018

Film

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 24-30

Melissa McCarthy stars in “The Happytime Murders.”Hopper Stone/STX Entertainment via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) NTLive: Macbeth (1…

August 21, 2018

Music

At VMAs, Madonna gets backlash after bizarre Aretha Franklin tribute

Madonna presents a tribute to Aretha Franklin at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Monday…

August 21, 2018

Music

Aretha Franklin, secret style icon: With the drop of a fur coat, she proclaimed her self-worth

Aretha Franklin sings during a dedication ceremony at The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 16,…

August 21, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

Bolo ties gallop back on runways, Instagram

The word “bolo” is derived from boleadora, an Argentine lariat or rope used to lasso, although the neckwear’s actual origin…

August 21, 2018

Music

Riders in the Sky moseying to Durango

‘America’s Favorite Cowboys’ to play two nights at Bar D Chuckwagon

August 19, 2018

Film

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ is an escapist rom-com delight, but it’s also a lot more than that

From left, Michelle Yeoh, Henry Golding and Constance Wu star in “Crazy Rich Asians.”Sanja Bucko/Warner Bros. Pictures On the surface,…

August 18, 2018

$Durango Arts Center presents musical for our fractured time$

Performing Arts

Durango Arts Center presents musical for our fractured time

At the time, the nation’s top literary award was controversial but not because of subject matter. The award generally went…

August 17, 2018

Film

‘BlacKkKlansman’ Spike Lee’s best movie in years

Adam Driver, left, and John David Washington star in Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman.”David Lee/Focus Features via AP The introductory sequence to…

August 17, 2018

Music

‘Queen of Soul’ had feature role in Durangoan’s film

Franklin played Mother Nature in ‘Snow Monsters’

August 16, 2018

Music

Aretha Franklin, music’s ‘Queen of Soul,’ dies at 76

Singer Aretha Franklin performs during the inauguration ceremony for U.S. President Barack Obama at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on…

August 16, 2018

Music

Aerosmith to launch residency in Las Vegas next year

The rock band announced Wednesday that “Aerosmith: Deuces are Wild” would kick off April 6, 2019, at the Park Theater,…

August 15, 2018

Film

YouTube criticized for showing terrifying horror movie ad that viewers couldn’t click away from

The jump-scare ad was over in an instant, but it’s apparently so startling to many who’ve seen it that their…

August 14, 2018

Film

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 17-23

Constance Wu, left, and Awkwafina star in the film “Crazy Rich Asians,” which is opening this week in Durango.Warner Bros.…

August 14, 2018

Music

How Aretha Franklin’s ‘Respect’ became an anthem for civil rights and feminism

Aretha Franklin sings for the crowd at the National Portrait Gallery gala on Nov. 15, 2015, in Washington.Katherine Frey/Washington Post…

August 14, 2018

Books

Chronicling the culinary world of the Navajo

‘Food Sovereignty’ offers recipes, history

August 11, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

I would have ignored ‘Insatiable,’ but your outrage made it seem interesting. (It wasn’t.)

Debby Ryan stars in Netflix’s “Insatiable.”Tina Rowden/Netflix Yet here we are, having to say something, mostly because 100,000-plus people were…

August 10, 2018

Film

This rom-com for dog lovers is entertaining, but it has some ﬂeas

Although structured by screenwriters Elissa Matsueda and Erica Oyama like the now-classic rom-com anthology “Love Actually,” “Dog Days” lacks the…

August 10, 2018

Visual Arts

An artist found a parasitic worm in his eye – and turned it into art

British artist Ben Taylor created “The Host” after he realized that a parasitic worm had been living in one of…

August 10, 2018

Film

‘Meg’ is big but has no teeth

Both films center on superlatives: the world’s tallest skyscraper; the world’s biggest shark. (In this case, it’s a living specimen…

August 10, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

Bringing Pokemon to Durango

10-year-old player wants to grow the card game locally

August 9, 2018