But even by normally cantankerous standards in which past glories are always greater than present achievements, 2014 has been underwhelming. The genre’s most famous names (Jay-Z, Eminem, Kanye West, Drake)…
Matthew McConaughey, left, and Anne Hathawa, in a scene from the film ‘”Interstellar.”Associated Press photo/Paramount Pictures, Melinda Sue Gordon “The idea was that they’d been designed to put humans at…
‘Something Rich and Strange’ offers beautiful and searing stories
Fort Lewis College will be hosting art events and workshops through the month of November to highlight Native American Heritage Month. Workshops, which begin on Thursday, will cover skills like…
Courtesy of Friends of the Art Library<br><br>Graphic designer Mariah Richstone grew up in Durango, but she’s spent a good deal of time in recent years traveling to places like Bali…
winner stars in remake of 2005’s ‘Elsa & Fred’
The Washington Post/RazorbillThis image shows the cover of Marcel the Shell: The Most Surprised I’ve Ever Been, by Jenny Slate We’ve been told in his videos, which are usually framed…
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra published a story on its website about young composers using crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter, while the Web sites of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the New…
Jake Gyllenhaal appears in a scene from the film “Nightcrawler.”AP Photo/Open Road Films, Chuck Zlotnick Gyllenhaal proved true to his word, offering the crowd only a single rhetorical question before…
They invented the word “creepy” for that smile, a goofy, confident grin that reaches its full breadth just when you’re starting to realize how deranged this guy really is. Gyllenhaal’s…
Writer-director Rowan Joffe’s adaptation of S.J. Watson’s best-seller honors the lurid spirit of the page-turner enough to satisfy fans, but he doesn’t transmute the material into something richer and deeper…
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Skeleton Twins. When estranged twins Maggie (Kristen Wiig) and Milo (Bill Hader) feel they’re at the end of their ropes, an unexpected reunion…
1. Sharp Objects, by Gillian Flynn: I was disappointed by Gone Girl when I first read it, though Flynn’s twisty novel of a marriage gone badly wrong grew on me…
Over the years, railroad passengers, workers and others on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad tracks have heard, seen and felt things … strange things, ghostly things. Those experiences…
Smart, sexy ‘Carmen’ to screen Saturday
The Downtown Business Improvement District, Durango Chamber of Commerce and more than 90 local businesses have teamed up to host Halloween trick-or-treating today. Downtown merchants will offer Halloween goodies and…
Downtown Trick-or-Treating, 4-6 p.m., stores downtown, more than 90 merchants will offer Halloween goodies and surprises, for children 10 and younger and accompanied by adults, look for pumpkins in the…
‘Rocky Horror’ takes over historic theater
James Brown performs with his band of musicians and dancers during a seaside concert in Beirut in 2000.Associated Press photo/Hussein Malla, file Filmmaker Alex Gibney begins and ends this fine…
From left, Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Clara Wettergren and Vincent Wettergren in a scene from the film “Force Majeure,” a Magnolia Pictures release.Associated Press photo/Courtesy Magnolia Pictures FORCE…
Peter Ackroyd’s book, Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life, looks at self-taught comic’s complexities.Associated Press Photo/Nan A. Talese/Doubleday In 1914, Keystone Studios released two short films that gave a world marching…
“With a Little Help From My Fwends,” by The Flaming Lips, covers the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”AP Photo/Warner Bros. Records Ever wonder what “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts…
The La Plata Open Space Conservatory will host an event Thursday that combines short films, wild places and a good cause. Shorties Film Night will take place at 6 p.m.…
