Jamira is one of the 11-year-old subjects featured in the new documentary “I Am Eleven.”International Film Circuit/Henrik Nordstrom That’s what Australian documentarian Genevieve Bailey does in “I Am Eleven,” a…
Courtney Love, shown performing at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., is planning to sing in an opera (of sorts).Photo for the Washington Post by Kyle Gustafson Yes, as in…
Documentary gets into the mind of the musician and artist
A Western Swing Dance featuring emcee Mike Diamond and music by Wild Country will take place at 7 p.m. today at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. The…
C.J. Clayton and Sue Plvan sort through apples for making cider during the 2012 Apple Days festival. It’s harvest time in Southwest Colorado, which means the region’s apple trees are…
Recently finished a film version of ‘Midsummer’
In his latest, the Gillian Flynn adaptation “Gone Girl,” he shines it into the deepest depths of not a serial killer’s mind or a schizophrenic’s madness, but on a far…
In the faith-based apocalyptic disaster film that is “Left Behind,” we get a lot of scenes of mass panic. People running amok in the streets, looting, arson, cats and dogs…
Usually, movie spin-offs attempt to up the ante – witness this summer’s “The Purge: Anarchy,” which considerably ramped up the scale of its low-budget predecessor. Here, director John R. Leonetti…
(102 Fifth St. Next to the railroad depot, 247-8133, www.allentheatresinc.com) Left Behind Millions of people disappear without a trace. All that remains are their clothes and belongings. In an instant,…
Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering, all day, various locations around town, with a Cowboy Poet Train, film screenings, art exhibits, performances and more, www.durangocowboygathering.org. Film: “Penny and Red,” 4 and 6…
Authorities in Clacton-on-Sea, England, ordered this mural destroyed before realizing it was the work of the internationally famous artist Banksy.Associated Press photo/banksy.co.uk Banksy’s often satirical works have fetched up to…
A Victorian vampire slaying kit is one of the items on display in “Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination” at the British Library in London.Associated Press photo/Royal Armouries/British Library How…
This CD cover image released by Verve shows “Tribal,” by Imelda May.AP Photo/Verve Irish singer Imelda May sometimes sounds like a performer who was born a few decades too late,…
AP Photo/Presidential Commission on Good Government<br><br>This photo shows a painting by Michelangelo Buenarroti titled “Madonna and Child,” which was allegedly part of the rare art collections of the late Philippine…
Nicholas Carr’s new book, The Glass Cage: Automation and Us, is an absorbing look at humankind’s growing reliance on automation.Associates Pressphoto/W. W. Norton & Company I haven’t needed to memorize…
John Mellencamp just released his 22nd album, “Plain Spoken.”Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP That they’re both dead doesn’t really matter. Mellencamp believes in channeling, that other voices speak through him when…
Actress Lena Dunham’s new book, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s ‘Learned,’ was released Tuesday.Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file “I think I may be…
Lucinda Williams’ new album, “Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone,” is a testament to the power of patience and a good guitar solo.Associated Press photo/Highway 20 Records “Have compassion…
Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering makes women the focus
The New York Film Critic Series continues at 3:45 p.m. Thursday at the Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive, with a screening of “Gone Girl.” The David Fincher film…
Community Cinema begins Wednesday with ‘Women in Space’
Maddox did well over five years of investigating the brothers by combing through libraries, newspaper archives, Fort Lewis College documents and interviewing family members. There were many conflicting accounts of…
Terry Hartzel, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Informal Tango Practice, 6-9 p.m., Rotary Park Gazebo, 1565 East Second Ave., www.tangodurango.com. Super Ted’s Super Trivia Night, 6:12…
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke was busy torquing the architecture of both on Friday when he suddenly released his second solo album, “Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes,” through BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer software system…
On Tuesday, Prince will release his first album in four years, “Art Official Age,” along with music from his latest protege act, 3RDEYEGIRL, “PLECTRUMELECTRUM.”Associated Press photo/NPG Records There are few…
Chris Taylor mines the history and culture of the “Star Wars” franchise in his new book, How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion…
