Arts & Entertainment

‘Kung Fu Panda’ back for third round

DreamWorks Animation’s “Kung Fu Panda 2” (2011) ended with a revelation: The biological father of Po (voice of Jack Black)…

January 28, 2016

Performing Arts

‘Turandot’ serves everything on the menu

continues MET Live program with Chinese fairy tale

January 28, 2016

Film

What Chelsea Handler gets right and wrong in her Netflix episode about race

Chelsea Handler, star and executive producer of “Chelsea Does,” is interviewed at the premiere of the Netflix documentary series at…

January 26, 2016

Film

Conspiracy theories are mainstream now – can the new ‘X-Files’ stand out?

David Duchovny, left, as Fox Mulder and Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully in the “Founder’s Mutation” season premiere, part two,…

January 26, 2016

Music

Rock ‘n’ roll can never die, even if its heroes do

As music fans, we feel those wounds together. We felt them on a global scale when John Lennon was shot…

January 26, 2016

Film

Will Smith joins Oscars boycott

“My wife’s not going. It would be awkward for me to show up with Charlize (Theron),” said Smith on ABC’s…

January 21, 2016

Film

Movies playing in Durango Jan. 22-28

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Spotlight The riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would…

January 21, 2016

Film

Next ‘Star Wars’ release delayed

Daisey Ridley as Rey, left, and John Boyega as Finn, star in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” directed by J.J.…

January 21, 2016

Film

Review: Spotlight

The Chicago Sun-Tmes Ask anyone who has worked for a newspaper to name the best movie ever made about our…

January 21, 2016

Books

‘Gold Fame Citrus’ a story of survival

in dune sea brings complicated challenges

January 20, 2016

Film

Ride Along 2

This is 100 minutes of recycled shtick – a cop film with no roots in actual police work, but a…

January 14, 2016

Film

Movies playing in Durango Jan. 15-21

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Danish Girl The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili…

January 14, 2016

Performing Arts

Bizet’s bromance: A tale of a twisty love triangle

Live brings ‘Pearl Fishers’ to FLC Saturday

January 14, 2016

Film

‘Norm of the North’ goes south, fast

Does “Norm of the North” focus on a protagonist who happens to be a furry creature? Yes (see above). Like…

January 14, 2016

Film

Movie: Truth

Having said that, “Truth” is a strange interpretation of events, in which the visuals and the music sometimes seem to…

January 14, 2016

Music

David Bowie taught us the limitless potential of renewal

David Bowie, the innovative and iconic singer whose illustrious career lasted five decades, died Sunday after battling cancer for 18…

January 11, 2016

Music

Legendary musician David Bowie dies of cancer at 69

David Bowie, the innovative and iconic singer whose illustrious career lasted five decades, died Sunday after battling cancer for 18…

January 11, 2016

Film

Movies playing in Durango Jan. 8-14

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Brooklyn The profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant…

January 7, 2016

Film

All hail ‘The Hateful Eight’

“The Hateful Eight” is Tarantino’s second Western in a row, and while it’s not as audacious or as provocative or…

January 7, 2016

Film

‘The Revenant’ is unforgettable

Get up. Stretch your legs. Go to the movies. Please. The enormously talented Alejandro G. Inarritu (“Amores Perros,” “21 Grams,”…

January 7, 2016

Film

1950s-set ‘Brooklyn’ is a rich, deeply moving melodrama

The exquisite adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s novel about a young Irish woman immigrating to America in the early 1950s dispenses…

January 7, 2016

Books

‘The Star Bright Factory’: Charming, lyrical and rhythmic

Durangoans’ children’s book encourages questions to better understand the world

January 7, 2016

Visual Arts

Durango artist’s unique artwork on display

Pack’s fabric works explore tensions in medium, form and gender stereotypes

January 7, 2016

Film

Movies playing in Durango Dec. 25-31

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Trumbo In 1947, Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) was Hollywood’s top screenwriter until he and…

December 31, 2015