Arts & Entertainment

Music

A musical offering from Taos to Durango

Violinist Rathnam returns to town for chamber program

December 31, 2015

Film

Carrie Fisher takes on haters

The actors have aged. Or, to zone in on the preoccupation, Fisher has aged – and allegedly “not well.” What…

December 31, 2015

Film

The 10 best movies of 2015

At No. 10, the rousing, gritty, thoroughly entertaining “Straight Outta Compton.” Director F. Gary Gray and the stellar cast remind…

December 31, 2015

Film

The 10 worst films of 2015

10. At No. 10, “Hot Tub Time Machine 2,” which managed to drain all the outrageous and absurd laughs from…

December 31, 2015

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 24, 2015

Film

Review: Experimenter

Now comes “Experimenter,” based on the 1961 exercise (and a number of subsequent, related studies) in which paid participants were…

December 24, 2015

Film

Review: Trumbo

What a strange mess it was, and what a shameful slice of American history. The great Bryan Cranston sinks his…

December 24, 2015

Film

Review: Daddy’s Home

Like the Amy Poehler-Tina Fey comedy from last week, “Daddy’s Home” features a talented and likable duo who have clicked…

December 24, 2015

Film

Review: Point Break

Written by Kurt Wimmer, the remake has the same basic architecture of the original. There’s still an FBI agent named…

December 24, 2015

Film

Review: Concussion

In the mid-2000s, the “Monday Night Countdown” pregame show on ESPN featured a segment called “Jacked Up,” celebrating the most…

December 24, 2015

Film

Review: The Big Short

Even with the benefit of 20-15 hindsight, it’s impossible to fathom exactly how the housing bubble of the 2000s was…

December 24, 2015

Film

Review: Joy

In the title role of the infectiously plucky entrepreneur – who parlayed a gig hawking home-care products on QVC into…

December 24, 2015

Performing Arts

The Mattson method

Durango High School theater teacher thrives on new challenges

December 24, 2015

Music

Want to hear George Winston? Good luck

platinum-selling pianist comes to Durango Arts Center Sunday and Monday, but tickets are going, going, (almost) gone

December 24, 2015

Film

Movies playing in Durango Dec. 11-17

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Home Alone (Tuesday only) Home Alone. (Tuesday only) A young boy named Kevin who…

December 17, 2015

Film

Review: Sisters

Year after year, as solo talents and a team, they’ve been knocking it out of the park. I think they’re…

December 17, 2015

Film

‘The Force Awakens’: A return to greatness

Nearly 40 years after “Star Wars” exploded the pop culture universe and practically became a religion for generations of fans,…

December 17, 2015

Film

Review: Truth

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

December 17, 2015

Books

Fortunato’s mystery ‘Dark Reservations’ a welcome addition to Western lore

Bureau of Indian Affairs Special Agent Joe Evers is facing early retirement because he screwed up on an investigation. Also,…

December 17, 2015

Performing Arts

A dozen reasons to see ‘The Music Man’ in Durango

Durango Arts Center stages American classic

December 17, 2015

Film

New in theaters: Room

I’m not going to promise you won’t want to walk out sometime during the first hour, especially if you’re claustrophobic…

December 10, 2015

Film

Movies playing in Durango Dec. 11-17

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Wednesday only) This is the third in the “National Lampoon”…

December 10, 2015

Film

‘In the Heart of the Sea’ distances us from the action

“In the Heart of the Sea,” a new film from director Ron Howard, strips away the myth from Herman Melville’s…

December 10, 2015

Books

Give kids the gift of books

are some picks for the whippersnappers on your list

December 10, 2015