Arts &amp; Entertainment

Review: Taxi

In 2010, the acclaimed Iranian director was sentenced by his government to six years in prison – along with a…

December 3, 2015

Visual Arts

Local artisans have your holiday shopping covered

Durango Arts Center’s Winter Solstice market offers thousands of items for that special someone

Review: Suffragette

The story of British activists who fought for women’s right to vote in the early 20th century, this portrait-in-miniature often…

Review: Creed

Rocky’s only friend was Paulie, a brute and a drunk. He had a thing for Paulie’s sister, Adrian. He worked…

Review: The Good Dinosaur

Ah, there’s nothing like a Pixar family film that could give the little ones some serious nightmares. “The Good Dinosaur”…

Review: Victor Frankenstein

Yes, the screenplay by Max Landis, as directed by Paul McGuigan (“Push,” “Lucky Number Slevin”), is based on the core…

Review: Spotlight

Tom McCarthy’s “Spotlight” isn’t quite as memorable as Alan J. Pakula’s 1976 gold-standard classic with Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman…

Movies playing in Durango Nov. 27-Dec. 3

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Die Hard (Tuesday only) It’s Christmas in L.A., and there’s an employee party in…

Music

Reply to violence: Making music more intensely

Juan Symphony responds to Paris violence with thrilling concert

Performing Arts

10 things to know about ‘Lulu’

to be simulcast Saturday at FLC

Review: The Night Before

At times, it’s really funny. More often, it’s “shocking” for the sake of shock value, gross for the sake of…

Review: Miss You Already

“The lump is malignant,” intones a doctor in an early scene. Woe unto you from that moment on. Whether it…

Movies playing in Durango Nov. 20-26

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Miss You Already An honest and powerful story following two best friends, Milly and…

Review: Secret in Their Eyes

It’s said with heartbreaking compassion, and it is the truth, for Jess has become a walking ghost after suffering the…

Review: Sleeping With Other People

“Sleeping With Other People” is somewhat similar in tone and content to “Trainwreck,” and equally as smart and funny as…

Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

In just this installment, the fourth and last chapter in the wildly successful film series based on Suzanne Collins’ immensely…

Visual Arts

‘Without leading the way, she became the way’

Remembering Durango artist Karen Pittman

Review: My All American

Short of stature but with gumption, heart and willpower to burn, Steinmark (Finn Wittrock) earns an unlikely athletic scholarship to…

Review: Grandma

And if you don’t like it, there’s the door. Lily Tomlin is almost certain to win a best actress nomination…

‘Love the Coopers’ stages its own war on Christmas

“Love the Coopers” is one of the most jumbled, tonally misguided holiday movies in recent memory. It is an insult…

Review: The 33

The docudrama nicely evokes the havoc of the initial cave-in, but spends too much time above ground to convey the…

Movies playing in Durango Nov. 13-19

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Wednesday only) En route to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with…