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Review: ‘The Wedding Banquet’ a heartfelt dramedy about found families

From left: Kelly Marie Tran, Lily Gladstone, Han Gi-Chan and Bowen Yang star in “The Wedding Banquet.” (Bleecker Street via…

April 16, 2025 • Lindsey Bahr — The Associated Press

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Movie review: ‘Warfare,’ a forensic portrait of combat, hunts war-movie clichés

War-movie clichés have been rigorously rooted out of “Warfare,” a terse and chillingly brutal immersion in a moment of the…

April 9, 2025 • Jake Coyle — The Associated Press

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Val Kilmer, ‘Top Gun’ and ‘Batman’ star with an intense approach, dies at 65

Val Kilmer, seen here in 2014, died Tuesday night at age 65. (Associated Press file) LOS ANGELES – Val Kilmer,…

April 2, 2025 • Mark Kennedy and Andrew Dalton — The Associated Press

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Movie Review: ‘Snow White’ is no poisoned apple but it doesn’t whistle

Rachel Zegler stars in “Snow White.” (Disney via AP) Mirror mirror on the wall, what’s the fairest Disney live-action remake…

March 26, 2025 • Jake Coyle — The Associated Press

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Movie review: Soderbergh’s sleek spy thriller ‘Black Bag’ crackles

Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender star in “Black Bag.” (Associated Press) If you’re hosting a dinner for half a dozen…

March 18, 2025 • Jake Coyle — The Associated Press

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In ‘Mickey 17,’ Robert Pattinson just can’t manage to stay alive

Robert Pattinson stars in Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17.” (The Associated Press) So you think your job is bad? Sorry…

March 12, 2025 • Jocelyn Noveck — The Associated Press

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In ‘My Dead Friend Zoe,’ a dark comedy about PTSD

Sonequa Martin-Green plays Merit, left, and Natalie Morales is Zoe in “My Dead Friend Zoe.” (Associated Press) Even for a…

March 5, 2025 • Jake Coyle — The Associated Press

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20th Annual Durango Independent Film Festival to screen ‘Road To Everywhere’

revisits characters 30 years after first film

February 27, 2025 • Katie Chicklinski-Cahill — Herald Arts & Entertainment editor

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Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog are found dead in their Santa Fe home

play not suspected, but investigation ongoing

February 27, 2025 • Felicia Fonseca, Susan Montoya Bryan and Brian Melley — The Associated Press

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Review: ‘The Monkey’ is a family drama with guts – the kind that spill all over the place

Check out Osgood Perkins’ “The Monkey,” playing at the Gaslight. (Courtesy of IMDb) It’s not a toy. Whatever you do,…

February 25, 2025 • Jocelyn Noveck — The Associated Press

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Taking the bull by the horns: FLC, Rocky Mountain PBS to host ‘Bucking on the Rez’ documentary

Screening will feature director, female bull rider

February 13, 2025 • Katie Chicklinski-Cahill — Herald Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Movie Review: Marvel treads water with ‘Captain America: Brave New World’

Anthony Mackie stars in “Captain America: Brave New World,” playing this week in Durango. (Courtesy of IMDb) Celebrate Valentine’s Day…

February 12, 2025 • Mark Kennedy — The Associated Press

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Movie review: ‘Kinda Pregnant’ is kinda good

Schumer film streaming on Netflix

February 5, 2025 • Jake Coyle — The Associated Press

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Sundance Film Festival goes online this week. Here’s how to watch the films

Cinephiles can stream movies through the weekend

January 29, 2025 • Lindsey Bahr — The Associated Press

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Movie Review: Whatever you do this January, don’t book a seat for ‘Flight Risk’

Michelle Dockery and Mark Wahlberg star in “Flight Risk.” (Courtesy of IMDb) “Flight Risk” sounds like the setup for a…

January 29, 2025 • Mark Kennedy — The Associated Press

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Movie Review: ‘One of Them Days’ will convince you Keke Palmer is a star

“One of Them Days,” starring Keke Palmer and SZA, is playing at Durango Stadium 9. (Courtesy of IMDb) Horror, not…

January 22, 2025 • Jake Coyle — The Associated Press

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David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive,’ dies at 78

David Lynch appears at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles on Oct. 27, 2019. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, file) LOS ANGELES –…

January 16, 2025 • The Associated Press

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Review: ‘Wolf Man’ is a toothless reboot that’ll make you bark at the moon

Julia Garner and Christopher Abbott star in “Wolf Man.” (Nicola Dove/Universal Pictures via AP) Blake Lovell thinks taking his wife…

January 15, 2025 • Mark Kennedy — The Associated Press

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As Los Angeles burns, Hollywood’s Oscar season turns into a pledge drive

The Palisades Fire ravages a neighborhood amid high winds in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 7.…

January 15, 2025 • Jake Coyle and Lindsay Bahr — The Associated Press

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Review: Nicole Kidman commands the erotic office drama ‘Babygirl’

Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson star in “Babygirl.” (Courtesy of IMDb) The demands of achieving both one-day shipping and a…

January 2, 2025 • Jake Coyle — AP film writer and critic

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Review: ‘Nosferatu’ evokes the days when vampires weren’t cute or sexy, just scary and thirsty

“Nosferatu” opens this week in Durango. (Courtesy of IMDb) Oh, the weather outside is frightful. But don’t head to the…

December 24, 2024 • Jocelyn Noveck — The Associated Press

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Movie Review: Barry Jenkins brings fresh energy, originality to the ‘Lion King’ prequel ‘Mufasa’

The story of “The Lion King” is back with the prequel “Mufasa.” (Courtesy of IMDb) “Mufasa: The Lion King” has…

December 18, 2024 • Lindsey Bahr — The Associated Press

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Movie Review: A ‘Lord of the Rings’ tradition turns small-scale in the anime ‘Rohirrim’

Gaia Wise and Luca Pasqualino are the voices of Hera and Wulf in “The Lord of the Rings: The War…

December 11, 2024 • Jake Coyle — AP Film Writer

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Slapstick movie about beavers one of 2024’s biggest indie hits

‘Hundreds of Beavers’ made for just $150,000

November 27, 2024 • Jake Coyle — AP Film Writer