Denver Film Festival

WATCH: Trailer Highlights Of The 34th Starz Film Fest

Posted 01.02.2012

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The 34th annual Starz Denver Film Festival will have a snowy opening night but it's all the more reason to stay toasty in a theater. As usual, the...

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Denver Film Fest Preview, Part 2: Daring Docs, Fresh Faces and Local Heroes

Michael Bialas | Posted 01.01.2012

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Michael Bialas

While the red carpet presentations at the 34th Starz Denver Film Festival feature Oscar-worthy films with box-office potential, there are enough under-the-radar temptations to please the most critical cinephile.

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Denver Film Festival Preview, Part 1: Turn on the Leading Manpower

Michael Bialas | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Alexander Payne, Britta Erickson, Judy Greer, Michel Hazanavicius, James Cromwell, Denver Film Festival, Telluride, Michael Fassbender, George Clooney, Jean Dujardin, Ralph Fiennes, Movies, Entertainment News
Michael Bialas

George Clooney may be able to do a lot of things, but he isn't a song-and-dance man. That's unless you count his hokey hoedown and country croon as a member of the Soggy Bottom Boys in O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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How to Do Starz Denver Film Fest This Year

Angora Holly Polo | Posted 12.28.2011

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Angora Holly Polo

Ah, the festival. For such a festive, joyful word, it can be a chaotic undertaking to decide which films to see, but Donnybrook is providing you with expert help.

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WATCH: 'Voices' Film Festival Focuses On The Power Of Women

Posted 05.25.2011

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On the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day--and in the midst of Women's History Month--the Denver Film Society is screening 13 films by, ab...

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Denver Film Festival's Bloody Good Show: 127 Hours, Black Swan

Michael Bialas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Winona Ryder, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Darren Aronofsky, A.r. Rahman, Denver Film Festival, Ballet, Barbara Hershey, Boulder, Danny Boyle, Oscar, Aron Ralston, James Franco, Movies, Dido, Denver News
Michael Bialas

If watching characters expressing extreme behavior under extreme conditions while taking extreme measures to survive is your idea of an exciting night out, then the festival will gladly take you to the limit.

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Robert De Niro Upstages Denver In Kirk Jones' Everybody's Fine

Michael Bialas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Bialas

Denver plays a small part in Everybody's Fine, the tearjerking family drama disguised in recent trailers as a feel-good holiday film starring Robert De Niro.

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Full Metal Racket: Consider This Ed Harris' Just Say No-No

Michael Bialas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Glenn, Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, Jackson Pollock, Amy Madigan, Stanley Kubrick, Mayor John Hickenlooper, Jennifer Connelly, Denver Film Festival, R. Lee Ermey, Peter Weir, Agnieszka Holland, Denver, Movies, Denver News
Michael Bialas

During an impressive career in which he's played the good (The Right Stuff), the bad (Pollock) and the hideously ugly (A History of Violence), Ed Harris has no regrets.

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Count Your Blessings: Two Must-See Films Hit Colorado This Week

Kiri Westby | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kiri Westby

As someone who has spent time in Chinese detention for protesting on behalf of Tibetans, I recommend you see both Tibet: Murder in the Snow and Blessings.

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