Author: John Moore
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Gus Van Sant brings ‘Dead Man’s Wire’ back home to Denver
DISPATCH FROM THE DENVER FILM FESTIVAL • DAY 7 Denver both rightfully and a bit speciously claims many film stars for having spent at least slivers of their childhoods here. We talk a lot about itinerant Coloradans Amy Adams, Don Cheadle, Keri Russell, Tim Allen, Hattie McDaniel and Billie Eilish’s mom, among others. Just the other…
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Best show in TV history? ‘Breaking Bad’ smokes the competition
Either we’re inherently bad — or, deep down, we really want to be. It’s not at all surprising that many people consider “Breaking Bad” to be the greatest TV show of all time. Its artistic virtues are evident and unassailable: Tight storytelling, complex characters. Groundbreaking visuals. The show’s cultural impact is undeniable. But the very…
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Elway coming to conquer 2025 Denver Film Festival
Film or football, no matter: John Elway takes second billing to no one. That means you, Lucy Liu, Gus Van Sant and Delroy Lindo — just a few of the bold-faced names coming to Denver to be honored at the 48th Denver Film Festival, running Halloween night through Nov. 9 at venues across the metro…
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Earlier start times: Arts organizations have seen the daylight
When it comes to going out for a show, 7 o’clock is the new 8 o’clock. Are we getting older? Or are our area arts leaders just getting wiser? Probably a little of both. But from theater to comedy to live music, the trend is clear: Live performances are starting earlier. I went to see…
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Not funny: Future of Denver’s signature comedy festival uncertain
It was, by all outward appearances, another wildly successful High Plains Comedy Festival, which again gathered more than 100 standups over three days at several venues along South Broadway last month. This year’s fest also featured an expanded swath of clever comedy programming such as game shows, filmed sketches, podcast recordings and a unique riff…
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In Evergreen, healing through bells, Berlin and show-biz
EVERGREEN • The cast of 30 opened Friday’s performance of “Annie Get Your Gun” perhaps smiling a little more widely and kicking their dancing feet a little more insistently than before. One cheerful lad clenched his teeth so hard, it looked like his braces might pop right off onto the stage. They performed the opening…
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Evergreen’s Annie Oakley is a real-life Marine Sergeant
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Actor turns protector for shaken community thrust ‘outside the wire’ Imagine how Marine Sergeant Michele Crowe must have felt while working her job as an ultrasound tech on Wednesday when she heard that an active…
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Evergreen’s Annie Oakley is a real-life Marine Sergeant
Actor turns protector for shaken community thrust ‘outside the wire’ Imagine how Marine Sergeant Michele Crowe must have felt while working her job as an ultrasound tech on Wednesday when she heard that an active shooter had opened fire at nearby Evergreen High School. You can’t. Not unless you, too, have served two combat tours…
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Evergreen’s Annie Oakley is a real-life Marine Sergeant
Imagine how Marine Sergeant Michele Crowe must have felt while working her job as an ultrasound tech on Wednesday when she heard that an active shooter had opened fire at nearby Evergreen High School. You can’t. Not unless you, too, have served two combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and engaged enemy combatants in gunfire.…
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A grieving Lumineer sings for his brother – and his health
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A year ago, standing in the backyard of his immaculately manicured backyard in central Denver, Wesley Schultz engaged me in a lively exchange about the urgent need to destigmatize mental-health therapy in this country. The co-founder of the Grammy-nominated band The Lumineers and his wife…