Historical Ghost Tour - Durango Ghost Walk
When: 7 p.m. daily in June
Location: Downtown Durango
Stowaway leaves quite a bit to be desiredMovies set in space are almost as bad as films built around time travel movies. The amount of suspended disbelief they require if you want to believe the plot lines often gets in the way of the viewing experience. That said, space films based on...
Hypocrisy in the New Space Jam Movie?Nostalgia and outdated pop culture are a heck of a combination, and they’re a combo that generally doesn’t end well.
The Warner Bros’ reboot of Joe Pytka’s cult comedy “Space Jam” (1996) appears to be testing this formula — at least based...
The year 2020 was a bad time for everybody because [ insert a million reasons why 2020 sucked ]. In fact, can we just agree not to speak of 2020 again? That would be great, thanks. Let’s move onto bigger and better things, like 2021! In particular, let’s talk about all the events we look forward to this summer in light of...
The dusty alleys in old downtown Farmington aren’t exactly the most happening spots. These industrial thoroughfares offer heavy trucks and other delivery vehicles easy access to the back entrances of restaurants and businesses, but they aren’t really meant for foot traffic like the clean sidewalks flanking the front of the...
ASPEN SHORTFEST: APRIL 6–11, 2021
Aspen Shortfest is film festival royalty. It draws in all of the big names each year (just like the town itself), from Oscar hopefuls to hangers on and film fest newbies. The festival’s premise is “taking a chance to be taken somewhere new and unexpected,” which is fitting for a film...
The year without film is no more! Hollywood may have held all of their big new blockbuster releases over the last year or so, but there is new content on the horizon thanks to the Durango Film Festival, which has gone totally socially distanced this year with a virtual film fest.
That’s right; unlike years past, this...
During normal times, I would usually spend the first week of the new year going through all the movies that were released throughout the previous year. This would give me a list the top ten films I enjoyed the most. This is always a fun and easy way to put together a quick wrap-up article — and it makes me appreciate all the...
As the US presidential election season finally winds down and nears its end, a sense of relief for many different reasons soars throughout the country. What’s interesting is how much faster jokes and commentary on political figures age more than regular people in history or pop culture.
The current US president, Donald...
The ongoing you-know-what may have brought filmmaking, like many other industries, to a standstill, but that hasn’t stopped local filmmakers from being honored for their work.
Kody Dayish, originally from Shiprock and the Sanostee Chapter area, is one such artist. He started the year off well, screening two of his...
A few days into December, Warner Bros. announced that all of the movies it is releasing in 2019 will hit streaming and theaters at the same time. The fact that a major Hollywood studio is willing to dump an entire year’s worth of films onto HBO Max would seem to indicate that it doesn’t have much faith that things will return...
Northern Arizona is full of ancient ruins left behind by bygone civilizations. Few, however, are as easily recognizable as the dwellings to be found in Valle, Arizona, northwest of Flagstaff.
The site is remarkably well preserved, especially given that it dates back to a period of the paleolithic era when humans lived...
If there’s any part of the arts and entertainment world that the coronavirus pandemic has given us a renewed appreciation for, it’s film festivals. While some of the largest ones were flat-out canceled, many others pivoted into the digital world, not only giving their regular viewers something to look forward to watching, but...