Arts & Entertainment

Allen Leech finds a happy home at ‘Downton Abbey’
Arts and Entertainment

Allen Leech finds a happy home at ‘Downton Abbey’

January 2, 2015

Allen Leech of “Downton Abbey” is building a reputation on the strength of his accents.Photo by Casey Curry/Invision/AP, File The Irish-born actor employs his native brogue in portraying Tom Branson,…

A blues-rock brotherhood
Music

A blues-rock brotherhood

January 2, 2015

For those looking for a mini rock and roll road trip this weekend, the Telluride Conference Center in Mountain Village is a good destination. There, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood will…

Movies playing in Durango Jan. 2-8
Film

Movies playing in Durango Jan. 2-8

January 1, 2015

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Citizenfour In January 2013, Laura Poitras was several years into making a film about surveillance in the post-Sept. 11 era when she started receiving…

Still Showing
Film

Still Showing

January 1, 2015

Finn Witrock, left, Domhnall Gleeson and Jack O’Connell appear in a scene from “Unbroken,” which is playing at Durango Stadium 9.Universal Pictures/Associated Press (102 Fifth St., next to the railroad…

A&E Happenings Jan. 2-8
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A&E Happenings Jan. 2-8

January 1, 2015

Firkin Friday: Peppermint Stout, 3 p.m., Steamworks Brewing Co., 801 East Second Ave., 259-9200. Robby Overfield, 6 p.m., 6512’ Restaurant, 152 E. College Drive, 247-9083. Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue…

7 shows you can binge watch this weekend
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7 shows you can binge watch this weekend

January 1, 2015

Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo and Colin Hanks as Gus Grimly in “Fargo,” which tops our list of shows to binge watch on New Year’s weekend.Chris Large/FX By our…

The Weekender
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The Weekender

January 1, 2015

Some top picks of what to do this weekend in Durango

The latest at ‘Downton Abbey’ – exit signs
Arts and Entertainment

The latest at ‘Downton Abbey’ – exit signs

January 1, 2015

Richard E. Grant as Simon Bricker and Elizabeth McGovern as Cora, Countess of Grantham, in “Downton Abbey.”Nick Briggs/Carnival Film & Television Limited 2014 Eh, it’s not worth getting political over…

Filmmaker Luis Estrada on Mexican culture and politics
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Filmmaker Luis Estrada on Mexican culture and politics

January 1, 2015

Within the first minutes of his most famous film, the 2010 drug-war indictment “Infierno” (Hell), the main character gets deported, held up at gunpoint, robbed by police, and falls in…

Stage, screen actor Edward Herrmann dies at 71
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Stage, screen actor Edward Herrmann dies at 71

January 1, 2015

Associated Press photo, File<br><br>In this 1976 file photo, Tony winners, from left, Edward Herrmann, Carole Bishop, Shirley Knight and Sammy Williams, pose with their awards at the 30th Annual Tony…

New Year’s won’t halt our First Thursday
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New Year’s won’t halt our First Thursday

December 31, 2014

Phyllis Stapler’s “Coyote” is the featured artwork for a previous First Thursday Art Walk at Sorrel Sky Gallery. The gallery will be open for the January First Thursday Art Walk…

Three New Year’s resolutions for the entertainment industry
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Three New Year’s resolutions for the entertainment industry

December 31, 2014

1. Get better in-house cybersecurity. And then get angry: Sony Pictures Entertainment’s handling of “The Interview,” an action-comedy about a plot to assassinate North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, in…

You might not know them … but you will
Film

You might not know them … but you will

December 30, 2014

Alicia Vikander, who stars in “A Royal Affair,” has acted with several Hollywood A-listers.Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures Sound familiar? Might as well start engraving the Oscar statuettes for them now.…

Luise Rainer, first to win consecutive acting Oscars, dies
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Luise Rainer, first to win consecutive acting Oscars, dies

December 30, 2014

Luise Rainer, a star of cinema’s golden era who won back-to-back Oscars but then walked away from a glittering Hollywood career, has died. She was 104.Associated Press photo/Adam Butler, file…

How do you play a master painter? First: Learn to paint
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How do you play a master painter? First: Learn to paint

December 29, 2014

Timothy Spall stars in “Mr. Turner.”Associated Press Photo/Sony Pictures Classics Achieving his acclaimed performance as the masterful British landscape painter J.M.W. Turner in “Mr. Turner” took so much out of…

A year-end game that never gets old: Best songs
Music

A year-end game that never gets old: Best songs

December 28, 2014

Klingsporn With fantastic releases this year from ODESZA to Future Islands to Sturgill Simpson and Wet, it was no easy task. In the end, I went with what moved me.…