Another JonBenét Ramsey movie? Yes, but this one is different

Last fall’s glut of 20th-anniversary television specials on the unsolved murder of JonBenét Ramsey felt like a race to the bottom: Which program would most grotesquely exploit the 1996 killi...

Remembering Jonathan Demme

“If the story’s worth telling, I’ll tell it. And, arguably, everybody’s story is worth telling.” That was Jonathan Demme speaking during an interview 10 years ago, as he prepared ...

Jonathan Demme, ‘Silence of the Lambs’ director, dead at 73

NEW YORK – Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director of “The Silence of the Lambs” and “Philadelphia,” and whose Talking Heads documentary “Stop Making Sense” is considered one of the great...

Movies playing in Durango April 28-May 4

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Big Lebowski (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)(May 3 only) In 1991, une...

Film good, but not quite ‘Gifted’

The tale of a rancorous battle for custody of a motherless mathematical prodigy, “Gifted” manages, for the most part, to rise above not just the “Kramer vs. Kramer” dynamic of a kindhearted ...

People magazine names Julia Roberts ‘World’s Most Beautiful’

LOS ANGELES – Julia Roberts is more than just a “Pretty Woman.” People magazine has named her the “World’s Most Beautiful Woman” for a record fifth time. The magazine announced Ro...

Movies playing in Durango April 21-27

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) This Beautiful Fantastic (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)Bella Brown is a ...

‘Fate of the Furious’ silly and loud

“The Fate of the Furious” doesn’t need your stinkin’ laws. Speed limits? Optional. Ditto, gravity. Only one unwritten commandment of silly action moviemaking – thou shalt not exce...

Movies playing in Durango April 14-20

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Last Word (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)Harriet Lauler, a once-succe...

MTV dumps gender-specific categories for Movie & TV Awards

NEW YORK – MTV has scrapped gender specific categories for its upcoming Movie & TV Awards. In place of the Best Actress and Best Actor categories, this year’s awards will honor a ...

‘Smurfs’ a psychedelic trip

“Smurfs: The Lost Village,” the third theatrical feature centering on tiny blue humanoid forest creatures beloved by small children, has enough bright colors and slapstick humor to enchant i...

Movies playing in Durango April 7-13

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)(For information about shows, visit www.animascitytheatre.com.) Gaslight Theatre (102 Fifth S...