Movies - The Durango Herald

A technical feat, ‘1917’ is great storytelling, too

It’s been a good time for World War I buffs – especially if they’re also movie buffs. A year ago, director Peter Jackson applied state-of-the-art technology to century-old war footage to bri...

DATE: Jan 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Sundance Film Festival aims for more movie critic diversity

SALT LAKE CITY – A Sundance Film Festival program designed to increase diversity among media members covering the annual event in Park City boomed in popularity in the initiative’s second ye...

DATE: Jan 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango Jan. 3-9

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) NTLive: Midsummer Night’s Dream A feuding fairy king and queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lov...

DATE: Jan 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Netflix set to film Western in New Mexico

Movie stars Idris Elba and is co-produced by Jay-Z

DATE: Dec 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Movies playing in Durango Dec. 27-Jan. 2

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) JoJo Rabbit A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when...

DATE: Dec 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Songwriter Allee Willis, who wrote ‘Friends’ theme, dies

LOS ANGELES – Allee Willis, a songwriter whose work included the Broadway musical “The Color Purple” as well as the theme song from the TV show “Friends” and Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September,...

DATE: Dec 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

‘Uncut Gems’ mines best of Sandler’s talent

By now, we shouldn’t be too surprised by this cultural contradiction known as Adam Sandler. It’s obvious that Sandler, the actor, is capable of extraordinary range – not in the tr...

DATE: Dec 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Could Farmington be the next Hollywood?

‘We have a good 10-year window to position ourselves to create a new industry’

DATE: Dec 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Review: ‘Rise of Skywalker’ is a sour end to a grand saga

Not much has caused a disturbance in the “Star Wars” galaxy quite like Rian Johnson’s “The Last Jedi,” an erratic but electric movie that, regardless of how you felt about it, was something ...

DATE: Dec 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango Dec. 20-26

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Bolshoi Ballet: The Nutcracker (Saturday and Sunday only) The timeless holiday classic performed and captured ...

DATE: Dec 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Blue-collar character actor Danny Aiello has died at age 86

NEW YORK – Danny Aiello, the blue-collar character actor whose long career playing tough guys included roles in “Fort Apache, the Bronx,” “Moonstruck” and “Once Upon a Time in America” and h...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango Dec. 13-19

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) JoJo Rabbit A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when...

DATE: Dec 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday