Security, N.Y. incident leave some unsettled after ‘Joker’

Extra layers of security, intense on-screen action and a frightening incident inside a New York theater combined to create an unsettling experience for some moviegoers who went to see “Joker...

Joaquin Phoenix is a vivid, operatic Joker, but the movie is way too full of itself

From the hysterical levels of overpraise, concern-trolling and general hype that have greeted “Joker,” casual observers might assume that it’s either genius, right-wing propaganda or some di...

Spanish cinema great Almodóvar plans his first film in America

NEW YORK – Pedro Almodóvar is a master of cinema who has found international acclaim with 21 films he’s shot in his native Spain. Now, he’s setting his sights on making his first film in Nor...

Diahann Carroll, Oscar-nominated, pioneering actress, dies

NEW YORK – Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series as “Julia,” has died. She wa...

Movies playing in Durango Oct. 4-10

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Brittany Runs a Marathon Brittany Forgler is a hilarious, friendly, hot mess of a New Yorker who always knows ...

Everyone talking about ‘Joker’

LOS ANGELES – There may be no such thing as bad publicity, but the spotlight on “Joker” is testing the limits of that old cliché. The origin story about the classic Batman villain...

Martin Scorsese’s epic ‘The Irishman’ premieres in New York

NEW YORK – Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” premiered Friday at the New York Film Festival, finally raising the curtain on the director’s long-awaited, 209-minute crime-drama opus. ...

Animated adventure ‘Abominable’ is beautiful – though a little formulaic

As clichéd as it sounds, there’s no reason to reinvent the wheel. But if a wheel can’t be improved on, it can be made lovelier. That’s what “Abominable” does. The animated film takes a stand...

‘Outrage is a commodity’: Director Todd Phillips bashes ‘far left’ criticism of ‘Joker’

Since debuting at the Venice International Film Festival earlier this month, “Joker,” an R-rated supervillain origin story, has drawn both rave reviews and concerns about its realistic portr...

Spider-Man will still be an Avenger, as Marvel and Sony agree to make a movie together after all

Well, look who’s still an Avenger after all. Sony Pictures Entertainment and Walt Disney Studios have announced that they will team up on another Spider-Man film, after negotiatio...

International film festival comes to Bayfield

Residents vote on best films from seven countries

Movies playing in Durango Sept. 27-Oct. 3

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) David Crosby: Remember My Name You thought you knew him. Meet David Crosby now in this portrait of a man with ...