Movies - The Durango Herald

Seymour Cassel, mischievous character actor of independent films, dies at 84

Seymour Cassel, an Oscar-nominated character actor who played raconteurs, street toughs and cha-cha-dancing hoodlums, frequently collaborating with independent filmmakers John Cassavetes and...

DATE: Apr 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango April 12-18

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Bolshoi Ballet: The Golden Age (Sunday only) In the 1920’s, The Golden Age cabaret is a favorite nightly haunt...

DATE: Apr 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

The streaming age is making it easier than ever to discover great movies

I’ve written about why physical media has the edge over digital when it comes to making sure you have access to your movies for years to come. But streaming and digital certainly have a plac...

DATE: Apr 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

We’ve been waiting for ‘Shazam!’

“Why is my body changing?” That’s the unspoken cry of every teenager in every coming-of-age movie. It also happens to be the struggle of the reluctant superhero in “Shazam!,” the latest offe...

DATE: Apr 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango April 5-11

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Apollo 11 A cinematic space event film 50 years in the making. Featuring never-before-seen large-format film f...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango March 29- April 4

Gaslight Theatre (102 Fifth St. Next to the railroad depot, 247-8133, www.allentheatresinc.com) Dumbo A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling ...

DATE: Mar 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’ remake is decidedly – and deliciously – dark

Tim Burton’s remake of “Dumbo” – a live-action and CGI version of Disney’s 1941 classic about a flying baby elephant – is more an expansion of the original than simply a souped-up retread. F...

DATE: Mar 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Kiowa writer finally gets the film he deserves

‘Words from a Bear’ gives glimpse of indigenous literary giant Momaday

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

Jordan Peele’s follow-up to ‘Get Out’ will give you nightmares – but in ‘Us,’ it’s the performances that you’ll remember

“Us,” Jordan Peele’s eagerly anticipated follow-up to his smash hit “Get Out,” can’t help but be compared to that earlier movie. As a politically minded genre exercise combining horror and h...

DATE: Mar 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango March 22-28

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Bolshoi Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty (Sunday only) On her 16th birthday, Princess Aurora falls under the ...

DATE: Mar 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Filmmaker David Lynch teaching a class about creativity

LOS ANGELES – According to filmmaker David Lynch, all it takes are 70 ideas to make a feature film. The visionary mind behind “Blue Velvet,” “Mulholland Drive” and “Twin Peaks” is...

DATE: Mar 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Lou Pearlman was a disgraced mogul who defrauded ’90s boy bands – then came the $300 million Ponzi scheme

Before he was implicated in one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history, Lou Pearlman’s lies started to unravel at a meal with ’N Sync at a Los Angeles steakhouse. Sitting ar...

DATE: Mar 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music