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Casting call: Post-Civil War film to be shot in Southwest Colorado

Crew seeking extras and stunt riders

DATE: Oct 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Classic ‘Hocus Pocus’ turns 25

Twenty-five years ago, the three shrieking witches of “Hocus Pocus” flew across the big screen and, at least for a time, promptly out of everyone’s periphery. Resurrected from the...

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango Oct. 26-Nov. 1

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) NTLive: Frankenstein (1 p.m. Sunday only) Features Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternating...

DATE: Oct 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Halloween’ crushed the box office – and Jamie Lee Curtis made history

Some celebrities claim to ignore the business side of the industry – they say they don’t pay attention to how high their song climbs on the radio charts, or how many people watch their TV sh...

DATE: Oct 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

After making a hit, ‘Making a Murderer’ returns with second season

NEW YORK – The “Making a Murderer” filmmakers were in many ways in a race against the clock to make part two of their series, now available on Netflix. “We were in post-production...

DATE: Oct 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

The ultimate Halloween battle

Director David Gordon Green got his start with art-house dramas but is perhaps best known for the baked humor of “Pineapple Express.” So it’s apt that, despite plenty of gore, his version of...

DATE: Oct 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Making a Murderer’ is back for Season 2 – here’s what you need to know

“The truth always comes out sooner or later.” Those are the final words we hear from Steven Avery in the first season of “Making a Murderer,” the gripping Netflix docuseries that ...

DATE: Oct 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Film explores history, importance of food cooperatives

Local co-op to screen ‘Food For Change’ at Durango Arts Center

DATE: Oct 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango Oct. 19-25

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Wife After nearly 40 years of marriage, Joan and Joe Castleman are complements. Where Joe is casual,...

DATE: Oct 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Bad Times’ is a far-out flick

The setup of “Bad Times at the El Royale” sounds familiar, even cliché: Seven strangers, each with a skeleton in the closet, find themselves thrown together at a hotel that has seen better d...

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘The Mummy’ poster could fetch $1.5M

An original poster for the 1932 horror classic “The Mummy” is heading to Sotheby’s just in time for Halloween. Offered in an online-only auction that will run through Oct. 31, the...

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Mancos’ 1st DocFest plans weekend of films

The inaugural Mancos DocFest will kick off tonight (Friday) at the Mancos Opera House, 136 West Grand Ave. in Mancos, with the theme of “belonging” – to a place, to each other and to ourselv...

DATE: Oct 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming