AltWeeklies Wire
Spiel Time with Bill Mahernew
"My audience is the first to tell me if they think something is out of line."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-18-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bill Hicks
Conductor Kynan Jones on Australia's Copland, Russian Repertoire, and Tyler Clementi's Last Daynew
One of the six candidates being considered for outgoing Colorado Springs Philharmonic music director Lawrence Leighton Smith's position, the 36-year-old conductor spent years apprenticing under the famed Zubin Mehta and has conducted more than 60 orchestras and opera companies around the world.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
04-07-2011 |
Movies
Holiday Film Previewnew
There's nothing like a bad economy to boost ticket sales for the movies. Here are some reasons to hit theaters this season.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
11-22-2010 |
Movies
Fighting Gravitas: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1new
This Potter falls somewhere between ambitious and momentous in its own way, yet never quite as powerful as it wants to be.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Scott Renshaw |
11-18-2010 |
Reviews
Chaos Contained: Review of 'Green Zone'new
As long as you don't enter Paul Greengrass' Green Zone expecting Bourne 4 or a totally accurate history lesson, you should emerge sufficiently entertained and possibly even enlightened with regard to the real reasons behind America's involvement in the Iraq war.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jeff Sneider |
03-16-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Green Zone, Paul Greengrass
'Lakeview Terrace': Suburban Nightmarenew
Oh, to live to see such a rarity: a horror movie for grown-ups!
Colorado Springs Independent |
Maryann Johanson |
09-23-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil LaBute, Lakeview Terrace
'Burn After Reading': Coenfederacy of Duncesnew
In any case, Burn After Reading, the new comedy from Joel and Ethan Coen, is well-titled. It's fair to call it a grim farce about vanity in an age of constant surveillance, but that might imply more ambition than does the movie itself.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jonathan Kiefer |
09-16-2008 |
Reviews
'American Teen' Asks 'Do We Ever Grow Up?'new
Some of the things the kids do on camera are the kinds of things they'd never, ever do if they thought their parents were watching. And, some of the things they say on camera are the kinds of things they'd never, ever say to a parent's face. That's why adults would get more out of this film than teenagers.
Colorado Springs Independent |
MaryAnn Johanson |
07-29-2008 |
Reviews
Filmmaker Eric Shiveley Talks About Music, Fame and Assless Chapsnew
He'll hate the comparison, but Shiveley brings to mind a thinking man's Paris Hilton: He usually travels with a posse of little dogs, and his new film, Everyone But You, is a sort of video docu-diary.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jill Thomas |
04-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Eric Shiveley, Everyone But You
Indie Spirit Film Festival Hits Colorado Springsnew
The films range from don't-blink shorts to full-length features. Some avant-garde entries that defy categorization -- like Gods of Light, Idols of Mud, an experimental short with no dialogue, about three people escaping reality.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jill Thomas |
04-29-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Colorado Springs, film festivals
Pig Talenew
There are several theories floating around the Internet purporting to explain why Penelope is finally being released now. It did, after all, make its debut at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Maryann Johanson |
03-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Mark Palansky, Penelope
'Cloverfield' is Just a Monster Movie, Right?new
There's no way Cloverfield could possibly be worth the to-do. Could it?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Maryann Johanson |
01-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
You Thought '07 was a Big Year?new
Over the next few weeks, the hype for Cloverfield will reach deafening levels. In the coming months, buzz will build for family-friendly flicks and big-budget tentpoles.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jeff Sneider |
01-08-2008 |
Movies
Carry a 'Toonnew
By limiting itself to precisely one fart joke and one poop joke, Alvin and the Chipmunks is pretty highbrow in today's kiddie-flick environment.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Maryann Johanson |
12-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alvin and the Chipmunks, Tim Hill
Morgan Spurlock Helps Reverend Billy Fend Off the Shopocalypsenew
Producer Spurlock and director Rob VanAlkemade track Reverend Billy, his wife/partner Savitri D, and their 35-member gospel choir on a cross-country bus tour.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirk Woundy |
12-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
