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War film takes documentary honor at Starz Denver Film Festival

"The Good Soldier" won the Maysles Brothers Award for best documentary at the Starz Denver Film Festival on Saturday night. A film dealing with war and how it shapes soldiers and civilians alike was honored Saturday evening as the 32nd Starz Denver ...

From LISA KENNEDY, Denver Post,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Condoleezza Rice,  Krzysztof Kieslowski,  Academy Awards,  John Cassavetes,  Spike Lee

"Blind Side" solves the puzzle of how home is the heart's end zone

Football potential personified, Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) comes to live with the family of Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) in "The Blind Side." (Warner Bros. Pictures ) In "The Blind Side," Leigh Anne Tuohy sits with some girlfriends at a classy ...

From LISA KENNEDY, Denver Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Oher,  Leigh Anne Tuohy,  Sandra Bullock,  NFL,  Tim McGraw

"Precious" walks through fires of abuse into miracle of empathy

Nurse John (Lenny Kravitz) and Precious (Gabourey Sidibe) confer in Lee Daniels' film based on Sapphire's novel about an abused and pregnant teenager. (Lionsgate ) Here are two words we promise not to use in this review of "Precious: Based on the Novel ...

From LISA KENNEDY, Denver Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lee Daniels,  Gabourey Sidibe,  Lenny Kravitz,  Mo'Nique,  Shirley Chisholm

Royal female finish for Starz Film Fest with "Young Victoria"

reign, so to speak. In the spirit of the Festival de Cine Mexicano, there's a showing of Pixar's summer hit "Up" with Spanish subtitles at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at 2 p.m. Saturday. (Pixar ) It is good to be queen. ...

From LISA KENNEDY, Denver Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Pixar,  Emily Blunt,  Helen Mirren,  George Hickenlooper,  John Hickenlooper

The roles of Women + Film founder Barbara Bridges

Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe," about her firebrand father. 11-day movie extravaganza.Through Nov. 22. More than 200 films plus tributes, panels, filmmaker Q&As. Venues include Ellie Caulkins Opera House, King ...

From LISA KENNEDY, Denver Post,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Dixie Carter,  Hal Holbrook,  AnnaSophia Robb,  PBS,  NPR

Starz Denver honoree Ed Harris made time for directors' debut

Ed Harris in his new film, "Touching Home," which will screen at the Denver Film Festival. Harris will receive the Mayor's Career Achievement Award tonight at the King Center on the Auraria Campus. It's the kind of a tale, full of gumption and luck, ...

From LISA KENNEDY, Denver Post,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ed Harris,  Amy Madigan,  Oliver Stone,  Peter Weir,  Ron Howard

Denver duo took a leap of faith by investing in "Precious"

Gary Magness, left, his wife, Sarah Siegel-Magness, and "Precious" director Lee Daniels. The Magnesses did more than write a check; they invested in Daniels. (Matt Carr, Getty Images ) Before Oprah Winfrey lent her name to Lee Daniels' "Precious: Based ...

From LISA KENNEDY, Denver Post,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lee Daniels,  Oprah Winfrey,  Tyler Perry,  Mariah Carey

Starz Film Fest: Capturing Denver's drama

year since the historic event flooded the city with delegates, global media, celebs, protesters and two history-making candidates in Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. talented crew of fellow filmmakers for his ...

From LISA KENNEDY, Denver Post,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: George Hickenlooper,  Barry Levinson,  John Hickenlooper,  Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton

Review: "Antichrist" makes smart people tremble

He is a therapist played by Willem Dafoe. She was a scholar working on a thesis about witchcraft who is inhabited by Charlotte Gainsbourg. They are the tormented souls at the center of "Antichrist," Lars Von Trier's masterful and cruel allegory about a ...

From LISA KENNEDY, Denver Post,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Willem Dafoe,  Lars von Trier,  Michael Haneke,  Ingmar Bergman,  August Strindberg

Review: Dickens trumps Disney in 3-D "Christmas Carol"

Scrooge (Jim Carrey) carries Tiny Tim (Gary Oldman), in "Disney's A Christmas Carol." The 3-D production, directed by Robert Zemeckis, uses "performance capture" technology to blend live performances with computerized images. (Walt Disney Studios ...

From LISA KENNEDY, Denver Post,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Robert Zemeckis,  Jim Carrey,  Gary Oldman,  Colin Firth,  Bob Hoskins

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