January 26, 2012 // Comments //

The Imposter, a documentary by Bart Layton, revisits the trail of a missing child, and the con-man who stole his identity. The story doesn’t end with the conviction of a serial grifter. Did the child’s family …

January 22, 2012 // Comments //

David D’Arcy reviews West of Memphis, a documentary investigation, into the wrongful murder convictions of three teenagers in 1994,  that screened at Sundance Film Festival 2012. The fourth film on the subject, this one is directed …

January 17, 2012 // Comments //

Rulan Tangen is the artistic director and choreographer of Dancing Earth, the foremost contemporary indigenous dance company in the United States. The company is an “intertribal” one including dancers from 14 North American Nations and tribal …

December 24, 2011 // Comments //

Just go listen to some music, okay?

December 24, 2011 // 1 Comments //

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo rises above almost anything recent in the thriller genre, although the bar isn’t set too high, says David D’Arcy. Director David Fincher rises to the challenge, but Rooney Mara kicks …

December 19, 2011 // Comments //

We Need to Talk About Kevin,  is Lynne Ramsey’s adaptation of Lionel Shriver’s novel about a mother’s painful perspective on a bloody killing by an angry teenager, her son. It’s not for the fainthearted, although Tilda …

December 16, 2011 // Comments //

Ocote Soul Sounds hits Denver on the Southwest portion of their tour, 12/17. The Austin-based band has visited Albuquerque and Seattle, among other cities. Also, you can demand they play in Santa Fe, NM here. Denver …

December 14, 2011 // 1 Comments //

The Descendants by Alexander Payne, adapted from a novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings, is a heartfelt portrait of a man in middle age who learns about himself, his family, and the beauty around him when his …

December 12, 2011 // Comments //

James Drake‘s Salon of A Thousand Souls, a one-man show curated by New Mexico Museum of Art curator Laura Addison, can be seen at NMMA in Santa Fe through April 22, 2012. Not a “retrospective” per …

November 21, 2011 // Comments //

It took eight screenwriters to make Tower Heist. After a few minutes, you’ll wonder what it takes to make this Brett Ratner film go away.

In a Manhattan luxury tower, the building employees learn that …