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Now Playing at the Greenwood Village
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| Helen Hunt makes her feature directing debut with the touching story of schoolteacher April Epner (Hunt) and her very unlikely path towards personal fulfillment. Following the separation from her husband (Matthew Broderick) and the death of her adopted mother, April is contacted by her apparent birth mother (Bette Midler), who turns out to be a local talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mother to April that she was never able to be, April seems to find solace in the arms of the parent of one of her students (Colin Firth), only to find that the mystery to life's questions cannot be solved by a simple revelation. Adapted from Elinor Lipman's novel of the same name. Official Web Site |
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Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is a Jiu-Jitsu teacher who has avoided the
prize fighting circuit, choosing instead to pursue an honorable life by operating
a self-defense studio with a samurai's code. He and his wife Sondra (Alice
Braga) struggle to keep the business running to make ends meet. An accident
at the Academy between an off duty officer (Max Martini) and a distraught
lawyer (Emily Mortimer) puts in motion a series of events that will change
Terry's life dramatically, introducing him to a world of promoters (Ricky
Jay, Joe Mantegna) and a movie star (Tim Allen). To pay off his debts and
regain his honor, Terry must step into the ring for the first time in his
life. Written and directed by David Mamet (Spartan, The Spanish Prisoner). Official Web Site |
Now Playing at the Chez Artiste Theatre
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A smash hit in its native Italy, director/co-writer Daniele Luchetti's intensely
cinematic and incisive comedy-drama looks at the dreams and disillusionments
of the 1960s and '70s. In a small Italian town, two brothers want to change
the world—but in completely different ways. The elder, Manrico (Riccardo
Scarmaccio), is a handsome, charismatic firebrand who becomes the prime mover
in the local Communist party. Accio (Elio Germano), the younger and more rebellious
brother, finds his own contrarian voice by joining the reactionary Fascists.
What starts as a typical tale of sibling rivalry becomes the story of the
polarizing and paralyzing politics of those turbulent times, and the rift
between the brothers when Accio realizes that he loves his brother’s
girlfriend, Francesca (Diane Fleri). Official
Web Site Wesley Morris's Denver Post review... |
Now Playing at the Greenwood Village
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For Tom (Patrick Dempsey), life is good: he's sexy, successful, has great
luck with the ladies, and knows he can always rely on Hannah (Michelle Monaghan),
his delightful best friend and the one constant in his life. It's the perfect
setup until Hannah goes overseas to Scotland on a six-week business trip...and
Tom is stunned to realize how empty his life is without her. He resolves that
when she gets back, he'll ask Hannah to marry him—but is floored when
he learns that she has become engaged to a handsome and wealthy Scotsman (Kevin
McKidd) and plans to move overseas. When Hannah asks Tom to be her "maid"
of honor, he reluctantly agrees to fill the role, but only so he can attempt
to woo Hannah and stop the wedding before it's too late. Official
Web Site Lisa Kennedy's Denver Post review... |
Now Playing at the Greenwood Village
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Having lost his passion for teaching and writing, 62-year-old Walter
Vale (Richard Jenkins) fills the void by trying to learn to play classical
piano. Sent to Manhattan to attend a conference, Walter is surprised to find
a young couple has taken up residence in his apartment. Victims of a real
estate scam, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman), a Syrian man, and Zainab (Danai Gurira),
his Senegalese girlfriend, have nowhere else to go. In the first of a series
of tests of the heart, Walter reluctantly allows the couple to stay with him.
Touched by his kindness, the talented Tarek insists on teaching the aging
academic to play the African drum. The instrument's exuberant rhythms revitalize
Walter's faltering spirit and open his eyes to a vibrant world of local jazz
clubs and Central Park drum circles. When Tarek is arrested as an undocumented
citizen and held for deportation, Walter finds himself compelled to help his
new friend with a passion he thought he had long ago lost. Written and directed
by Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent). Official Web Site Director Tom McCarthy is fascinated by how and why people connect David Germain's Rocky Mountain News article... |
Now Playing at the Chez Artiste Theatre
Must End Thursday, May 15!
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| Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood star in an intense and visually evocative drama about the loss of youth, investigating how a single moment in time can define an entire life. Based on Laura Kasischke’s visionary novel, the story hinges on a pivotal confrontation: two high school girls held captive by a gunman and forced to make the terrifying choice as to who will live and who will die. Director Vadim Perelman (House of Sand and Fog) explores the reverberations stemming from the collision of past and future, reality and dream. Life can end in an instant—yet the echoes of possible futures been remain inescapable. Moving backwards and forwards in time, it combines the dramatic intensity of Sophie’s Choice with the eerie mystery of a ghost story like The Others. Official Web Site |
Now Playing at the Esquire Theatre
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Prepare to be entertained and inspired by a New England senior citizens chorus
that has delighted audiences worldwide with their covers of songs by everyone
from The Clash to Coldplay. As director Stephen Walker's documentary begins,
the retirees, led by their strict musical director, are rehearsing their new
show, struggling with a discordant Sonic Youth number and giving new meaning
to James Brown's "I Feel Good." What ultimately emerges is a funny
and unexpectedly moving testament to friendship, creative inspiration and
reaching beyond expectations. Official
Web Site Lisa Kennedy's Denver Post review... |
Now Playing at the Mayan Theatre
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| In Wong Kar Wai's debut English language feature, the internationally acclaimed director of In the Mood for Love takes his audience on a dramatic journey across the distance between heartbreak and a new beginning. After a rough break-up, Elizabeth (songstress Norah Jones in her screen debut) sets out on a journey across America, leaving behind a life of memories, a dream and a soulful new friend, a café owner (Jude Law)—all while in search of something to mend her broken heart. Waitressing her way through the country, Elizabeth befriends others whose yearnings are greater than hers, including a troubled cop (David Strathairn), his estranged wife (Rachel Weisz) and a down-on-her luck gambler (Natalie Portman). Through these individuals, Elizabeth witnesses the true depths of loneliness and emptiness, and begins to understand that her own journey is part of a greater exploration within herself. Official Web Site |
Now Playing at the Greenwood Village
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| An accountant named Jonathan (Ewan McGregor) is introduced to a mysterious sex club known as The List by his lawyer friend Wyatt (Hugh Jackman). But in this seductive new world, Jonathan soon becomes the prime suspect in a woman's disappearance and a multi-million dollar heist. Co-starring Michelle Williams and Maggie Q. Written by Mark Bomback (Live Free or Die Hard) and directed by Marcel Langenegger, making his feature debut. Official Web Site |
Now Playing at the Mayan Theatre
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In his entertaining new documentary, Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me)
takes on a franchise even more lethal than McDonald's—Al Qaeda. With
no military experience, knowledge or expertise, he sets off to do what the
CIA, FBI and U.S. military have all failed to do: find the world's most wanted
man. But before he finds bin Laden, he first needs to learn where he came
from and the environment and influences that shaped him. Following bin Laden's
trail through some of the most dangerous places in the world, Spurlock encounters
both the rational and the radical faces of the Middle East. He risks life and limb to uncover the truth
about bin Laden, and in doing so explores the lines that divide, those that
unite, and the countless shades of grey between. Official
Web Site Lisa Kennedy's Denver Post review... |
Now Playing at the Esquire Theatre
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Jean (Gad Elmaleh), a shy young bartender, is mistaken for a millionaire
by a beautiful seductress named Irene (Audrey Tautou, Amélie).
When Irene discovers his true identity, she abandons him, only to find that
a love-struck Jean has no intention of letting her get away. Jean's comical
attempts to gain her affections gradually evolve into setting himself up as
a gigolo at a luxury hotel, until Irene finally starts to warm to her persistent,
persuasive suitor. Against the wildly atmospheric backdrop of the south of
France, Pierre Salvadori (Après Vous) directs this sexy and
thoroughly charming romantic comedy, which is a fresh re-imagining of the
cinema classic Breakfast at Tiffany's. Official
Web Site Director Salvadori on meeting the right person at the wrong time Angela Doland's Rocky Mountain News article... |
Now Playing at the Greenwood Village
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| The darkly comic story of Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid), a widowed, acerbic and self-absorbed literature professor who has alienated his son (Ashton Holmes) and turned his daughter (Ellen Page, Juno) into an overachieving, friendless teen. He falls for Janet (Sarah Jessica Parker), one of his former students, just as his adopted, preposterously ne’er-do-well brother (Thomas Haden Church) unexpectedly shows up at his door, triggering in him the need to change and reconnect with his family before he can make any steps forward in his life. Debut feature for screenwriter/novelist Mark Poirier and award-winning commercial director Noam Murro. Official Web Site |
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| From director Michael Radford (The Merchant of Venice, Il Postino) comes a clever diamond-heist thriller set in swinging 1960s London. Demi Moore plays Laura Quinn, a bright, driven and beautiful executive at the London Diamond Corporation who finds herself frustrated by a glass ceiling after years of faithful employment. Michael Caine is Hobbs, the nighttime janitor at London Diamond who is virtually invisible to the executives that work there, but over the years has amassed a startling amount of knowledge about how the company runs. Hobbs has his own bone to pick with London Diamond. Observing Laura’s frustration, he convinces her to help him execute an ingenious plan to steal a hefty sum in diamonds. But unbeknownst to Laura, Hobbs plans go even farther than he’s let on, and together they set in motion a thrilling heist of dizzying proportions, the likes of which London has never seen. Official Web Site |
Now Playing at the Greenwood Village
Must End Thursday, May 15!
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| Director/star George Clooney and Renée Zellweger match wits in a romantic comedy set against the backdrop of Americas nascent pro-football league in 1925. Clooney plays Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski), Americas favorite son. A golden-boy war hero who single-handedly forced multiple German soldiers to surrender in WWI, Carter has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed on the field. This new champ is almost too good to be true, and spitfire newswoman Lexie Littleton (Zellweger) aims to prove thats the case. But while she digs, the two teammates start to become serious off-field rivals for her fickle affections. Official Web Site |
Now Playing at the Chez Artiste Theatre
Must End Thursday, May 15!
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The true story of Salomon Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics), counterfeiter extraordinaire
and bohemian. After getting arrested in a German concentration camp in 1944,
he agrees to help the Nazis in an organized counterfeit operation set up to
help finance the war effort. It was the biggest counterfeit money scam of
all times: over £130 million in British currency was printed, under
conditions that couldn't have been more tragic or spectacular. During the
last years of the war, as the German Reich saw that the end was near, the
authorities decided to produce their own banknotes in the currencies of their
major war enemies. At the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, two barracks were
separated from the rest of the camp and transformed into a fully equipped
counterfeiters workshop. "Operation Bernhard" was born. Academy
Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film. Official
Web Site Connie Ogle's Denver Post review... |
Starts Friday, May 16 at the Greenwood Village
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The English-language debut of acclaimed Indian director Santosh Sivan (Asoka,
The Terrorist) is set in 1930s southern India against the backdrop
of a growing nationalist movement. Rahul Bose stars as an idealistic young
Indian man who finds himself torn between his ambitions for the future and
his loyalty to the past when people in his village learn of an affair between
his British boss (Linus Roache) and a village woman (Nandita Das). Co-starring
Jennifer Ehle and John Standing. Presented by Merchant Ivory, creators of
A Room With a View, Howards End and The Remains of the Day. Official Web Site |
Starts Friday, May 16 at the EsquireTheatre
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| In 1980s Britain, young Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner) is raised in isolation among The Brethren, a puritanical religious sect in which music and TV are strictly forbidden. When Will encounters his first movie, a pirated copy of Rambo: First Blood, his imagination is blown wide open. Now, Will sets out to join forces with the seemingly diabolical school bully (Will Poulter) to make their own action epic, devising wildly creative, on-the-fly stunts, not to mention equally elaborate schemes for creating a movie of total commitment and non-stop thrills while hiding out from The Brethren. Written and directed by Garth Jennings (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), who captures the agony and the giddy ecstasy of a camcorder childhood with inventive humor, poignancy and a rousing dose of cinematic panache. Official Web Site |
Westword, The Onion & Denver 3 present
Fri & Sat Midnight Movies at the Esquire Theatre!
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Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssye • May 23 & 24 Mel Brooks' comedy classic Young Frankenstein • May 30 & 31 Original version! Not on DVD! Grindhouse • June 6 & 7 Steven Spielberg's Jaws • June 13 & 14 Bruce Campbell in Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn • June 20 & 21 Bruce Lee & John Saxon in Enter the Dragon • June 27 & 28 Uncut version! Christian Bale in American Psycho • July 4 & 5 Tim Burton's Pee-wee's Big Adventure • July 11 & 12 |
Starts Friday, May 23 at the Mayan Theatre
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| Is it possible for a photograph to change the world? Photographs taken by soldiers in Abu Ghraib prison changed the war in Iraq and changed America's image of itself. Yet, a central mystery remains: Did the notorious Abu Ghraib photographs constitute evidence of systematic abuse by the American military, or were they documenting the aberrant behavior of a few "bad apples"? Director Errol Morris (The Fog of War) set out to examine the context of these photographs, talking directly to the soldiers who took them and who were in them. After two years of investigation, he amassed a million and a half words of interview transcript, thousands of pages of unredacted reports, and hundreds of photographs. The story of Abu Ghraib is still shrouded in moral ambiguity, but it is now clear what happened there. Official Web Site |
Starts Friday, May 23
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| A mysterious red balloon affectionately follows seven-year-old Simon (Simon Iteanu) around Paris in this imaginative tale. His mother Suzanne (Juliet Binoche) is a puppeteer who uses her vocal talents to bring life to the shows she writes. Completely absorbed in her new show, Suzanne becomes overwhelmed by the complications of modern daily life, so she decides to hire Song (Song Fang), a Taiwanese film student, to help her care for Simon. Inspired by the 1956 classic, The Red Balloon. Feeling at times almost improvisatory, this first European-made film by writer/director Hou Hsiao Hsien (Flowers of Shanghai, Millennium Mambo) is a poetic delight. Co-starring Hippolyte Girardot and Louis Margolin. Official Web Site |
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