Author: John Moore
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Delroy Lindo bringing Delta Slim back to his Denver stage roots
Famed actor to receive career achievement award at Denver Film Festival screening of global phenomenon ‘Sinners‘ Celebrated actor Delroy Lindo remembers the grand opening of the Denver Center Theatre Company on New Year’s Eve 1979. “It was cold as hell,” he says with a laugh. “The snow was up to our ears.” He doesn’t much…
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Denver Film Festival: Start with these five to watch
A quick jump-starter for those about to fest With 136 (mostly) unreleased films to choose from, the Denver Film Festival can be a bit intimidating for a first-time festivaler. There are many different possible strategies. You might want to focus on Colorado filmmakers, or documentaries, or international films, or LGBTQ, or shorts, or animation or…
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Nora Garrett’s Hollywood screenwriting debut: Fierce
Denver School of the Arts grad’s combustible tale, starring Julia Roberts, has been called the most provocative film of 2025 There is a one-word playbook for how to effectively play the simmering, sexually frustrated Maggie the Cat in Tennessee Williams’ classic play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” and it says this: “Fierce.” Funny, when…
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The Paris art heist: Could it happen here in Denver?
Arts news: MCA Denver has new leader; daughter follows mom’s Fezziwig footsteps; Denver Press Club honors Ari Shapiro. The short answer is no. If the brazen thieves who used a vehicle-mounted ladder to access a second-floor window at the Louvre Museum in Paris tried that funny business at the Denver Art Museum, “I would like…
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Springsteen has always ‘Delivered’ us in Denver
All you need to know about the new film opening today, the record that inspired it, and The Boss’ remarkable Mile High City stories Anyone who has ever seen Bruce Springsteen in concert knows why Friday’s release of the new biopic “Deliver Me From Nowhere” is a major cultural moment. Because just about every time…
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How music brought these rocking animals back from the brink
Local rockers stared down death to reclaim their musical identities as the new band Animals in Exile Veteran Denver rockers Jim McTurnan and Colby Rogers were feeling first-date-level jitters as they headed to their first jam session a year ago. They did not know how this was going to go. They did not know each…
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Steuer’s surprise resignation rocks Bonfils-Stanton
Arts news: Opie Gone Bad sighting; praise for Nora Garrett; Neil Diamond and Goo Goo Dolls in Denver Gary Steuer surprised the local arts community this week when he announced that he will be leaving the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation after more than 12 years as President and CEO. Steuer said he has simply decided “it is…
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This Halloween in Denver, get on your feet
From plays to playgrounds films to museums to interactive experiences, there’s lots to keep your blood pumping this month Halloween is fun for everyone, but it always brings out the best in our performing-arts groups and museums. So why not go with live while you are celebrating the dead? Among your options: Elitch Gardens Elitch…
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Gen X vs. Gen Z: Paul McCartney’s Denver concert for all the ages
The Denver Gazette’s John Moore and Kyla Pearce agree that Sir Paul is getting better all the time. There are 30 years between Denver Gazette reporter Kyla Pearce and Senior Arts Journalist John Moore. But on Saturday, they were side by side, just two of 50,000 of all ages being treated to what will likely…
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Buntport Theater buys the house, and welcomes all comers
Popular indie company opens its 25th season with today’s launch of a five-year, $2.65 million capital campaign to purchase its building For 25 years, the five members of Denver’s quirky, creative and accidentally entrepreneurial Buntport Theater collective have not stopped working long enough to look up. If they had, they might have noticed before April…