Every documentary film takes on a life of its own.  From initial concept to when the final work reaches an audience, filmmakers have only so much control over the events that shape the story of the film.  Our job is to make the best picture we can and maximize the… Read full post »

YouTube is featuring the entire "Ride The Divide" movie on its home page for 2711 minutes - that's one minute for every mile of the race - and we will donate 50% of the DVD and iTunes sales made during this event to LIVESTRONG!

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The "Ride The Divide" production team poses on the red carpet before the first of three screenings at the Starz Film Center in Denver. 

As Denver is the spiritual and physical home to this project, it was great to finally be able to screen the film for friends and family… Read full post »

I'm excited to be returning to Denver this week to join fellow filmmakers Mike Dion and Hunter Weeks as we screen our new documentary feature "Ride The Divide" at the Starz Film Center and the Boulder Theater.  

"Ride The Divide" is an inspiring journey about the world’s/… Read full post »

Too much time indoors – especially in front of screens (computer, BlackBerry, TV monitors) and the prospect of three straight days of killer spring weather pulled me out of the desk chair Friday and onto my motorcycle for a long weekend road trip.  I just returned from a 532… Read full post »

Everyone has a craving for junk food after the Thanksgiving feast.  As several recent Thanksgivings have been spent with my siblings back in the Philadelphia suburbs where we grew up, I have been able to satisfy many gnawing cravings following the tryptophan orgies.

This year, my brother… Read full post »

"Cinema remains a simple-minded narrative form. Novels will always be better at nuance and depth.  The film "Disgrace" captures about all there is to capture in the novel "Disgrace," which is a remarkable accomplishment for a film...".  -Philip Kennicott, Washington Post revie… Read full post »

Carey Mulligan (An Education) & Katie Jarvis (Fish Tank) at the Telluride Film Festival.

(Photo by Eugene Hernandez, indieWIRE) 

Two of the most talked-about films in Telluride feature young British actresses who give memorable performances in coming-of-age stories with decidedly di… Read full post »

After 48 hours in town, a few random observations:

Have seen just two films (my pacing is off compared to previous years...too many really compelling out-of-doors distractions)...both were mostly in French and both were excellent:

• "London River" with Brenda Blethyn explored the interse
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Thrilled to be back in Telluride, CO for the film festival.  The weather is perfect, I am with several close friends from Denver and the lineup looks amazing.

Check out the films screening here for the first time ever:

(Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post ) 

Since moving to Denver in January, 2005, the weather in this region has fascinated me like no other place I have lived.  Growing up on the Eastern Seaboard and then spending a good chunk of my early adult years in the South, I was… Read full post »

I admit, this is a shameless plug for a TV show produced by my employer. But, I also know that many OS readers are fans of "Lost" and of "Ace of Cakes",  so promoting the fact that the lovable rogues from Charm City will be mingling with the mysterious and… Read full post »

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Open invitation for all OSers in Colorado and Wyoming:

Open Salon Anniversary… Read full post »

The conversion of turn-of-the-century warehouses, flour mils and industrial manufacturing buildings into residences in lower downtown Denver has been so successful, other cities across the US are copying the plan.  And, while being within walking distance of top-rated restaurants a… Read full post »

Look closely at the picture.  Through the blizzard hitting Denver right now you will see members of a construction crew walking on the narrow top surface of concrete panels forming a new parking garage at a luxury apartment complex being built across the street from my downtown loft.

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"Skills Like This" is finally making its way out of the festival circuit and into mainstream theaters, starting this weekend at the Angelika in NYC.  "Skills Like This" is an old-fashioned indie picture, produced with private money, shot entirely on location (including one scene in front… Read full post »

The World Baseball Classic is hardly the Olympics, but a team of no-name players from The Netherlands looks like it is about to become this decade's version of the American hockey club that stunned the world with its miraculous series of wins to take the gold medal in 1980.

The… Read full post »

With just one day's notice, the E.W. Scripps Company is closing The Rocky Mountain News.  While the official word came down quickly, the expectation that a closure was possible has been building for months. 

Colorado's first newspaper (and what is reported to be the oldest business… Read full post »

Louie Bellson, one of the most innovative, energetic and colorful jazz drummers ever, died Saturday.  In his 67 year career, Bellson played with a wide variety of jazz greats from Duke Ellington to Clark Terry, and even recorded an album with James Brown.

Bellson, Buddy Rich, Jack DeJone… Read full post »

I don't care what Punxsutawney Phil sees or doesn't see and March 20th is just another day on my calendar.  For me, winter is over the day pitchers and catchers report to camps in Florida and Arizona to begin Spring Training.  That day is today!

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Photo Credit: Larry Downing/Reuters

In Obama's first press conference as president Monday night, reporters pressed him for details of the the new administration's plans for stopping and reversing our economic crisis.  The new leader repeatedly declined, deferring to hi… Read full post »

With 24-hour cable networks and the internet compressing news cycles into dayparts rather than days, the story of Tom Daschle's aborted nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services seems to be nothing more than a dusty headline.   But with time comes perspective and now, five days past… Read full post »