Even as the 88 Drive-In in Commerce City gets ready to close, remaining drive-in theater owners around Colorado are still hopeful
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Zornio: One week later, Barbie Land is still the place I want to go
Colorado Sun columnist Trish Zornio observes that while the film “Barbie” may depict an over-the-top fantasy world, it’s also the fantasy escape women like her need.
Carman: Colorado is definitely not Barbie Land
It’s the Real World, where beneath the supposedly progressive sheen is a more dispiriting reality for women.
“What’d I Miss?”: Imagine fame, but without fortune
In “What’d I Miss?” Myra engages on the topic of Hollywood actors seeking better treatment, but her friend can’t seem to get past equating celebrity with riches.
Barbie was created 64 years ago by Denverite Ruth Handler. Here’s how the doll came to be.
Barbie has inspired — and disturbed — generations that grew up with the toy. Director Greta Gerwig’s new film plays with both perceptions of Handler’s boundary-pushing Barbie doll.
“What’d I Miss?”: Writers, actors, strikes — and AI
In “What’d I Miss?” Ossie and Myra do the math on the Hollywood writers and actors strikes, and make the connection to issues surrounding AI.
Movshovitz: Remembering Bill Pence, co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival
Pence, along with his fellow co-founders, created a world-class film festival that helped put Telluride on the map. He has died at age 82.
A movie about politics, lies, corruption and greed still resonates 80 years later
Frank Capra’s “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” is an election-season reminder that democracy matters
“What’d I Miss?”: What would it take to make you stop following the leader?
Ossie’s dad drops the wisdom of asking yourself what would make you stop following any leader. And what it means if the answer is “nothing.”
SunLit Excerpt: “Like Water” traces Bruce Lee’s cultural and historical impact
Introduction In the climactic scene of Bruce Lee’s final film, the 1973 martial arts movie Enter the Dragon, Lee pursues the archvillain Han with the hope of finishing their fight in a hall of mirrors. The two stalk each other through the maze of reflections and refractions, the screen filled with one Lee, two, a […]