Village Voice film critic Stephanie Zacharek and LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson run down their ten favorite/best/top/whatever movies of 2014, along with Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl. Send barbs, jabs, claims or jokes to filmpod@villagevoice.com and follow us on the Twitter at @voicefilmclub. [Subscribe to the Voice Film Club…
Sit, Guinness. Roll over, Merlot. A website called rover.com, which bills itself as “the nation’s Airbnb for dogs,” has released a survey of the most popular dog names in 2014, and it turns out that people — especially in Denver — love to label their Labs after booze. In fact,…
The Christopher Nolan blockbuster Interstellar hit theaters in time for the holidays, and although the post-apocalyptic space journey flick is mostly concerned with actor Matthew McConaughey, it does feature Colorado in a very supporting role. Playing a corn farmer/engineer, McConaughey eventually journeys across the plains to NORAD — the North…
If you missed Roll’s Ugly Sweater Mixer Friday night at the Exdo Event Center, you likely missed some of the ugliest Christmas sweaters in town, which glowed in all their resplendent awfulness under colored lights as they zipped around the rink. Luckily, our photographer Scott Lentz was there to record…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz was transported back to the Reagan years with hearty, unpretentious breakfasts at Sunrise Sunset. We spotted a doughnut shop that will soon open on South Colorado Boulevard called the Fractured Prune that has become our new frontrunner for the worst restaurant name in…
Denver has been an incubator for fast-casual restaurants ever since Chipotle made a big splash with its first store in the mid-’90s. But the evolution of the concept has gone far beyond burritos and sandwiches. Fast and casual doesn’t have to mean cheap and greasy. Quite a few eateries opened…
Is Gregory Gauna a thief? A schmuck? Or a combination of the two? These burning Schmuck of the Week questions are prompted by Gauna’s arrest for swiping $1,250 in gift cards intended as Christmas presents — or did he simply “find” them? See also: Andres Sanchez-Luevano After Allegedly Killing GF’s…
We begin this week’s Voice Film Club podcast with a strange story about Giles Corey, who famously said, “More weight!” as stones were laid upon him during his witch trial. The end of the year is sort of like that for film critics, who are pressed upon with all the…
It’s a little bit of a quiet weekend in Denver, but there are still plenty of great shows, including Nathaniel Rateliff pulling double-duty tonight at the Ogden and T/SMM at Glob. The rest of our picks follow! Enjoy your weekend…
What kind of circle is time again? A year after blowing the doors off our annual critics’ poll, golden boy Matthew McConaughey won just a single vote for his turn in the loudest movie of the year, Christopher Nolan’s tears-in-space effort Interstellar, which has tied with the unprescient Transcendence as…
It’s now been almost an entire year since marijuana was legalized for recreational use here in Colorado. The experiment, by most accounts, has been a successful one, with other states following in our footsteps. It seems inevitable that we’ll see the entire country follow in the next decade. Although, because…
This year may have set a record for new restaurant openings in metro Denver. Trendspotting became difficult, as so much volume led to multiple variations of almost anything good, whether it was fast-casual service, tiny dining rooms, fried chicken, wood-fired everything, restaurants with their own attached markets, or simple typographical…
Sure, you have a lot to do today — cook, shop, maybe even go to work. But that doesn’t mean you don’t have time for a beer. Or two. Or three. After all, when you down a local brew, you’re also supporting Colorado’s craft-beer industry. Keep reading for two of…
After the Portulaca Cafe, a decades-old Slavic speakeasy in Globeville, closed in 2008, the White Owl moved in and transformed the space into a cozy dive bar. In 2011, metal artist Shane Evans took it a step further, dubbing the spot Crash 45 and making such improvements as expanding the…
“Once again, let it be known that Denver’s BBQ is atrocious,” wrote one commenter last week. It’s been an unusually tough year for barbecue in this town, with several of our longtime favorites closing up shop. But barbecue fans can expect big things come January, when the National Western Stock…
Photographer Suzanne Heintz shoots a family Christmas card just like any self-respecting matriarch would, but with a difference: Heintz’s happy family is made of plastic — husband, snowflakes, flocking, stocking caps and all. Photographer Danielle Lirette joined Heinz for a holiday photo shoot Sunday at Kanon Collective; read on for…
Photo by Clever Cupcakes via FlickrAs close as a typical opening band might get to meeting KISS.By Chris Lane Your band has been playing shows for a while and seems to be getting popular. Perhaps you’re still just rising stars on the hometown circuit or have hit the road a…
It’s another big week for live music in Denver. Be sure to catch Esme Patterson at the Bluebird on Wednesday, and head back the next night for Minneapolis rapper P.O.S. The rest of our picks follow. See also: 50 Ways to Support Your DIY Music Community…
The Source was jumping yesterday, but even so, we’re not quite sure it needs a bathroom with room for 185 people. Or does that sign refer to the capacity for another space in the converted warehouse? To clear up the mystery, we went straight to the source: Source developer Kyle…
No. 59: Curry Puffs at Suvipa Thai Food 1015 South Federal Boulevard 720-379-6038 Suvipa Thai hasn’t been open long, but the kitchen is already going strong, serving up some of the brightest and most flavorful Thai dishes we’ve dug into recently. While the standards — pungent pad Thai that’s not…
Another huge weekend in Denver, including the second and third sold-out Shakey Graves shows at the Bluebird. Elsewhere, pop god Fleetwood Mac plays the Pepsi Center and doom hero Pallbearer is in town on Sunday. The rest of our picks follow…
Animal cruelty goes beyond mere schuckiness in our book. But we’re featuring Andres Sanchez-Luevano as a Schmuck of the Week anyhow due to his alleged reasons for killing a month-old kitten — he was apparently trying to punish his girlfriend of three years — and his initial decision to rabbit…
