Mile High Cinema

The announcement of the first wave of films for the Stanley Film Festival, coming up May 2 – 5, 2013 was well worth the wait, but are you ready for the icing on this horror cake? The fest announced today it’s opening night film will be James DeMonaco’s The Purge, a dystopian horror film with Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane, and Max Burkholder. In the near future, a daring new edict keeps the nation safe. Called simply The…

Chris Utterback (The Westword), Kenny Miles (The Movie Blog), and myself had the opportunity to sit and chat with Derek Cianfrance while he was back here in his home state of Colorado. Born and raised in Lakewood and a CU-Boulder film graduate, Derek certainly hasn’t forgotten where he comes from. He rushed over from having lunch with his mom and dad before he would head back up to CU-Boulder to Q&A an advance screening of…