Hunger Games Producer Visits Burlington Today

by Margot Harrison Posted on December 2, 2014 at 3:01PM

SD: What do you think students and youth in particular will respond to in Foxcatcher? JK: I’m very curious.

Is The Warren Miller Film the Longest Running Ever?

by Ethan de Seife Posted on December 2, 2014 at 8:23AM

The 65th and latest installment, No Turning Back — which plays on Wednesday, December 3, at Middlebury's Town Hall Theater, and twice at Burlington's Flynn Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, December 5 — is not substantively different from other Miller films, but that's unlikely to keep devotées away. With every new entry into the series, the Warren Miller Film ups the ante on schussing stuntwork and aerial cinematography.

Burlington Coffee Shop Hosts Film About ... Coffee

by Ethan de Seife Posted on December 1, 2014 at 9:00AM

What I'm Watching: The Last Days of Pompeii

by Ethan de Seife Posted on November 29, 2014 at 9:01AM

Movies You Missed: Charlie Countryman

by Margot Harrison Posted on November 28, 2014 at 3:48PM

Magic realism is used as a wish-fulfillment device. Charlie Countryman does have a couple of decent jokes. Everybody keeps telling Charlie he should go to Budapest, not Bucharest.

A New VCAM Doc Explores the Guitars of Creston Lea

by Dan Bolles Posted on November 28, 2014 at 3:37PM

Longtime Karaoke Host Bob Bolyard Sings Goodbye

by Ethan de Seife Posted on November 25, 2014 at 7:24PM

When he's not performing, Bolyard is a medical educator at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, where he assists aspiring doctors in developing their examination skills. While he repeatedly refers to the work as "fascinating," it's not hard to figure out that Bolyard's true love is performing.

What I'm Watching: 'The Paul Lynde Halloween Special'

by Ethan de Seife Posted on November 22, 2014 at 9:00AM

Perhaps the most significant moment of "The Paul Lynde Halloween Special," which aired on ABC in 1976 and which may now be found on YouTube, occurs near its end. As Lynde and Roz "Pinky Tuscadero" Kelly lead the show's entire cast in a lip-synched rendition of "Disco Baby" (a gender-neutralized version of Johnnie Taylor's hit "Disco Lady"), the members of KISS, the special's marquee musical guest, gaze down from a balcony in disapproval as stoic as their makeup will allow.

Movies You Missed: Frank

by Margot Harrison Posted on November 21, 2014 at 3:00PM

Verdict: 18/20. This movie deserves not to languish in the wasteland of VOD, getting mixed up (inevitably) with Robot & Frank.

Vermont Artist Rob Hitzig Makes a Billboard Statement

by Pamela Polston Posted on November 21, 2014 at 9:40AM

So does he wish he could put up art billboards in Vermont? "I'm thrilled Vermont doesn't have billboards, and this project makes me appreciate it even more," Hitzig says.