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Cinema Under The Stars closes Monday with ‘Thelma and Louise’

September 8, 2023

When veteran film producer and part-time resident of Snowmass Mimi Polk Gitlin first came across the script for the 1991 film “Thelma and Louise” (while running Ridley Scott’s production company), she had no idea what a cultural phenomenon the film would become. “When I first read it, I just thought what an amazing script with […]

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Lights! Camera! Aspen Filmfest!

September 6, 2023

The 44th annual Aspen Filmfest will return Sept. 19-24 to the delight of local film lovers. New this year, all films will be screened at Aspen Film Isis Theatre. Aspen Film Executive Director Susan Wrubel shared, “The lineup this year is an embarrassment of riches,” expressing a sense of relief following concerns that labor strikes […]

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AT HOME IN THE ASPEN FILM ISIS THEATRE, ASPEN FILM ANNOUNCES PROGRAM FOR 44th ANNUAL FILMFEST

September 5, 2023

Aspen, CO (Sep.5, 2023) Aspen Film is excited to announce that Alexander Payne’s new film, THE HOLDOVERS (which just had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival over the weekend) will round out the Saturday night lineup at Filmfest. The film will screen at 8:00 PM on Saturday, September 23rd. THE HOLDOVERS will be […]

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Mucking with Movies: ‘Contempt’

August 26, 2023

If you’ve seen even a single Jean-Luc Godard flick, then you muck with movies even harder than I do. A degree in film from NYU would make you think I must have come across at least one in my education, but no. Instead, it was three, in-class viewings of “Citizen Kane,” “Some Like It Hot” […]

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Aspen Film announces lineup for 44th annual FilmFest in September

August 23, 2023

Despite the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFRTA strikes, Aspen Film announced details on its 44th annual FilmFest, which is returning in its entirety for the first time since 1986 to the Aspen Film Isis Theatre. “The joy of this festival is to gather with you to share and celebrate some of the best cinema from around the […]

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Mucking with Movies: ‘Jews of the Wild West’

August 17, 2023

If you scroll back far enough on my Facebook, deep into the middle-school good stuff, you’ll find my Bar Mitzvah picture. Babyfaced and clad in a purple velvet suit, skinny jeans, and fedora, I’m tipping my cap to the camera just a few short hours after being made a man in the eyes of my […]

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Lawn Bash 2023 will celebrate community with volunteer fair, live broadcast, collaboration with Aspen Film, and more!

June 5, 2023

On Wednesday, June 28, join friends and fellow listeners for a fun, family-friendly gathering to celebrate our remarkable community on the lawn of the Red Brick Center for the Arts (110 E. Hallam St., Aspen, Colo., 81611), from 3-6 p.m. This FREE annual event first took place in 2016, but was put on hold during the Covid-19 pandemic before […]

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Get ready for camp

June 2, 2023

School is almost out, and before you know it, it will be time for summer camp. Kids of all ages will be able to choose from a variety of opportunities in the Aspen area this summer to keep them entertained no matter their interests. From art to filmmaking and from theater to adventure, summer camp […]

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Aspen symposium takes on question of medical uses for psychedelics now that it’s legal

June 1, 2023

From Michael Pollan to Netflix and Prince Harry to The New York Times, the buzz around psychedelic therapy has a grip on pop culture. Closer to home, the recent state passage of the Natural Medicine Act/Proposition 122, which decriminalizes “the personal possession, growing, sharing, and use — but not the sale — of five natural psychedelic […]

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2023 SHORTSFEST Award Winners

April 19, 2023

ASPEN FILM ANNOUNCES 2023 SHORTSFEST OSCAR®-QUALIFIERS AND AWARD-WINNING FILMS ASPEN, Colo. (April 17, 2023) In an awards presentation held on Sunday, April 16, Aspen Film, the year-round film arts, and education organization, announced the winning films from its 32nd Aspen Shortsfest April 10-16, 2023. One of only four Oscar®-qualifying festivals in the US strictly dedicated to […]

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