Author: Todd Wallinger

Short films have become all the rage in Hollywood of late. With the phenomenal success of “District 9,” last year’s riveting science fiction thriller based on the short film “Alive in Joburg,” producers and other filmmaking types have frenziedly searched YouTube and other video sites for the next big thing in shorts. Here’s one. A…

Film festivals seem to be popping up around Colorado Springs like dandelions these days. And now we can add another one to the list. This Saturday, Springs Ensemble Theatre will hold its first film festival, designed to be an annual event, at CIVA Charter School, 4635 Northpark Drive. Unlike our city’s other film festivals, this…

BOMBER’S MOON: GIRLS BENEATH THE BOMBSDirected by Richard Randall, Patty Butler Spiers and Joshua Keffer200959mUSA *** (out of 4 stars) Richard Randall is best known as a conservative talk show host on Colorado Springs’ KVOR radio. But not many realize he’s also a filmmaker, having directed a handful of documentaries. One of these is a…

THE WIND JOURNEYS (LOS VIAJES DEL VIENTOS)When: Wednesday, May 12, 7pmWhere: Lon Chaney Theatre, 221 E. Kiowa St.Admission: $5 for students, $6 for non-students For most of his life, Ignacio Carrillo travelled the villages of northern Colombia, playing traditional songs on his accordion, a legendary instrument said to have once belonged to the devil. But…

The 9th Annual UCCS Film Festival held Sunday couldn’t have been more different than the Indie Spirit Film Festival the week before. Where Indie Spirit sprawled over three days and four theaters, the UCCS fest was confined to an hour and a half in one classroom of Dwire Hall. Where Indie Spirit showed features, documentaries…

“9TH ANNUAL UCCS STUDENT SHORT FILM FESTIVAL”WHEN: 4:00pm-9:00pm, Sunday, May 2WHERE: Room 121, UCCS Dwire Hall, 1420 Austin Bluffs ParkwayADMISSION: FREE The UCCS Film Club is presenting an evening of short films by UCCS students. The event is free and open to the public. The screenings will begin at 4:30 pm. This will be followed…

“EARTHWORK”When: Saturday, April 24, 7:00PM; Sunday, April 25, 2:45PMWhere: Kimball’s Peak Three Theater, 115 E. Pikes Peak Ave.Admission: $10 for individual tickets, less if you buy one of the many festival passes IN PERSON: Artist Stan Herd, Director Chris Ordal, Producer/Actor Brendon Glad His canvas is the earth, his materials neither oils nor watercolors but…

Film festivals have gotten so popular in recent years that some are now as famous as the movie stars themselves. Cannes. Sundance. Tribeca. Indie Spirit. Indie Spirit? Well, maybe not yet. But if organizers Chris Loud and Jim Turner have their way, Colorado Springs’ youngest and largest film festival may soon join that esteemed group.…

If you think of indie films as being either dark, overly artsy navel-gazers or dull, amateurish dreck, then you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the films of LA-based director Aloura Charles. Hers are accessible and entertaining without giving up those emotional truths that are the hallmark of the best independent films. “Reservations,” her first feature film,…

Film festivals have gotten so popular in recent years that some are now as famous as the movie stars themselves. Cannes. Sundance. Tribeca. Indie Spirit. Indie Spirit? Well, maybe not yet. But if organizers Chris Loud and Jim Turner have their way, Colorado Springs’ youngest and largest film festival may soon join that esteemed group.…