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RMNP Astronomy Fest Friday-Saturday. Lots of people will be seeing stars — weather permitting — when Rocky Mountain National Park hosts a free, nighttime astronomy festival on Friday, Aug. 2, and Saturday, Aug. 3, on both sides of the park. On the east side, there will be interactive daytime activities and solar viewing opportunities at the Fall River Visitor Center, which is located just outside the park entrance, so park entry reservations are not required.

At the Savoy Denver in the Curtis Park neighborhood, visiting theater professional Brent Blair was getting the collection of performers, theater aficionados and one very reluctant journalist to move about the space, to laugh appreciatively at the boundary-challenging exercises but also — and more pointedly — to shift their perspectives on theater.

Parallax has acquired two titles from this year’s Locarno lineup: Aruan Anartay’s “Joqtau,” playing in the Concorso Cineasti del Presente, and Mickey Lai’s short film “WAShhh,” screening in the Pardi di Domani—Concorso Internazionale. Produced by Short Brothers and Alem Oner produce, “Joqtau” is Anartay’s feature debut. It tells the story of a young Kazakh named […]

“A Man and a Woman” director Claude Lelouch is set to receive the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award at this year’s Venice Film Festival. The annual award is given to “a personality who has made a particularly original contribution to the contemporary film industry,” according to a press release.

John Turturro is to receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award at the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival in Bosnia, which runs from Aug. 16 to 23. The award is in recognition of his contribution to the film industry and his talent as an actor, director and screenwriter. Jovan Marjanović, director of Sarajevo Film Festival, said: […]

Jisoo, a member of Korean music sensation Blackpink, is confirmed to lead the cast of upcoming zombie thriller series “Newtopia.” The series, hatched by local streaming service Coupang Play, involves two lovers navigating a zombie-infested Seoul. The man, portrayed by Park Jung-min, initially encounters a zombie outbreak during his mandatory military service.