The Steamboat Pilot & Today

At the movies

Capsule reviews of films opening this week

Friday, Oct. 3, 2008

Someday, Michael Cera will show us what else he can do. He surely must have someone else inside him besides the poignantly verbal but sweetly awkward nerd we’ve come to know and love in such movies as “Superbad” and “Juno,” and the late, great TV series “Arrested Development.” For now, though, Cera is that guy again in “Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist.” Read story.

At the Movies for Sept. 19

Friday, Sept. 19, 2008

At the Movies for Sept. 19 Read story.

Movie to tell Jim Temple’s life story

Film about Steamboat Ski Area founder will show Tuesday

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008

A film celebrating the life of Jim Temple will be shown at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Chief Plaza Theater in downtown Steamboat Springs. Temple founded the Storm Mountain Ski Area, which later became the Steamboat Ski Area, and was instrumental in the development of the base area. Read story.

Epilogue Books wins screening with ‘Kite Runner’ book club

Friday, Dec. 14, 2007

Only the country’s 10 largest markets will get “The Kite Runner” in theaters this weekend. Luckily for the 259 Steamboat Springs residents who joined Epilogue Book Co.’s “Kite Runner” book club, they’ve already seen the movie.

Mountain movies

Filmmakers step up for fifth festival

Friday, Oct. 12, 2007

After Josh Brom took home an independent film award for a ski and snowboard movie he made last winter, he decided to put some effort into it the next time around — by filming in Chile.

Now playing

Steamboat’s small market impacts local theaters’ movie choices

Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007

Fall is a busy season for movies. Catching heavy traffic for family releases starting around Thanksgiving and attention from critics to get buzz going before the Oscar deadline, it’s a time for studios big and small to play the hand they’ve been holding through the spring and summer.

Steamboat producers cross the globe to push snowmobile limits

Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007

When people push themselves on snowmobiles — whether dropping a 120-foot cliff on Rabbit Ears Pass, launching into the record books over a 260-foot gap or backflipping to gold medals in front of an internationally televised audience — Chris Brown and Clayton Stassart are often the ones behind the camera to catch the action. Of course, they often find themselves in the driver’s seat, performing these stunts on their own. Read story.

See old movies in new way

Mountain Theater to show classics beginning tonight

Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007

If you’ve taken a film class or have an interest in old flicks, you’ve probably seen many of what movie buffs refer to as “the classics.” Read story.

Steamboat moviegoers embrace "The Simpsons Movie"

Monday, July 30, 2007

D’oh! It’s a Homer moniker from “The Simpsons,” but also what the movie made this weekend from Steamboat to Springfield.

Former Sailors filming documentary about Rwandan bicyclists

Monday, May 28, 2007

Hope. Everyday Ryan Scheer and Andrew Johnston see five parcels of it pedaling around, showing that Rwanda’s isn’t just a country defined by genocide.

At the movies

Friday, Feb. 9, 2007

Reviews of movies in Steamboat theaters Read story.

Autism program to show film

Friday, Jan. 12, 2007

Grayson Steur, 10, thinks his autism is more of a gift than an affliction.

"The Holiday"

Sunday, Dec. 24, 2006

What does an L.A. powerhouse career woman with an inability to cry and a British journalist trying to fall out of love with her ex-boyfriend current have in common? A need to get out of town. Amanda’s (Cameron Diaz) on-a-whim offer to switch houses with Iris (Kate Winslet) proves to be the perfect opportunity for them to do just that.

From the goggles to the lens

Fourth annual Steamboat Mountain Film Festival hits the slopes

Friday, Nov. 10, 2006

Memories of deep powder from the 2005-06 ski season won’t die anytime soon for most area residents. Nonetheless, this weekend’s Steamboat Mountain Film Festival will give skiers and riders a chance to relive those memories from a variety of perspectives.

At the movies

Friday, Oct. 20, 2006

Reviews of "Flags of Our Fathers," "The Prestige," "The Departed," "The Guardian," "Man of the Year," "Open Season," "Employee of the Month" and "Flicka." Read story.