Television & Film

Colorado has seen a huge impact from the legalization of recreational marijuana in 2014. Rolling Papers - A Documentary Film by Mitch Dickman sets out to explore the highs and lows of this new industry. Rolling Papers is debuting this weekend at SXSW Film on Sunday night, followed up by screenings on Tuesday and Saturday of the following week. The focus of this film centers around the first ...

If you were a kid in the '80's, Reading Rainbow was one of the coolest things on TV. It was educational, it featured the acting talents of LeVar Burton and it made books super  cool. Anyone who was anyone was tuned in to Reading Rainbow, which ran from 1983 until 2009. Unfortunately, once the show went off the air, we all had to find something better to do with our days than nerd out to Bur...

Unless you've been living under a rock for the last few years, you know that Mike Rowe is the main man when it comes to discovering some of the grossest, weirdest and hardest jobs on the planet. His wildly popular TV show, Dirty Jobs, has Mike going on strange adventures to see what it's like to do the jobs that keep the world turning. In addition to being super brave and really fun, Mik...

If you’re not already in love with this cute, cuddly claymation creation then you’ve been living under a rock for the past several years … or you might not have kids, so you’re unaware of Shaun the Sheep’s exploding popularity with the elementary school set. This little guy has been charming his way into living rooms worldwide since 2007, and is gearing up to release a movie next year for t...

I never know what I'll find when I look in the big box of stickers each day. This morning, I closed my eyes, put my hand in the box, and up came a ghastly sight ... a full-color bumper sticker unlike any you've ever seen before ... The Ghouligans is an episodic monster comedy series starring Boris, Wolfgang, Bob Tutenkamin, Count Fleming, Krill Gill, the Ghouli-Girls, the Monsterettes...

Was there ever a more flexible fellow than Gumby? Born the eternally adaptable brainchild of California filmmaker Art Clokey, the Gumby series originally ran on the NBC network, with the first episodes appearing on the Howdy Doody Show in the mid 1950s. Our little green friend isn't just known for his elastic stunts, but for his emotional malleability. Perhaps not pliable in every sen...

Back in 1977, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Saturday Night Fever, were the top grossing movies. Jimmy Carter took office, vinyl was fading, cassette tapes ruled the day, compact discs hadn't hit the scene, and those clunky old 8-track cartridges were still hanging around. Donna Summer released her sixth record album, Once Upon a Time, a double album extravaganza. She...

Boulder, Colorado-based FlixMaster [Editor's Note: FlixMaster is now Rapt Media. We've preserved the sticker story for posterity.] brings enhanced interactivity and “branching” to online video. With traditional video, a storyline follows a path from start to finish. Branching allows viewers to choose the direction of the story, influencing the twists and turns. Added interactivity ropes in ...

Founded in 1998, the RiverRun International Film Festival screens over 120 films in downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina, every year and has grown to be one of the most important film festivals in the southeast. At last year’s event, more than 140 films representing 25 countries were shown and over 15,500 tickets were issued. This year’s event will be held from April 12th through the 21st...