Whether you like your movies with silent operas or screaming guitars, we鈥檝e got you covered.
For those of you who missed comedian David Cross in March, he鈥檚 back and in Fort Collins, ready to skewer everything from politics to the holidays to hipsters鈥�
The Denver Silent Film Festival celebrates the early days of movies with some real classics including and , as well as some lesser-known rarities, like and -- both of which were directed by women. Music will be provided by some of the genre鈥檚 most accomplished silent film accompanists, including Rodney Sauer, Hank Troy, Donald Sosin and Joanna Seaton.
, April 29-May 1, 2016, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Littleton. Individual show tickets $5-$15; festival passes $50-$99
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa3bHKWZoJg
Editor鈥檚 Note: Full disclosure, KUNC Film Critic Howie Movshovitz is the cofounder and festival director of the Denver Silent Film Festival.
While you may know comedian David Cross best from Mr. Show and Arrested Development, his start began on the stand-up circuit. Now he鈥檚 back on the stage and bringing his 鈥淢aking America Great Again Tour!鈥� to Fort Collins.
, 7:30 p.m. May 3, 2016, Lincoln Center. $40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97CuAQ_xxM4
Still in mourning for Prince? Us, too.The Boulder Theater is here to help with a special screening of Purple Rain along with a dance party. Red Rocks also has added a showing of the cult classic to its Film on the Rocks Series, May 12, featuring a local all-star tribute to the legend.
, 8 p.m. May 5, 2016, Boulder Theater. $5.
screening, 7 p.m. May 12, 2016. Red Rocks. $15-$65
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuXK8ZbTmLk
