Through Jan. 7: Uncertainty, action flick of a couple thrust into two alternate realities on the same steamy summer day in New York City; Blue Tooth Virgin, friendship of two writers strains over too-honest artistic feedback. Jan. 8-14: The Missing Person, private detective tails man presumed dead after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, then questions returning him to his former life. Jan. 15-21: Drool, gay/lesbian black comedy of fed-up housewife shooting husband and going on the lam with cosmetic saleswoman and the kids; The Vicious Kind, teen comedy of a young construction worker recovering from a difficult breakup finding solace in unfettered misogyny. Jan. 22-28: American Faust: From Condi to Neo-Condi, scathing documentary of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Jan. 29-Feb. 4: Gigante, nearly silent one-way love story from Uruguay about lonely guy in a dead-end night watchman job falling for the cleaning woman. RMPBS Free Community Cinema: Garbage Dreams, Tues., Jan. 26, 7p.m., follows three teenage boys growing up in the world’s largest garbage village outside Cairo, Egypt, and choices they make in the face of globalization. Free, but RSVP: www.rmpbs.org/events, donadodson@rmpbs.org or 303-620-5735. Tattered Cover Free Classic, free film-and-discussion series hosted by film critic Howie Movshovitz – first Sat., 7p.m.: Jan. 2, Our Town (1940). Info: www.denverfilm.org or call 303-820-3456.
Eventgallery 910Arts, 910 Santa Fe Dr., presents: Fourth Thursday Film Night, featuring Taking Root: The Vision of Wanagari Maathi, the first environmentalist and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, hosted by Dr. Lucas Shamala, professor of African-American Studies at Metro State, Jan. 28, 7:30-9p.m. Free. Info: www.910Arts.com, 303-815-1779.
Landmark Theatres, at the Chez Artiste (2800 S. Colorado Blvd.), the Esquire (590 Downing St.), and the Mayan (110 Broadway), theatres, present: Opening Jan. 8 at the Mayan: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Terry Gilliam’s visually spectacular fantasy adventure of a magician, his theatre troupe, magic mirror and costly deals with the Devil. Jan. 15: Crazy Heart, redemption tale of a broken-down, hard-living country music singer and a woman journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. Jan. 22: Skin, true story from South Africa’s apartheid era of a black woman born to white Afrikaners, unaware of their own black ancestry, and her 30-year struggle to find her place in a changing world. One week only. Jan. 29: A Town Called Panic, hilarious and frequently surreal stop-motion extravaganza following the exploits of three plastic toys, based on an animated Belgian TV series. One week only. Midnight Madness at the Esquire: Jan. 1 & 2, Spice World; 8 & 9, The Goonies; 15 & 16. The Evil Dead (adults only); 22 & 23, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (with director Lloyd Kaufman); 29, The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Elusive Ingredient. For full schedule, call 303-352-1992 or visit: www.landmarktheatres.com.
