The Watching Hour at the 33rd Starz Denver Film Festival

The fifth year of our late-night celebration of films that skew just a little outside of the norm continues with a new slate of genre bending titles destined to become part of the new cult canon. Four premieres and one solidified cult classic in tribute to this year's Mayor's Career Achievement Award recipient, director Danny Boyle. So set your clock for the Watching Hour!

Films and Events in Program...

5150 Elm's Way
Canada , 2009 , 106 min.
Director: Éric Tessier Friday, Nov 12 at Midnight and Saturday, Nov 13 at 9:45pm After crashing his bicycle, a college student knocks on the seemingly welcoming door of 5150 Elm’s Way, looking for some first aid. What he finds instead is a demented family led by a fanatical, murderous father who locks him up... more
A Horrible Way to Die
USA , 2010 , 85 min.
Director: Adam Wingard Saturday, Nov 6 at Midnight Sarah, a dental hygienist, is making great strides in life, opening up at her weekly AA meetings and even embarking on a new romance. But the news that her ex-boyfriend, a convicted serial killer, has escaped from prison could set her back—if not destroy her life.... more
Summer Wars
Japan , 2010 , 114 min.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda Digital presentation - In the award-winning Japanese animated feature Summer Wars, Kenji is a teenage math prodigy recruited by his secret crush Natsuki for the ultimate summer job—passing himself off as Natsuki’s boyfriend for four days during her grandmother’s 90th birthday celebration. But... more
Trainspotting
United Kingdom , 1996 , 94 min.
Director: Danny Boyle Friday, Nov 5 at Midnight Hard to believe that it’s been nearly 15 years since Danny Boyle debuted this head trip of a black comedy about young, heroin-addicted Renton (Ewan McGregor), who makes his unsteady way through gritty Edinburgh trying to kick his habit—and unleashing a series of fant... more
We Are What We Are
Mexico , 2010 , 90 min.
Director: Jorge Michel Grau Digital presentation - The old cliché about a hard-working dad who brings home the bacon gets a disturbing new twist in Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau’s slow boil of a first feature. It begins with the death of an older, nondescript gentleman in a busy public walkway; after cleaning u... more