Movies
R.I.P., Ken Russell
Kristian LinIf Ken Russell hadn’t existed, the 1970s would surely have invented him. The 84-year-old British filmmaker passed away on Monday, quietly in his sleep. That sounds wrong, doesn’t it? A guy like that should have gone...
“Searching” in the Fort
Jimmy FowlerThis week’s “Screen” page features an interview with writer-director and Fort Worth native Andew Disney, whose first feature Searching For Sonny had a hometown debut at last weekend’s Lone Star International Film Festiv...
Our LSIFF Blog Is Up
Kristian LinAs we have each year, we’re putting our thoughts on the Lone Star International Film Festival on a Weekly blog devoted to the event. This year’s blog, however, is much improved. We’ve got other writers coverin...
National Theatre Live
Jimmy FowlerAmphibian Productions, in conjunction with The Modern, presents the second monthly offering of National Theatre Live at 2 and 7pm today (Nov 3) in The Modern’s auditorium. Tickets are $18. National Theatre Live is the program...
“In Kind” at LSIFF
Jimmy FowlerLast month the Weekly ran a profile of Fort Worth filmmaker Cameron Bruce Nelson, who has debuted three notable short works this year. Perhaps the best of the trio is In Kind, an intense, moving study of stasis and escape in wh...
Oxfordians = Class Snobs
Kristian LinThe literary world is in a predictable tizzy about this week’s release of Anonymous, a movie that purports to argue the point of view known as the Oxfordian theory: That the 17th earl of Oxford was the real author of Shak...
“Searching for Sonny”: Playing Near (and Far From) You
Kristian LinWe’ve written about Andrew Disney, and we’ve even given him awards, but if you’re in Austin this weekend, you can finally see what the fuss is all about when his feature film debut Searching for Sonny has its ...
Considering Anna Faris
Kristian LinI spent Saturday watching Anna Faris host a pretty good episode of Saturday Night Live that she didn’t contribute much to. Coming on the heels of What’s Your Number?, which is rapidly and deservedly fading from our movie th...
“Footloose”: Actor by Actor
Kristian LinChris Penn and Kevin Bacon, 1984 Miles Teller and Kenny Wormald, 2011 I wanted to compare and contrast the actors playing the same roles in each version of Footloose, but I didn’t have the space to do this in my review of the...
Indie Film Seeks Interns
Jimmy FowlerThe producers of a Christopher Guest-style comic mockumentary called Wonder Kids will be filming at various locations in Fort Worth and Dallas Oct 13-19. The cast includes Dallas-based stage and film actor (and occasional Stage...