Movies
You’re an Imbecile, Sam Bacile
Kristian LinLet’s say I find myself a really long, sharp stick. Let’s say I take that stick and go poking an elephant with it repeatedly. Let’s say the elephant gets mad, goes on a rampage, and kills somebody else. Finall...
Local Artist Scores River Phoenix’s Last Movie
ANTHONY MARIANIJames Michael Taylor is not “going Hollywood,” as the old saying goes –– he’s much too cantankerous and outspoken for anyplace other than Fort Worth –– but his music might be. A movie for which the blue-col...
Happy Birthday, Gene Kelly
Kristian LinIf you attended the screening of Singin’ in the Rain last Wednesday, you know that 2012 not only marks the 60th anniversary of that film’s release but also the 100th anniversary of the birth of Gene Kelly. The actor...
R.I.P., Tony Scott
Kristian LinMovie fans take a moment today to absorb the news that director and producer Tony Scott ended his own life yesterday by jumping off a bridge in San Pedro, Calif. The 68-year-old native of North Shields, Northumberland was among...
Four Obituary Notices
Kristian LinA number of people whose work has caught my interest over the years have passed away recently, and while I let a couple of them slip, I thought I’d take note of them all in this post: Robert Hughes The Australian art crit...
“Sight & Sound” Crowns New Greatest Film Ever
Kristian LinSo everybody in the film world is buzzing about Sight & Sound’s new poll of the greatest films ever, which the British publication has conducted every 10 years since 1952. The main topic of conversation is Alfred Hitchcoc...
DVD Review: “Jiro Dreams of Sushi”
Kristian LinI’m a sucker for documentaries about food, so even if I hadn’t started eating sushi on a regular basis recently, I’d still be fascinated by Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Peter Gelb’s documentary that has just come out on DVD th...
Further Thoughts on Batman
Kristian LinWARNING: MULTIPLE SPOILERS AHEAD Because of deadlines, I only had one hour to write up my review of The Dark Knight Rises last week. I had lots more thoughts about the film, but I figured I’d better hold on to them until I go...
DVD Review: “Margaret”
Kristian LinI missed Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret during the one week it played at the Angelika in Dallas last fall, and I never received one of the awards screeners at the end of the year, so I didn’t get to see this drama unti...
Chris Kelly Leaves the Field to Me
Kristian LinI remember being irritated the first time I read Christopher Kelly’s film criticism. I had just recently taken over the equivalent job at the Weekly when he was brought in to be the Star-Telegram‘s leading film crit...