Film
Animal Kingdom
Break out the o-word for this festival darling.KRISTIAN LIN
The wildly original Beasts of the Southern Wild comes to Grapevine this week toting a host of critical hosannas and an eye-catching haul of festival awards, having won the Grand Jury Prize and cinematography awards at Sundance ...
Film Shorts
KRISTIAN LINOPENING: The Watch (R) Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and Richard Ayoade star in this comedy as overzealous neighborhood watchmen who are forced to deal with an invasion of space aliens. Also with Rosemarie DeWitt, Will...
Your Sister’s Sister: Cabin in the Woods
This domestic comedy portends good things for Lynn Shelton.KRISTIAN LIN
I’d like to take a minute to introduce you to one of the more significant emerging talents in independent film right now. Lynn Shelton was associated early on with the so-called “mumblecore” movement, but she stood out fr...
Step Up: Flash Dance
The fourth film in the series is terrible but has the coolest dance numbers.KRISTIAN LIN
For all the talk about how 3D has changed action thrillers and inflated box-office totals, one thing we haven’t seen yet is musicals putting the technology to use, especially when it comes to dance. Obviously, you don’t nee...
Film Shorts
KRISTIAN LINOPENING: Neil Young Journeys (PG) Jonathan Demme’s concert film of the rock star’s return to Toronto in May 2011. (Opens Friday in Dallas) NOW PLAYING: The Amazing Spider-Man (PG-13) The series goes back to its origins with...
Dark Knight Rises: Bane Capital
Batman hangs up his cowl in Christopher Nolan’s final chapter.KRISTIAN LIN
If The Dark Knight Rises is truly Christopher Nolan’s last Batman film, this is a hell of a way for the series to go out. While this third chapter isn’t as cogent a political statement as The Dark Knight and doesn’t offer...
Catching Up with Keeyes
The Fort Worth filmmaker goes global after a busy year.KRISTIAN LIN
Jon Keeyes featured regularly in the pages of Fort Worth Weekly in the mid-2000s as a filmmaker whose locally made slasher flicks such as American Nightmare and Suburban Nightmare found national distribution. Since this paper l...
Film Shorts
KRISTIAN LINOPENING: Drunkboat (R) Bob Meyer’s coming-of-age drama stars Jacob Zachar as a teenager who tries to buy a boat from a con man (John Goodman) with the help of his alcoholic uncle (John Malkovich). Also with Dana Delany and Sk...
Woody Goes To Rome
And takes lots of famous actors with him in this scattered comedy.KRISTIAN LIN
Set in the Eternal City, Woody Allen’s latest comedy, To Rome With Love, is a ragged but not unenjoyable piece that feels like something the filmmaker tossed off on his vacation. Given how prolific Woody Allen is, it’s mira...
A Fourth Ice Age
The series remorselessly drags on with no end in sight.KRISTIAN LIN
If you buy a ticket to see Ice Age: Continental Drift, you will see a lovely, clever, surprisingly moving animated film that ends in deeply satisfying fashion. Unfortunately, that movie isn’t the fourth installment of the Ice...