Film Shorts
OPENING:
Away We Go (R) Sam Mendes' comedy stars John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph as an expectant couple trying to decide which city to relocate...
Turn Out the Lights?
Are music corporations, with their emphasis on repetitive, easy-to-swallow sounds, quashing musical innovation? Are listeners demanding dumbed-down music? Is good music dead?
Several years ago,...
The South(side) Rises Again
Sitting in the foyer of Fort Worth architect Bob Kelly's office, Eddie Vanston doesn't look like a big-time real estate developer. He's slumped in...
Pak-ing Power
The name of Euless' recently opened Indian-Pakistani restaurant (or "Indo-Pak," as the owners prefer) is Masala Masala. "Masala" is a generic term in South...
Training Day
Every big-budget action thriller needs a villain who artfully represents the audience's fear du jour. As Ryder, the subway-hijacking financial terrorist of Tony Scott's...
I Read the News Today. Oh Boy.
Somehow, probably by signing up for it, Chow, Baby got on the e-mailing list for the trade rag Nation's Restaurant News. It's mostly business-side...
New MCB
Marianna Ryzhkina, principal ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, will be a guest artist with Metropolitan Classical Ballet Saturday in Bass Performance Hall....
Loose Lips Float Ships (Just Not Yours)
Kendra Wilkinson, Speidi, Kim Kardashian, LC –– just a few of the names that recently appeared on MSN.com’s homepage. I’ve seen them all before,...
Don’t Mess With Texas Spielbergs
A friend of mine has a teen-aged son who makes funny videos about being abducted by aliens. One day he’ll probably be making movies...
Nels Cline, Alex Cline
Guitarist Nels Cline makes music in a mind-boggling variety of contexts: from relatively mainstream artsy roots-rock with Wilco, to experimental skronk-skree in variously sized...
