“Sex and the City 2: Gays and Cliches”
With scathing reviews and disappointing holiday box office, it looks like a herd of loyal female and gay male fans couldn’t save Sex and...
DFW Film Critics Pick Best Movies of 2017
This past Monday was the deadline for voting for the DFW Film Critics Association (of which yours truly is a member) regarding the best...
Ansel Elgort to Play Van Cliburn
I interrupt my World Cup blogging to bring you this juicy piece of Hollywood/classical music news: Ansel Elgort, the star of the current hit...
Fort Worth Film Heads to Venice
A film short commissioned by the Kimbell Art Museum has been chosen to screen at the 66th annual Venice International Film Festival. Philip Haas’...
“Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime” at The Modern
Right now we’re in that frustrating transitional phase from summer to fall that Texans know all too well: It’s still hot and humid, but...
“The Room” at Ridgmar Tavern
There are two kinds of great bad movies. The first kind is cheap crap turned out by a cynical director to make a quick...
The Talented Miss Highsmith
Joan Schenkar’s “The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highmith,” reviewed on this week’s ”Books” page, could’ve been a...
The Best Movie Moments of 2013
Welcome to my list of the greatest moments in the movies of 2013. I don’t do this list every year, but this year I...
“Four Lions” and the Boston Marathon Attack
In the wake of the terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon yesterday, officials at the London Marathon (which is the next major event on...
Coyote Drive-In, FW Opera Do Musical Ad
A couple of years ago I wrote a “Weekly” blog item sniping about the Dallas Opera broadcasting a performance on the big screen inside...
