Partying with Ed Harris at USA Film Festival
Last Sunday’s screening of Frontera at the 2014 USA Film Festival in Dallas was a candid glimpse into a great film and the world...
Nanu Nanu, Bye Bye Robin Williams
Robin Williams splashed colorfully -- literally -- into pop culture in 1978 as Mork, wearing a bright red alien suit with a silver upside-down...
Considering Kevin Spacey
One of my early assignments for Fort Worth Weekly was going to the Eastchase theater in the fall of 1999. The multiplex (then part...
The Not Gay Actor (or, WTF, Ramin Setoodeh?)
Ramin Setoodeh’s recent culture piece in Newsweek last week has set off quite the conflagration in the gay blogosphere, with repercussions for those of...
Bonus Film Review: Neighbors 2
I try not to read other people's reviews of a movie before I've seen it and written up my own critique, but I do...
The Best Supporting Performances of 2015
Here’s the first batch of acting awards I’m handing out for this year. You may be wondering where Rooney Mara is. I’m not including...
Local Artist Scores River Phoenix’s Last Movie
James Michael Taylor is not “going Hollywood,” as the old saying goes –– he’s much too cantankerous and outspoken for anyplace other than Fort...
R.I.P., Tony Scott
Movie fans take a moment today to absorb the news that director and producer Tony Scott ended his own life yesterday by jumping off...
DVD Review: “Tiny Furniture”
When Lena Dunham's comedy Tiny Furniture came out in 2010, I recognized it for breakout talent and best movie dialogue that year. The film...
DVD Review: “Elite Squad: The Enemy Within”
The other particularly notable film coming out on DVD this week is Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, a Brazilian cop thriller that made my...
