“Taking Tiger Mountain” in Dallas
We don't usually concern ourselves with Dallas events here at Blotch, but this is worth checking out. Taking Tiger Mountain, a 1983 independent film...
“Silent House,” Scary Guard
This week’s second “Film” piece is a review of Chris Kentis and Laura Lau’s thriller Silent House, in which rising star Elizabeth Olsen proves...
R.I.P., Tim Hetherington
War reporters sign on for their jobs knowing that they might be killed in the line of duty. That doesn't make it any easier...
The Best Lead Performances of 2017
Overall, the women had it better than the men this year when it came to lead roles. That happens sometimes. As I’ve said before,...
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...
The Best Documentaries of 2013
This is fortuitous: My pick for the best documentary of the year (and one of my top 10 movies of the year) comes out...
News Roundup: June 11, 2015
R.I.P., Ornette Coleman
From New York comes the sad news that jazz legend and Fort Worth native Ornette Coleman has died at the age of...
More Inglourious Thoughts
I had a lot of leftover thoughts about Inglourious Basterds that I didn’t have the space to share in my review, so I thought...
Nick Krause On Hollywood, Austin, George Clooney, Madelyn Deutch
People warned me that watching a movie being shot is like watching sap run down a tree. However, what they described as slow, methodical,...
“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...
