R.I.P., Deanna Durbin
I'm interrupting my series of Django Unchained posts to bring you this piece of movie news: The passing of Deanna Durbin at the age...
Blogging “Django Unchained” (Heading to Candyland)
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
I’m thoroughly confused about the spelling of the name of Calvin’s estate. The DVD chapter heading has it “Candieland,”...
Blogging “Django Unchained” (The Greenville Chapters)
Part 1 Part 2
• Over a shot of our two heroes on a plain backdropped by a snowy mountain, these words scroll up the...
Blogging “Django Unchained” (The Tennessee Chapters)
Part 1 is here.
• In some sheltered rocky campsite on the road to Tennessee, Dr. Schultz is taking his clothes down from a laundry...
DFW Film Critics: “Lincoln” Is Tops
The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association, of which I am a member, recently voted on the best movies of 2012. Today, they released the...
The Best Movies of 2002
Right, so I haven’t blogged in a while. I’ve been busy running back and forth to Dallas and seeing stuff like Zero Dark Thirty...
LSIFF Report (Day 5)
The last day of the Lone Star Film Festival began with an extraordinary documentary called Leviathan. Directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, this...
LSIFF Report (Day 4)
I got a big dose of high culture at LSIFF today, with Shakespeare, free jazz, and opera taking up my movies. Read on:
Caesar Must...
LSIFF Report (Day 3)
Much bigger crowds on Friday than the previous two days for LSIFF. This isn’t to be wondered at, with the weekend beckoning. Even Jayne...
LSIFF Report (Days 1-2)
Since I’m the only film writer covering this year’s Lone Star International Film Festival for the Weekly this year, I’m posting my coverage of...
