Breakout Talents of 2011’s Movies
Please note that some of the filmmakers and actors who announced their presence in 2011 are included in the other posts citing notable achievements...
The Best Filmmaking Debuts of 2019
If you need hope for the future of diversity in cinema, just look at the pictures accompanying my annual list of the directors who...
R.I.P., Philip Seymour Hoffman
Man, I hate heroin addiction so much right now. Imagine that sentence read in the magnificent, deep, rumbling voice of Philip Seymour Hoffman, and...
The Best Sports Films of 2009
I was trying to figure out whether I had enough material to do this list, and then Bill Simmons beat me to the punch....
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...
Considering Ellen Page
While I was watching the remake of Flatliners collapse into a pile of goo, I realized that Ellen Page is stuck. It's not just...
Lone Star Open Call
The Lone Star Film Society sponsors an open call for entries for this fall’s 2011 Lone Star International Film Festival. Feature length and short...
Lynn Redgrave: Class Act
The untimely death of Lynn Redgrave reminded me how cool she was when I got to interview her a dozen years ago. During the...
DFW Film Critics Choose Best Films of 2015
In an awards season where no film has taken a clear front-runner status, the DFW Film Critics Association picked its list of this year's...
Bands For Brandi Mighty Dandy
The Grotto was packed on Sunday as friends of Brandi Dickey piled into the Fort Worth bar to listen to rock music, drink booze,...
