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Anna Karenina now playing.

Film Shorts

NOW PLAYING: Anna Karenina (R) Joe Wright turns Leo Tolstoy’s masterpiece into a shallow, gimmicky movie that stars Keira Knightley as the married 19th-century Russian...
Anne Hathaway (center) and other seamstresses find work in "Les Misérables."

Les Misérables: Do You Hear the Actors Sing?

I’ve never been a fan of Les Misérables, the Broadway musical, and the movie version reminded me of all the reasons: the bombast, the...
Christoph Waltz and Jamie Foxx ride the wild South in Django Unchained.

Django Unchained: I’m No Slave 4 U

Last month, Steven Spielberg put out Lincoln, a movie about the evils of slavery. Predictably, he took a serious, high-minded approach to the issue....

DVD Review: “Les Misérables”

Calm down, Les Mizzies. I haven't somehow obtained an advance copy of the DVD of the movie musical that's currently playing in theaters. Instead,...

The Year in Music Documentaries

I noticed an unusual number of good music documentaries this year, and I thought I’d post about them before I posted my list of...

NRA, Obama Attack Movie Violence

The national gun debate has officially gotten surreal: President Obama and the National Rifle Association agree on something. At a news conference earlier today,...
Rust and Bones opens Friday in Dallas.

Film Shorts

OPENING: Rust and Bone (R) Jacques Audiard (A Prophet) adapts Craig Davidson’s short stories into this French-language romance between a Belgian MMA fighter (Matthias Schoenaerts)...
Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd face the middle of their lives in This Is 40.

Spawn of Knocked Up

On the one hand, Judd Apatow may just be the defining comic genius of our generation. As a producer, he has discovered and nurtured...

Considering Matthew McConaughey

During the DFW Film Critics Association balloting, I voted for Matthew McConaughey's performance in Killer Joe as one of the best supporting performances of...

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...