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Oscar’s Hidden Gold
The latest firestorm to engulf the Oscar ceremony is the decision to relegate eight categories from the live TV broadcast to taped footage presented...
Made in England: Power of Two
Last fall I remarked that Martin Scorsese would have made a great film critic. You can see what I was talking about this weekend...
“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...
Lone Star Film Society Screens “The Lodger”
The Lone Star Film Society is presenting an orgy of great Hitchcock flicks this weekend, and my pick of the litter would be Hitch’s...
Running Dead
Think it’s depressing being American these days? Try being British.
This may not seem obvious to us in the States. After all, Britain has...
Mother Mary Comes to Me
Before anyone had seen Precious, it had to battle negative perceptions. People had every reason to think it would be terrible when they heard...
“In Kind” at LSIFF
Last month the Weekly ran a profile of Fort Worth filmmaker Cameron Bruce Nelson, who has debuted three notable short works this year. Perhaps...
Pixar Re-Opens Its Toy Chest
The following statement is true –– and also pretty much meaningless: Toy Story 3 is the weakest Pixar movie in the last 10 years....
R.I.P., Lynn Shelton
Great cities deserve great filmmakers. Martin Scorsese is forever identified with his native New York even when his movies are set elsewhere, M. Night...
Also-Ran
Of all the young, male comedic actors who have recently been in or directed movies that don’t hew to formula, Steve Carell is arguably...
