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FW Indie Comedy Needs Extras
Hold It Now Films and director Patrick Johnson are shooting an indie feature around Fort Worth called “The High Schooler’s Guide to College Parties.”...
Film Shorts // October 8-14, 2025
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Beast of War (R) This Australian thriller is about a group of American soldiers shipwrecked at sea and preyed on by sharks. Starring Mark...
Oscar’s Hidden Gold
A certain contemporary jazz musical looks set to run roughshod over the major awards on Oscar night, which makes my annual piece that much...
Film Shorts
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The Disappointments Room (R) Kate Beckinsale stars in this horror film as a mother who unleashes supernatural forces in the attic or her new...
Film Shorts // August 24-30, 2022
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Anonymous Club (NR) Danny Cohen’s documentary profiles Australian musician Courtney Barrett. (Opens Friday in Dallas)
Breaking (PG-13) The real-life story of a Marine veteran who...
Summer Movie Preview
The conceptual problem with these movie previews is that the summer movie season typically starts at the beginning of May while we run our...
Judge for Yourself
I've never been a huge fan of Mike Judge's movies. The satirist got his start on TV with Beavis and Butt-Head and of course...
Cover Songs on Movie Soundtracks: A Brief History
I appreciate a good movie soundtrack when I hear one, and in between feeling guilty about failing to mention The Chemical Brothers’ propulsive soundtrack...
The Top 10 Movies of 2017
Movies are supposed to be an escape, and Heaven knows there was plenty to escape from this year. Then again, movies are also art,...
Off Keys
I liked Ramin Bahrani’s movies much better when they weren’t about white people. The 40-year-old North Carolina native of Iranian descent began his career...













