A Shogun’s Armor
When the makers of Star Wars were inventing the design of Darth Vader’s helmet, they borrowed liberally from the kabuto, the helmet that samurai...
Back to Texas Ballet Theater
Starting the year with a full repertory program, Texas Ballet Theater will present three classic gems from the last century in Bass Performance Hall...
I Love Paris
In the first decades of the 20th century, Paris had a better claim than most cities to being the epicenter of the music world....
Feet Fight
In a scheduling snafu, Texas Ballet Theater and Texas Dance Theater both open shows Friday. TBT revives its opulent, full-length Romeo and Juliet, created...
The Star Is Out
One thing to watch about the latest edition of the Lone Star Film Festival is a new venue. The annual bash still uses the...
First You Get the Money
“Io sono Tony Montana!” screams an Italian teenager who’s delighted at being given his first machine gun in the 2009 Mafia drama Gomorrah. That...
Welles Done
Too often, Orson Welles is portrayed as a tragic burnout case, a boy genius who made possibly the greatest movie ever when he was...
Knife Premieres
Fort Worth filmmaker James Johnston is getting a lot of buzz for his new short, Knife: A Portrait of Revenge. After the Weekly wrote...
Prairie Buster
This year’s Prairie Fest has tripled in size, going from one day to three — one each in March, April, and May — to...
On Display
If you want to see everything our city has to offer culturally, there isn’t a better value than Day in the District. For one...
