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Wednesday, March 11, 2026
The artist's "Ophelia" on display in "Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters."

Gregory Crewdson: Motionless Pictures

Johnny Depp (on monitors) welcomes Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, and Rebecca Hall to his afterlife in Transcendence.

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Dragon Tattoo Redo

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The Best Movie Dialogue of 2022

I found more good material than usual for this annual feature that I do, and I’m posting this early to see if I get...

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...
Devil's Knot opens Friday in Dallas.

Film Shorts

OPENING: Devil’s Knot (NR) Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon star in Atom Egoyan’s drama about a trial of three teenagers accused of murdering children. Also...

This Means War: Bad Threesome

These days, romantic comedies often come packaged with gunfire, explosions, and car chases because filmmakers and studios think that’s the only way to make...

LOTR: Holding Out for a Héra

When I wrote up my holiday movie preview last week, I wondered if a Japanese anime treatment of The Lord of the Rings would...

Blogging “Django Unchained” (The End Chapters)

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 I mentioned this before, but I'll repeat my SPOILER ALERT: All plot developments are given away in...

French Exit: Frances in France

You see what Michelle Pfeiffer can do when she’s focused. This actress lit up Hollywood in the late ’80s and all through the ’90s...

Film Shorts

OPENING: Better Than Something: Jay Reatard (NR) Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz’ documentary profile of the punk musician. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Detachment (NR) The first...

The Tree of Life: Pictures at an Exhibition

The fifth film in 38 years by reclusive Texas auteur Terrence Malick is The Tree of Life, the polarizing film that drew boos and...

The Moon Is Up

Opening at AMC Grapevine Mills this weekend, The Moon is the story of a South Korean manned mission to outer space using only technology...