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Tom Hardy takes aim in the climactic shootout in Lawless.

End-of-Summer Roundup

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Fort Worth Film Heads to Venice

A film short commissioned by the Kimbell Art Museum has been chosen to screen at the 66th annual Venice International Film Festival. Philip Haas’...

Dead Don’t Die: Police vs. Zombies

I suspect that I would find The Dead Don’t Die much cooler if I’d seen it 20 years ago. Alas, this century has spoiled...

Film Shorts // 09-28-22

OPENING   Dead for a Dollar (R) Walter Hill (48 Hrs.) directs this Western about a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) who meets an old enemy (Willem...

Smash-Up

In recent years we’ve seen great flowerings of filmmaking from countries as far-flung as Iran, Mexico, South Korea, and Romania. The foreign scene that...

Come Back to the Fort, Ruta Lee, Ruta Lee

Longtime fans of Fort Worth theater will of course recognize the name Ruta Lee. The saucy, platinum-haired grande dame has graced the Casa Manana...

Lady Macbeth: Yet Here’s a Spot

One reason behind the Samuel L. Jackson-caused scrape this past spring over black British actors portraying African-Americans in American movies is that there’s not...
"Mud" opens Friday.

Film Shorts

OPENING: Mud (PG-13) Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter) writes and directs this thriller about two 14-year-old boys (Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland) who meet a fugitive...

The Best Movies of 2000

I did a similar version of this post at the end of 2009, but forgot to do it at the end of 2010 and...

Film Shorts

OPENING: Drive Angry 3D (R) Nicolas Cage stars as a man who escapes from Hell to take revenge on the men who have killed his...

Ya’Ke at UTA

Ya’Ke is a Swahili word meaning “son of God, great warrior.” That English translation is tattooed on the right shoulder of Dwain Ya’Ke Smith...