Carrying the Flame
Unlike seemingly everybody else, I don't know any famous actors. However, I do have personal ties to a character from a new Danish biopic...
The Kids Are All Right
This whole decade has been pretty much a waste for Robert De Niro. A lucrative waste, but even so ...
Having dazzled the film world...
For Fox Sake
The golden age of kids' movies is upon us. I'm not just talking about Pixar, though they're obviously a huge part of the creative...
Lonnng Haul
Every frame of director John Hillcoat's reverent adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road trembles with grim nobility. "Trembles" might be the key word...
About a Girl
The radiant and gently heartbreaking An Education opens in Grapevine this Friday and is still playing at the Modern this weekend. It richly deserves...
Protection Scheme
Conservatives like to complain (not without some basis) about how Hollywood frequently portrays them in a negative light. I hereby point out that just...
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...
Don’t Rock the Boat
The opening credit sequence of Pirate Radio fooled me momentarily into thinking I was being shown a trailer for the movie rather than the...
I Taped an Alien
If The Fourth Kind had come out next spring, we could have dismissed it as a Johnny-come-lately rip-off of Paranormal Activity. Coming out now,...
Local Films Shine
Fort Worth's historic Como neighborhood has been a source of great stories for decades, and now it's the subject of a short independent documentary...
