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Film Shorts

OPENING  The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (R) The Coen brothers’ latest Western is an anthology film of six stories set in the Old West. Starring...

Widows: Four Funerals and a Robbery

After making a movie like 12 Years a Slave, you can hardly fault Steve McQueen for wanting to lighten up for his next film....

LSFF Report (Days 4-5)

My pathetic need for food to sustain my life caused me to miss This Changes Everything on Saturday morning, a documentary with Meryl Streep,...

LSFF Report (Days 1-3)

First thing to report about this year's Lone Star Film Festival: The films are being shown in the top floor of the AMC Palace...

Spider’s Web: Claire Direction

This is shaping up to be a Claire Foy type of year, isn't it? The London native became famous playing a young version of...

Film Shorts

OPENING  Border (R) This Swedish Gothic romance film stars Eva Melander as a facially deformed Swedish cop who falls in love with a man (Eero...

Forgive Me?: Bad Words

It shouldn’t be a surprise that Melissa McCarthy can act in a serious drama, too. Many people only know her from her broad comedies...

Film Shorts

OPENING  Beautiful Boy (R) Based on the memoirs by David and Nicolas Sheff, this drama stars Steve Carell as a successful freelance journalist who watches...

Suspiria: Dance of Death

First, a confession: I’m not a big fan of Dario Argento’s Suspiria. The production design and the music in the 1977 horror film are...

Bohemian Rhapsody: The Show Must Go On

Great movies often have great performances, but I think it must be harder for an actor to give a great performance in the midst...