Screen
Home Screen
Mean Girls: It Roars
Dear God, has it really been 20 years since the original Mean Girls came out? (Not quite, but it will be in a few...
American Fiction: Little Black Book
Here’s something I didn’t know we were missing: Black literary satire. Over the years, Black cinema has poked fun of Black filmmakers (Hollywood Shuffle),...
Top Docs of ’23
Even before the pandemic, people predicted the dismal current state of documentary films. Nonfiction is drawing next to no one at the theaters, and...
Film Shorts // January 10-16, 2024
OPENING
All of Us Strangers (R) Based on Taichi Yamada’s novel, Andrew Haigh’s science-fiction romance is about a gay Englishman (Andrew Scott) who mysteriously meets...
The Best Lead Performances of 2023
Whether they’re actually new faces or just new to this list, it’s good to see some people on this feature of mine who haven’t...
Maestro: It’s All Just Music
And now, an apocryphal story about Leonard Bernstein. Some 40 years ago, he conducted a Mozart piece at the Grammy Awards ceremony, and after...
Film Shorts // January 3-9, 2024
OPENING
American Fiction (R) Jeffrey Wright stars in this satire as a struggling Black novelist who finds success by writing a joke novel filled with...
The Best Supporting Performances of 2023
I had a hard time coming up with women to put on this list, and sadly, this isn’t the first time I’ve had to...
The Iron Claw: Beyond the Ring
They’re an essential part of moviegoing and pop music. We call them heartthrobs, those softly beautiful, feminine-looking young guys whom teenage girls (and the...
The Top 10 Movies of 2023
I haven’t reviewed a lot of the movies on this annual feature of mine because they didn’t see the inside of a Tarrant County...
