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Babylon: Hollywood Endings
My favorite film of all time is Singin’ in the Rain. It doesn’t take a film historian to see that Damien Chazelle holds that...
Making Mary
Saving Mr. Banks is a lie. I don’t mean in the film-school sense that all movies (even documentaries) are fictions constructed by an author....
Film Shorts
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Larger Than Life ... in 3D: Dave Matthews Band (NR) Concert film includes performances by Ben Harper and the Relentless 7 and Gogol Bordello....
Southside With You: Obama Afternoon
Barack Obama isn’t out of office yet, and already I’m nostalgic for his presidency. I’d probably appreciate his easy communication and cool leadership in...
DFWFCA Taps Nomadland As 2020’s Best Film
In keeping with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' dictum that the year in film ends on February 28, the DFW Film...
Film Shorts
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Bright Star (PG) Jane Campion's admirable but frustrating historical romance stars Ben Whishaw as the poet John Keats and Abbie Cornish as Fanny Brawne,...
Florence Nightingale
Lacking much in the way of star power, Tomorrow You’re Gone might well be a mystery to audiences when it opens this Friday in...
Lone Star Film Festival Report (Day 5)
The last day of the festival started with the best acting performance I’ve seen, which is saying quite a bit. Timothy Spall is a...
A Place Beside the Table
The issue comes up again and again, and for good reason. Recent movies like The Help, Lincoln, Django Unchained, and 42 vary widely in...
Burnt Down for What
Most movies about chefs portray their subjects as divinely inspired (if occasionally temperamental) artisans who live to dazzle us with their culinary creations. Ah,...
