The Best Filmmaking Debuts of 2015
Welcome to the first in what will be many blog posts about the movies of 2015. I’m starting with the directors whose debuts made...
DFW Film Critics Choose Best Films of 2015
In an awards season where no film has taken a clear front-runner status, the DFW Film Critics Association picked its list of this year's...
Bonus Film Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
We come to the end of the Hunger Games saga with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. The last book of Suzanne Collins’ trilogy...
LSFF 2015 Report: Day 4
The last day of the ninth Lone Star Film Festival opened with T-Rex, Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper's documentary about Claressa "T-Rex" Shields, the...
Lone Star Film Festival Calls It A Wrap
Mister Sundance Square seemed to be everywhere at the just completed four-day Fort Worth Film Festival.
Downtown developer Ed Bass was particularly easy to spot...
LSFF 2015 Report: Day 3
I got up early to listen to the festival’s keynote speech by David Edelstein, a critic who now works at New York magazine and...
LSFF 2015 Report: Days 1-2
Opening night of this Lone Star Film Festival under its new management saw changes off the bat. The first film of the fest was...
Bill Paxton, Joanna Kerns, Malcolm McDowell Offer Hollywood Survival Tips
Three famous actors gave similar advice when asked what they would say to fledgling thespians seeking a career in film, TV, and theater.
Don't do...
Lone Star Film Festival Opens In Sundance Square
Native son Bill Paxton was as Texas friendly as you'd expect at this evening's opening of the Ninth Annual Lone Star Film Festival. The...
Bonus Film Review: Crimson Peak
Ever since I heard about the existence of Crimson Peak, I’ve been holding my breath waiting for it. The draw of a horror movie...
