The Best Lead Performances of 2013
You may be surprised that I’ve relegated a number of Oscar-contending performances to the honorable mentions here. That’s because I ran into the same...
The Best Supporting Performances of 2013
Continuing my recap of the year in movies, here are the best supporting performances I saw in 2013. Usually the men get the better...
The Best Movie Moments of 2013
Welcome to my list of the greatest moments in the movies of 2013. I don’t do this list every year, but this year I...
DFW Film Critics: “12 Years a Slave” Is Year’s Best Film
The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association announced the results of their annual poll this morning, and 12 Years a Slave took the prize as...
LSFF Report (Day 4)
The festival’s last day began with Blood Brother, Steve Hoover’s documentary about his lifelong best friend Robin “Rocky” Braat, who sold all his possessions...
LSFF Report (Day 3)
As always, Saturday turned out to be the busiest day for the festival. The winner of the Jury Prize at this year’s Cannes Film...
LSFF Report (Day 2)
I should mention that the Lone Star Film Society is starting up a new series called Arthouse FW that will be showing classic films...
LSFF Report (Day 1)
The seventh Lone Star Film Festival opened with the year’s most enthralling documentary, Tim’s Vermeer, which held a packed house — and me as...
Blockbuster Goes Bust
About 20 years ago, Jay Leno joked on The Tonight Show about a mooted idea for a national identity card. "We already have one,"...
Further Thoughts on “12 Years a Slave”
As is so often the case with great films, I had more thoughts about 12 Years a Slave than I could get into my...
