LSIFF Report (Day 5)
The last day of the Lone Star Film Festival began with an extraordinary documentary called Leviathan. Directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, this...
LSIFF Report (Day 4)
I got a big dose of high culture at LSIFF today, with Shakespeare, free jazz, and opera taking up my movies. Read on:
Caesar Must...
LSIFF Report (Day 3)
Much bigger crowds on Friday than the previous two days for LSIFF. This isn’t to be wondered at, with the weekend beckoning. Even Jayne...
LSIFF Report (Days 1-2)
Since I’m the only film writer covering this year’s Lone Star International Film Festival for the Weekly this year, I’m posting my coverage of...
Catching Up With the Classics (Part 2)
Continuing the project that I started a few weeks ago, here are thoughts on more of the canonical films that eluded me until now....
Lena Dunham Gives Right-Wingers Female Trouble
When writing a post like this, I become very much aware that there are no women writing regularly on this blog, now that Betty...
T-Rex Lived On Noah’s Ark: Film Recaps Texas Textbook Battle
Okay, today we'll start class with a pop quiz: What do hip-hop, evolution and Thomas Jefferson all have in common?
Answer: They were all stricken...
Benjamin Britten and “Moonrise Kingdom”
Benjamin Britten’s music is one of my specialties, as it happens, and it’s front and center for one of my favorite movies of the...
Donnie Nelson Screens Basketball Documentary
Mavericks fans and devotees of recent Eastern European history will want to show up at Dallas' Magnolia Theatre tomorrow evening. That's when Mavs' president...
Catching Up With the Classics (Part 1)
A few weeks ago I blogged about Sight & Sound’s list of the greatest movies ever and urged you to see some of them....
