The Best Lead Performances of 2021
Do movie stars exist anymore? I mean the old-fashioned type that can pull an audience to the theater just on marquee value alone. I...
The Best Filmmaking Debuts of 2021
One reason why this job doesn’t wear on me is that I take so much pleasure in welcoming new directorial talents to our screens....
The Best Movie Dialogue of 2021
This year’s feature on the best movie dialogue is unusually heavy on monologues. I wish I knew what that meant. I do still enjoy...
The Best Supporting Performances of 2021
Back to normal service, everyone. My annual list of the best achievements in film was delayed last year, but now it’s back in December...
DFW Film Critics Call on The Power of the Dog
Time once again for us to recap this past year in film. The Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Association gave a resounding endorsement to...
Lone Star Film Festival Report (Days 3-4)
Saturday, typically the busiest day of the festival, was relatively quiet this year. The highlight of Saturday was the presentation of lifetime achievement awards...
Lone Star Film Festival Report (Day 2)
Friday was my first chance to see the Downtown Cowtown at the Isis, the newly restored former movie theater that was known as the...
Lone Star Film Festival Report (Day 1)
Some of this year’s film festivals are still virtual, but the Lone Star Film Festival, having gone that route last year, is back to...
The Best Movies of 2010
I didn’t run this piece in January like I wanted, for reasons involving file conversion that are only going to bore you silly. The...
The Best Filmmaking Debuts of 2020
Here we go with one of my favorite features of the year. A debut filmmaker is like the toy you unwrapped at Christmas that...
