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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

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Oscar’s Hidden Gold

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The Illusionist: Scots Oui, Oui

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Beyond Good and Evil

Ten years ago, Woody Allen bought himself a creative rejuvenation by finding a new leading lady in the fresh-faced, widely feted Scarlett Johansson. With...

Sonny Disposition

We've extensively chronicled the exploits of Fort Worth filmmaker Andrew Disney as he's made ripples on the festival circuit and in the online community...

Film Shorts

OPENING  Ask Dr. Ruth (NR) Ryan White’s documentary profiles the Holocaust survivor and sex therapist. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Bolden (R) Gary Carr stars in this...

Drive-Away Dolls: Severance

Almost since there have been lesbians in movies, there have been crime thrillers to put them in. Drive-Away Dolls is just the latest of...

Cowardly Custard

Wildly popular in their own time, Noël Coward's stage comedies fell from favor in the 1960s and have been struggling ever since. His pieces...

All of Us Strangers: Only Lovers in the Building

After All of Us Strangers was shut out of the Oscar nominations, I was afraid I would have to relegate it to my annual...
G.I. Joe: Retaliation opens Friday.

Film Shorts

OPENING: G.I. Joe: Retaliation (PG-13) The sequel to the 2010 action movie has the remnants of the commando force being hunted by their own government...

Slipping a Mickey

One thought prevailed in my brain as I watched Fast Food Nation: Richard Linklater has turned into John Sayles. That’s not a good thing,...

Judas: I Am a Revolutionary

Back in 1992, Spike Lee’s flawed and magnificent Malcolm X and the galvanizing performance at its center raised the Black Muslim leader from the...

Logan: El Norte

In the continuing saga of the overwhelming white maleness of superhero movies, Latinos have been markedly less visible than even blacks and Asians. However,...