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Things hadn't been right in the Kastler household for quite some time. Building a new life in suburban Los Angeles, raising a family, growing a business--none of this seemed...
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They're unabashed freaks of the music world--young men playing bygone music, children raised on rock and roll who long ago decided they were no longer interested in electric...
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Restaurant press kits can sometimes make for raucously good reading. Writing is crisp. Cliches are punchy. Quotes are pithy and ripe with unaffected wisdom. Skimming through...
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For Cruel Intentions, his directorial debut, writer Roger Kumble has come up with the clever idea of updating Choderlos de Laclos' durable 18th-century novel Dangerous...
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thursday
march 4
Most of the time, reading a humor book is about as entertaining as running through a crowded mall wearing nothing but a few strategically placed pats of...
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Maybe it's because the show is set in the ultra-glamorous, intrigue-ridden world of journalism. Or maybe because there's a glaringly unnecessary subplot about clairvoyance and...
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By now, Darrell Jordan figured he would be in the middle of building a dream. Not two years ago, he had this moment so perfectly pictured in his mind: Construction trucks...
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Ralph Mendez stood before a dozen or so low-ranking politicos with his arms spread wide, his thin mustache unable to contain his toothy grin. "Good morning, and welcome to Old...
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Shined to a dull finish
Central Reservation
Beth Orton
Arista/Deconstruction
Zero Zero Zero
Sam Phillips
Virgin Records
Think of Beth Orton as Jewel for the...
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Freeze! Drop that Cabernet
Assault with bodily injury. Burglary of a motor vehicle. Criminal trespass. Shipping a bottle of wine to a Texas resident. Such activities may...
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In the three decades that director Ken Loach has been a steadfast champion of the British working class, his films have lost none of their sting. Whether examining a brutal...
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While the hubbub over the American Film Institute's list of top 100 films of all time has died down, the bright power of the films among its ranks has not. These celluloid...
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To county clerks around Texas who are tracking legislation in Austin, the show is turning into a sort of campy horror flick. Call it Courthouse Dracula Returns or The Bill...
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For a long time, Jimmy Eat World singer-guitarist Jim Adkins didn't believe Capitol Records was really going to release his band's new album, Clarity. Even after the album was...
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"Honey," Ellen Burstyn's character in The Last Picture Show remarks to her daughter, "everything gets old if you do it often enough." The specific activity she had in mind was...
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There are millions of drug addicts in this country. And that is a tragedy. But other groups have their worries too. Like homeowners, for instance. There's burglary, dealing...
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Waiting for George-o
How long can George W. Bush run for president without running for president?
By forming an exploratory committee, Bush can start raising money for...
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A few weeks ago, word circulated through the Denton-rock grapevine that Brunswick was hit by a car--jarring news indeed about the mascot of the cozy indie scene. But there he...
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When hit men wore hats and Cadillacs had running boards, the average Mafia don could knock off the bosses of the five boroughs in mid-afternoon and sit down to a nice plate of...
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Some people have been known to sniff that when it comes to culture, Dallas ain't New York or Washington, D.C., or Chicago. But a new traffic study undertaken by the city...
