Academy Awards

Seven Awesome Culinary Events in Dallas This Week, Feb 20 - 26. Plus, Great News if You're Thirsty.

From high-end whiskey tastings to lowbrow beer dinners, the Dallas culinary scene is perforating at the seams with things to do. From Scotch tastings to barbecue blow outs, there's something for everyone. You can go with this or you can go with that. It's your call. Wednesday, February 20 Today S ... More >>

Rangers Closer to Raising AL West Pennant, Funds for Shannon Stone

​Yep, the Angels somehow lost to this laughable outfit again last night -- Anaheim has given up the division by going 5-9 against the A's -- shoving the Rangers' lead in the AL West up to 3 with 15 remaining and trimming their magic number to 13. Nelson Cruz should be off the DL and ... More >>

One Day: Fated Attraction

Anne Hathaway's star power can't light up middlebrow romance.

Fire In the Well: Weatherford Couple Sues Range Over Nearby Gas Drilling

​Maybe you've seen the ads: On Wednesday we're co-sponsoring a special screening of Gasland at the Texas Theatre, which isn't the only movie we're screening next week. More about that later. But Josh Fox's Oscar-nominated film, as you probably know, features that now-infamous scene of a Colorado m ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: A Guitar, A Bowling Alley and The Boss In January '96

Via.​"I think I'll be playing only bowling alleys from here on out. There's something to it. I have to admit, I had a little trepidation when the guy said, 'Oh, it's a bowling alley.' I was a little nervous."That was Bruce Springsteen on January 26, 1996, sitting on the stage of the Bronco Bowl, w ... More >>

A World of Revenge

Putting Their Best Footes Forward for the Launch of Citywide Horton Foote Festival

Photo by Elaine LinerHorton Foote Jr. and siblings Hallie, Daisy and Walter celebrated what would've been their dad's 95th birthday at a party in the Winspear lobby Monday.​Monday, on what would have been their father's 95th birthday, the four children of Pulitzer- and two-time Academy Award-winni ... More >>

Oscar-Nominated Gasland Director Josh Fox On Gas Drilling in the Barnett Shale and the Backlash from Industry

Patrick MichelsGasland director Josh Fox answers questions at an October screening at the Magnolia, alongside DISH mayor Calvin Tillman and gas drilling activist Sharon Wilson.Almost as soon as Gasland nabbed one of this year's Academy Award nominations for best documentary, industry groups rushed o ... More >>

AMC's Dine-In Movie Concept Could Stand a Few Tweaks in the Dining Department

​Oscar nominations will be announced tomorrow morning, and if the Academy gets the least bit cutesy, I'll have hours and hours of movie-watching ahead of me. For more than a decade, I've made a ritual of seeing every nominated film in every category: I was probably the only person as crushed ... More >>

Tonight: Free Wine Tasting at Whole Foods

​ If your happy hour plans for tonight include lame coworkers or a douchey bar in Uptown, you need to reconsider the definition of happy hour. If you want a truly happy hour, then go to the Whole Foods in Highland Park (4100 Lomo Alto) tonight for a free Francis Ford Coppola wine tasting. ... More >>

The Dallas Film Society Combines Two of My Favorites: Robert Duvall and the Hall of State

​Technically, it's three of my favorite things, since Robert Duvall's November 19 appearance at the Hall of State in Fair Park will be a chitchat moderated by one of my dearest friends, Elvis Mitchell, former Star-Telegram and New York Times film critic-turned-At the Movies co-critic. That's neith ... More >>

For Your Viewing Pleasure, The Entire Dallas International Film Fest Lineup

​At last, the full schedule for the Dallas International Film Festival -- which kicks off three weeks from today, so better late than never. We've already taken sneak peeks at the first 22 titles, which include Oscar-winner Alex Gibney's Jack Abramoff documentary Casino Jack and the United States ... More >>

It's Morph Than Just Dancing

Big Man Laughing

Wider Than A Mile

What Would Brian Boitano Do?

The Barber of Garland

See Sweeney Todd at the Granville

Oscar Overhaul: Ahem, Where Was Sports?

I generally agree with Jerry Seinfeld. On everything. Including the Oscars. During a show at, of all places, UTA's Texas Hall in '02 the comedian quipped, "Worst thing about The Oscars is that they never tell you the final scores. We're Americans. We not only want to know who won, but ... More >>

Movie Mourning

The Modern hosts an Elegy

Three 6 Mafia

Saturday, September 13, at House of Blues

Charlie Wilson Said

See him on the screen and in person

Blood Money

Hot, Buttered Drama

Just Not During the Movie

Cowboy Up

Fort Worth goes Butch

Where, O Where?

The Inwood displays the Coens' Brotherly love

Fava Figure

Celluloid Combat

The battle for Oscar is hashed out on a big screen

Our top DVD picks for the week of January 30

Rent's Due

Richardson houses the hit musical

Hey, Where the White Women at?

Blazing Saddles flame on

Speed Zone

The Palace offers a chase-filled double feature

This Dogg's Got Bite

Art Giant

Reel Killer

The Deep Ellum Film Festival offers cinematic pleasures...just not in Deep Ellum.

Statuesque

Walk the local red carpet

Simple Simon

California Suite isn't Neil Simon's best, but Richardson Theatre Centre could have done worse

Feel His Pain

Billy Bob has a simple plan: to sing about life and lovin' his wife

Road Warriors

Amores Perros sears its characters (dogs included) to a crisp as it leads them to a kind of redemption

Banter

Making a "theater town"

Out There

Elliot Smith

Rock the boat

The Legend of 1900 spins an enchanting tale about a pianist born at sea

The 28th Annual USA Film Festival Film Clips

Grand hotel

The Adolphus' French Room offers courses in dining elegance

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX