Alexander Payne

2012 Oscar Nominations, Complete with Snubs, Surprises, and Mehs

The nominees for the cinematic super bowl, the 2012 Academy Awards, were announced yesterday, and as always there were a few of the year's best pictures and performances that were left warming the bench by the all-powerful Academy. Martin Scorsese's Hugo leads the game with 11 nods, beating out th ... More >>

Descendants Ascends to Top of DFW Crix List

​The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association just dispatched its year-end best-of, the whole list of which follows. Given my retreat from film crit in recent months -- though I did review We Bought a Zoo, opening Christmas week, and ... not bad -- I can't argue with this year's list as I've don ... More >>

The Descendants: Don't Cry for Clooney

Alexander Payne's Hawaiian excursion might be the feel good movie of the year.

A Fix for Film Fest Junkies

Yes, Another Film Festival: The USA Film Festival Releases Line-Up and Schedule

Colin Farrell and Alicja Bachleda in Neil Jordan's Ondine, which is playing the USA Film Festival April 30​The Dallas International Film Festival wraps up Sunday. But tomorrow morning, tickets for the USA Film Festival will go on sale via Ticketmaster, according to the fest's publicist in the rele ... More >>

Small Change

Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in Swing Vote

Like a Bat Out of Hell, the USA Film Festival Schedule is Released

Friends With Benefits

Two straight guys pretend to be gay and turn out to be humanists in Chuck & Larry

Flick It

Your guide to summer's hottest films

Drift Wood

Evan Rachel Wood and James Woods get lost amid Pretty Persuasion

Where there's a Will

Will Clarke has a deal with a New York publisher and a Hollywood studio, and it only took him eight years to become an overnight success

Run, Dick, Run

Sean Penn blames his problems on the president--so what else is new?

From Major to Minor

Why the best films of 2004 look like indies but aren't

Lean Sideways

In a year when small movies came up big, picking the best was a Payne

Sour Grapes

A bitter wine freak makes an adorable hero in Sideways

Pick of the Litter

Six years in, the Deep Ellum Film Festival has become the cagey vet

Raising the Bar

At last, the USA Film Festival is back under the influence

Old News

Reissues dominated, but an international crop of films yielded some good harvest

Dino-sore

Jurassic Park III may put butts in seats, but after a few good chase scenes, it'll chap your hide

D.O.A.

Drop Dead Gorgeous isn't likely to win any popularity contests

High school unhinged

Student council elections fuel a wry examination of hypocrisy and desire

Abortion for grins

Citizen Ruth is pro-choice, pro-life...and pro laughs!

'96 rewound

Good, but not that good