Bill Murray

Celebrate What's Good: Goodfriend Turns One on Wednesday

In case you haven't heard, tomorrow night, Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House in East Dallas will celebrate one year of burgers, beer and good friends with "awesome" drink specials and live music performances. Before the rare, special and/or craft beer starts flowing, we thought you might like ... More >>

Ten Movie Moments That Were Made By The Music

Last week saw the limited release of Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, and the director is currently receiving the type of media love reserved for those who rarely misstep and whose work is hailed as classic the moment it's released. What's always interested me about Anderson is his ability to perf ... More >>

Deep-Dish Sketch Comedy

Summer Movies 2012: The Season Brings a Crop of Films Suitable for All Ages -- Including Adults

Festy Says... Here Are Some Rules For Your Festival Season

With the arrival of 35 Denton this weekend, festival season is officially upon us. But festivals have gotten complicated, and you can no longer just grab your buds, hop in your Civic hatchback and chill in a tent for three days. You need provisions, a plan, intestinal fortitude, hand sanitizer, Red ... More >>

Park and Rec to Spend Time, Money Looking at Turning Exposition Plaza Into a Monument Park

​A few years back there were some questions on the Dallas Historical Society's chatboard about what in the wide, wide world of sports Exposition Plaza's supposed to be. Because, sure, you drive by the circular mini-park at Canton and Exposition all the time if you're heading from downtown to Fair ... More >>

Best Films: 10 for 2012

You better watch out.

Before Anthony Bourdain Visits Dallas, He Chats with City of Ate About Bad Food Critics and Evil Truffle Oil

​Anthony Bourdain comes to Dallas this Thursday, visiting the Majestic Theater to share what will no doubt be candid and curse-filled insights into his life's work, travels and food. Since City of Ate is sponsoring the event, I spoke to Bourdain recently, asking about his new show, the food sc ... More >>

Sponsored by Powdermilk Biscuits

Source Code: Jake Gyllenhaal's Timeless Hero Overcomes Weird Plot.

If You'd Like to Get Low With Robert Duvall Saturday Morning, You'd Best Hustle

Robert Duvall will introduce Get Low at a screening at the Cinemark 17 Saturday morning.​Last month we mentioned: Robert Duvall's in town Friday night for a Dallas Film Society fund-raiser at the Hall of State, during which he'll be Q&A'd by Elvis Mitchell. But say you didn't have the $250 to ... More >>

Only Alice in Wonderland works wonders (so far) at this year's Festival of Independent Theatres.

Yeah! That's The Ticket!

Hot Tub Time Machine

The Old Man And The Sea

Girl Drink Drunk: The Windmill Lounge

Behold, the Windmill's ZenTini​A couple of weeks ago the Dallas Observer and its readers bid farewell to Alexa Schirtzinger, aka Veggie Girl. She was heading out to travel in South America and have fantastic adventures, and we just had to send her off with an after work bon voyage. Veggie Girl and ... More >>

Ghost Story

The DTC scares the Dickens out of you

Rough Diamond

An older, wiser Neil visits Dallas

Holiday Leftovers

Theaters never sicken of Dickens, so expect season's repeats

Vince Vaughn Tries to Attract the Underage with Fred Claus

The Ghost and Miss Chicken

Are the spooks in the house or bats in the belfry?

Again With the Serious Face?

Adam Sandler plays a 9/11 widower and finally nails a somber role

A Barber's Son

Max Fischer gets expelled at the Inwood

Lost in Translation

Famous People Love Dallas

Smiles to Go

Felicity Huffman is desperately engaging in an off-kilter road movie

Smiles to Go

Felicity Huffman is desperately engaging in an off-kilter road movie

Green Day

Common Cold

Harold Ramis' Ice Harvest is just a reheated Christmas caper

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Death Warmed Over

Romance is alive...and dead in Just Like Heaven

Time Warp

For the Mavs, the faces change, but the song remains the same

The Sorrow and the Pity

In a year of big-screen sadness, our critics comfort those who triumphed

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Get Your Kicks

These Kung Fu cats are fast as lightning

Rescued, 9/11

A writer helps a New York City fireman mourn his Guys

A Top 10 Odyssey

Looking back (and backward), 2001 had a few worthy mementos

Royal's Screwups

Wes Anderson's film is like its characters: flawed genius

Second to None

The famous Second City alumni may be missing, but their wit isn't

Zuzu's Petals

The Family Man is offered a long glimpse of A Wonderful Life

Pure Hell

Adam Sandler is the son of the devil. Like, no duh.

A Snooze Runs Through It

If you love the excitement of watching golf, this Damon-Smith bore is right up your fairway

Dead, man

Sean Penn fails to bring life to the Villa

Fest intentions

USA Film Festival: Amargosa, Committed, The Devil's Swing, Dropping Out, Hamlet, Lush, The Natural History of the Chicken, Split Decision, The Target Shoots First, Steal This Movie

Squeeze play

Federal authorities indict a suspect in the O'Hair disappearance, but the atheist's body is still missing

God help him

Albert Brooks used to be funny; now, not even The Muse can help him

No score

Indie filmmaker turns off 19 out of 20, plus the audience

A slightly dirty dozen

Although many standout films were released in 1998, no one movie really stood out

Weekend gross

The Farrelly Brothers make their mother very proud

Double timing

The inventive and confident Sliding Doors charms with romantic complication