Bugs Bunny

The Silent Treatment: Or, Notes from the Festival of Independent Theatres

Green Dregs and Ham

The new Dr. Seuss adaptation is far more cynical than the Grinch ever was

Talk Show

Funny, erudite, and accessible, Laurie Anderson has redefined performance art for the past two decades

Hash Over: Home for the Holidays, Cut-Rate Lobster, Etc.

Who knows why everyone takes such delight in gingerbread houses? The fate that befell Hansel and Gretel--or nearly befell; we only know the story through Bugs Bunny--when they encountered such a structure was none too pleasant.But last night, the Rosewood Crescent Hotel put the final bit of icing on ... More >>

Chuck amuck

The DMA celebrates Chuck Jones, animation's beloved toonsmith

Rising star

Denyce Graves is the current Carmen of choice, and TDO has her

Lip service

Cowboy Mouth's manic responsibility

'Toon Man

Robert Smigel is the hottest animator you've never heard of

The Cake Cart

When we think of hunting and gathering, we rarely think of cupcakes. Although we've evolved past literally chasing our food, we still get a kick out of chasing leads that take us to it. So, when we heard about The Perfect Slice, a roving cupcake vendor, it piqued our sweet tooth and our sense of ad ... More >>

Border Wars

What's the difference between Mexican and Tex-Mex food?

AFI Dallas Honors Henry Selick, Father of Jack Skellington and Monkeybone

Patrick MichelsIn more than three decades as an animator, Henry Selick has lived not only at the edge of the film industry, but as a stop-motion animator, even the fringes of animation world. From The Nightmare Before Christmas to Coraline, though, audiences have gladly followed him out to the edge. ... More >>

Night at the Opera

Buzz seeks out culture and finds a few Marias

Screen. Cells. Framed.

Buzz seeks out culture and finds a few Marias

El Mejor de lo Mejor

We Asked a Mexican to help us pick the best Anglo covers of Mexican tunes

Silent Treatment

A comedy knockout from The Boxer at FIT; a sucker punch from Sugar Bean Sisters

Tunes' Tunes

Bugs goes symphonic

Oh, Melodic Mullet

Make an appointment with The Barber of Seville

¡Ask a Mexican!

Make an appointment with The Barber of Seville

Reel Killer

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

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

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

Crash and Yearn

Howard Hughes gets what he wants, in this case a fun and loving biopic

To Be Cooler

Howard Hughes gets what he wants, in this case a fun and loving biopic

Park It

It's a winter wonderland

Buy the Numbers

Because it does matter how much a gift costs

We Love You, We Hate You

Despite the ill will of Barney haters everywhere, the saccharine purple dinosaur's popularity is undiminished--and that's not a bad thing

Hare Yesterday, Gone Today

When is a rabbit most like a chicken?

Holidaze

Unwrapping our annual roundup of musical season's greetings--and beatings

The Llama King

Disney finds its own new groove with a dynamic Emperor

Why Blame The Food?

​I think it was last week when I came across an AP story detailing the efforts of the San Antonio Restaurant Association to encourage healthier cooking at the city's Tex-Mex and Mexican eateries. Seems the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed San Antonio behind only Detroit, Memphis a ... More >>

Days Gone Bite: Frito Bandito

​I had a Frito Bandito eraser. I can still hear that leering, gravely voice. And the song--oh, I remember the song.At least I remember the second version. Frito-Lay introduced the animated Mexican bandit to advertise Fritos in 1967. He wore a sombrero and a couple of six-shooters, sported a gold t ... More >>

Dallas Theater Center's Kevin Moriarty rescues a singing Man of Steel from his Fortress of Solitude.

​I had a Frito Bandito eraser. I can still hear that leering, gravely voice. And the song--oh, I remember the song.At least I remember the second version. Frito-Lay introduced the animated Mexican bandit to advertise Fritos in 1967. He wore a sombrero and a couple of six-shooters, sported a gold t ... More >>

Don't Frack Me, Bro: A Look at Arlington's Gas Drilling Fight in the Shadow of Jerryworld

Patrick MichelsThat's Kim Feil at far right with her pal, Ben Zene​While we await the Dallas City Council's decision concerning XTO's permit application to gas-drill within the city limits, we look just a little westward -- toward Arlington, where, tomorrow, the council there will vote on a permit ... More >>

Pegasus Theatre pays comic tribute in black and white to vintage movie thrillers

Patrick MichelsThat's Kim Feil at far right with her pal, Ben Zene​While we await the Dallas City Council's decision concerning XTO's permit application to gas-drill within the city limits, we look just a little westward -- toward Arlington, where, tomorrow, the council there will vote on a permit ... More >>

Duckin' Tasty

Patrick MichelsThat's Kim Feil at far right with her pal, Ben Zene​While we await the Dallas City Council's decision concerning XTO's permit application to gas-drill within the city limits, we look just a little westward -- toward Arlington, where, tomorrow, the council there will vote on a permit ... More >>

For Sale: A Tex Avery Original Drawing Dating Back to Animator's Days at North Dallas High

Click to embiggen this Tex Avery original dating back to the North Dallas High School hallways.​Friend of Unfair Park PeterK directs our attention to Cartoon Brew, which sends us to the Howard Lowery auction site -- where you'll find the drawing you see above, made in the mid-1920s at North Dallas ... More >>