Casablanca

The Madcap Sound of Silence

At Baboush, the Flavors of Morocco Taste Even Better with Gin and Vodka

This week I was looking something different, my palate weary from ringing in the new year with an excess of cheap California champagne. So I headed to Baboush in the West Village in search of new flavors. Situated between sushi haven The Fish and Cork wine boutique, you might forget you're in Upto ... More >>

Obsessed With Love and Appetizers at Mercy Wine Bar

​Do people realize that the curtains at Mercy Wine Bar are see-through? Apparently not. Last Wednesday night, singles and several couples flocked to Mercy's boudoir-feel wine bar to escape the Dallas heat, but ended up making some of their own. In the span of three hours, two different couple ... More >>

I'm Shocked, Shocked to Find That Ethics Aren't Going On at City Hall. Not Really.

​On May 12 I wrote a column quoting Dallas City Attorney Tom Perkins on why he had decided to write a proposed new ethics law for the city council. The new law he wrote was adopted unanimously by the council. It greatly relaxed restrictions on how soon after a city council vote the members of ... More >>

The Ultimate Tailgate Party: It May be the Closest Thing to Pro Football This Year

​Remember the last scene of Casablanca in which Rick and Renault come together in the end for the good of humanity then walk off into the fog contemplating "... the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Well, that's basically what's happening between the NFL owners and players this weekend at ... More >>

Make Your Way to Medina for a Dreamy Night Moroccan Style

Marrakesh Chicken Breast​If you're in the Victory Park area the intimate space at Medina Oven & Bar makes it a good choice for a date.  My date and I ate there after Dallas' recent snow and ice storm while it was still too cold to eat on the patio. The hostess sat us at a small table as far ... More >>

Listomania: The 10 Best Albums That Were Supposed To Come Out, But Never Did, in 2010

​Albums get delayed all the time. (Cue Chinese Democracy joke). Sometimes it's because of the close relation of creativity and procrastination. Other times, business overtakes art. More often than not, though, it's just a sheer mystery. So, in looking back at the year, we decided to think about al ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: P-Funk Tears the Roof Off the Convention Center in '76

​There's no need imagining the scene -- a show videotaped in Houston, at the Summit, on Halloween '76 gives you some idea of the spectacle George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, the late Gary Shider and the rest of the Mothership Connection took on the road that ... More >>

Dallas City Council Members Angela Hunt and Pauline Medrano Have A Plan To Help Rid Lowest Greenville Avenue Of Crime. If Only They Can Get Neighborhood Businesses To Cooperate.

​There's no need imagining the scene -- a show videotaped in Houston, at the Summit, on Halloween '76 gives you some idea of the spectacle George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, the late Gary Shider and the rest of the Mothership Connection took on the road that ... More >>

Uptown Pizza with a Moroccan Flare

​Farnatchi 3001 Knox St. 214-219-7200 www.farnatchi.com Promised delivery time: 45 minutes Actual delivery time: 30 minutes Interesting appetizers including Turkish meat pie: 40 Pricey pizza toppings: -10 Homemade desserts: 30 Faster delivery than Domino's: 30 Total Score: 90 Living nea ... More >>

Good Friday: Nouvelle Vauge Postponed, Vic Chesnutt Tribute Canceled, But You've Still Got True Widow, Louis Moholo-Moholo, The J.C. Experience, American Werewolf Academy, Baruch The Scribe, Collin Herring and More

​Aside from the snow, the big story this weekend is, of course, the NBA All-Star Game and the musicians, celebrities, models, gold-diggers and hookers swarming the city. This week's cover story tells you why this is such an important weekend for Dallas' mainstream-leaning hip-hop artists, and the ... More >>

Kiss Me Again, Sam

​Aside from the snow, the big story this weekend is, of course, the NBA All-Star Game and the musicians, celebrities, models, gold-diggers and hookers swarming the city. This week's cover story tells you why this is such an important weekend for Dallas' mainstream-leaning hip-hop artists, and the ... More >>

Station to Station

Youssef Chahine rolls into the Modern

How 'Bout Them Knockers: LA Gourmet Pizza

Patrick MichelsLA Gourmet Pizza/Diningin.com2709 McKinney Ave.214-981-9337Promised delivery time: 1:15Actual delivery time: 1:29The ScoreGetting the "L.A." theme for Oscar night: 10Online ordering convenience: 9Promising pizza names like "Meat Land": 20Boldness of a small-town Kentucky-based pizza c ... More >>

10 Questions: Jay Jerrier

Eight or nine years ago, it was Louie's or nothing for pizza aficionados. Then along came Fireside Pies and...And that inspired Jay Jerrier, a man with a taste for pizza and far too much time on his hands. He built an oven in his backyard, baked as a hobby for two years, then plunged into th ... More >>

Shocked—Shocked—To Find Discrimination in Flower Mound

Eight or nine years ago, it was Louie's or nothing for pizza aficionados. Then along came Fireside Pies and...And that inspired Jay Jerrier, a man with a taste for pizza and far too much time on his hands. He built an oven in his backyard, baked as a hobby for two years, then plunged into th ... More >>

DVD Releases for the Week of January 8

Eight or nine years ago, it was Louie's or nothing for pizza aficionados. Then along came Fireside Pies and...And that inspired Jay Jerrier, a man with a taste for pizza and far too much time on his hands. He built an oven in his backyard, baked as a hobby for two years, then plunged into th ... More >>

Sanctuary Isn't Simple for Dallas' Homeless

Eight or nine years ago, it was Louie's or nothing for pizza aficionados. Then along came Fireside Pies and...And that inspired Jay Jerrier, a man with a taste for pizza and far too much time on his hands. He built an oven in his backyard, baked as a hobby for two years, then plunged into th ... More >>

A Little Sucky-Sucky

Two vampire classics are back. Unfortunately, this time they bite.

Play It Again, Sam

See Casablanca at the Inwood

Make My Funk Tha P-Funk

George Clinton still wants to get funked up

Kill All the Critics!

Thumbs up or toes up for reviewers at Pegasus; big voices in Broadway Our Way

Nostalgia Trip

Steven Soderbergh tries, and largely fails, to make 'em like they used to

Some Kind of Joke

Steven Soderbergh tries, and largely fails, to make 'em like they used to

Tarnished Ivory

White Countess writes an inglorious final chapter for a dynamic filmmaking duo

Who's Laughing?

Albert Brooks looks for comedy and comes up empty

Idol Rich

Albert Brooks looks for comedy and comes up empty

Runway Renaissance

No boarding pass required for Journeys: Public + Private

Paradise Found

The Velvet Teen might have been stars. They'd rather be a great band.

Limp Pianist

Poignant but a bit flaccid, Gloomy Sunday almost satisfies

The Dallas Triangle of Hip

Poignant but a bit flaccid, Gloomy Sunday almost satisfies

Horton Hears a "Wha?"

Poignant but a bit flaccid, Gloomy Sunday almost satisfies

God Bless Dubya

Plus: Laura-blanca, Color Coded

Basic Instinct

Is Dallas ready for a shift in power?

Fundamental Rights

The Circle is a powerhouse of a film about women in Iran

Missing Manners

What are the rudest things Dallas diners do?

Attitude Check

New numbers show that DPD's "failure to ID" charge doesn't apply to everyone

The Devil to Pay

Warners must have a hell of a good reason for re-releasing The Exorcist

Squirrel meat

Animated duo return in a very Rocky road movie

Teen beaten

Takes or leave this anachronistic teen film

Return to sender

Get out your hankies and weep for the heart-tugging disaster Message in a Bottle

The wild--and mild--bunch

Warner Bros. celebrates its 75th birthday with a weeklong best-of fest

Buzz

Warner Bros. celebrates its 75th birthday with a weeklong best-of fest

Hommes en noir: film blanc

A refreshingly small, and forgettable, sci-fi farce

Write on!

With Pillow Book, Greenaway finds a little heart among the details

Card sharp

Twenty years without bluffing at Poor David's Pub

Play it again

When Marrakesh's novelty wears off, its Moroccan flavors will endure

A fiend, indeed

The remake of Diabolique is a stale, creaky version of the sick French classic

Test Pattern

The remake of Diabolique is a stale, creaky version of the sick French classic

Echale salsita

Passion and pride ignite upon the dance floor of Dallas' salsa community