Coen Brothers

The No-Holds-Barred Salim Nourallah/John Dufilho Interview You've Always Wanted To Read

Nouveau 47's Coyote Keeps You Guessing in a Howling Good Night of Theater

This is the final weekend of performances of Coyote, a seat-gripper of a play at the Magnolia Lounge in Fair Park. Nouveau 47, the little troupe modeling itself on the Margo Jones theater company of 60 years ago, premieres Kevin Kautzman's excellent script, which had its first reading here last year ... More >>

Hanna: Virtuoso Filmmaking, Retro Politics in a Crisp Thriller.

This is the final weekend of performances of Coyote, a seat-gripper of a play at the Magnolia Lounge in Fair Park. Nouveau 47, the little troupe modeling itself on the Margo Jones theater company of 60 years ago, premieres Kevin Kautzman's excellent script, which had its first reading here last year ... More >>

Road Trip Barbecue Makes Traveling I-35 Less Sucky.

This is the final weekend of performances of Coyote, a seat-gripper of a play at the Magnolia Lounge in Fair Park. Nouveau 47, the little troupe modeling itself on the Margo Jones theater company of 60 years ago, premieres Kevin Kautzman's excellent script, which had its first reading here last year ... More >>

True Grit: Coen Brothers Take Their Tongues Out of Their Cheeks.

This is the final weekend of performances of Coyote, a seat-gripper of a play at the Magnolia Lounge in Fair Park. Nouveau 47, the little troupe modeling itself on the Margo Jones theater company of 60 years ago, premieres Kevin Kautzman's excellent script, which had its first reading here last year ... More >>

Simple Woman

This is the final weekend of performances of Coyote, a seat-gripper of a play at the Magnolia Lounge in Fair Park. Nouveau 47, the little troupe modeling itself on the Margo Jones theater company of 60 years ago, premieres Kevin Kautzman's excellent script, which had its first reading here last year ... More >>

The Dude Abides

This is the final weekend of performances of Coyote, a seat-gripper of a play at the Magnolia Lounge in Fair Park. Nouveau 47, the little troupe modeling itself on the Margo Jones theater company of 60 years ago, premieres Kevin Kautzman's excellent script, which had its first reading here last year ... More >>

Kitchen Dog's Long Way Go Down Too Cinematic For Stage;Jubilee Sails With Gem Of The Ocean

This is the final weekend of performances of Coyote, a seat-gripper of a play at the Magnolia Lounge in Fair Park. Nouveau 47, the little troupe modeling itself on the Margo Jones theater company of 60 years ago, premieres Kevin Kautzman's excellent script, which had its first reading here last year ... More >>

The Revival of the Revival House: Texas Theatre to Start Showing Movies Again Next Week

Courtesy Oak Cliff Foundation​Last I heard, the folks behind the Texas Theatre's extreme makeover still needed some $7 million to get the historic Oak Cliff movie palace completely put back together again. (Some $2 mil has been raised and spent since redo efforts began in '01, but those Cliffdwell ... More >>

Our Own Glorious Basterds, J. Hoberman, Robert Wilonsky And Scott Foundas Put Their Minds Together And Come Up With Their Favorite Films of 2009

Courtesy Oak Cliff Foundation​Last I heard, the folks behind the Texas Theatre's extreme makeover still needed some $7 million to get the historic Oak Cliff movie palace completely put back together again. (Some $2 mil has been raised and spent since redo efforts began in '01, but those Cliffdwell ... More >>

DFW Crix Up in the Air With Year-End Tally

​The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association just released its tops-o'-2009 list; it follows in full after the jump. But, first, this teaser: Dodging critical conventional wisdom that has put Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker at the top of most critics' polls, the DFWCA instead opted to follow ... More >>

Tryst And Shout

​The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association just released its tops-o'-2009 list; it follows in full after the jump. But, first, this teaser: Dodging critical conventional wisdom that has put Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker at the top of most critics' polls, the DFWCA instead opted to follow ... More >>

Oh, Canada

Midway through the Toronto film fest, and things are looking bleak

Intolerable Cruelty

Remarkably consistent, the Coens make another mockery with Burn After Reading

Pickin' Circle

Remarkably consistent, the Coens make another mockery with Burn After Reading

Three the Hard Way

Remarkably consistent, the Coens make another mockery with Burn After Reading

Film 2007: Bad Blood

Horror films failed to scare up the big bucks in 2007

Coen Brothers and Their Country Top the Dallas-Fort Worth Critics' List

Horror films failed to scare up the big bucks in 2007

Philip Wuntch, Now "Film Critic Emeritus"

Horror films failed to scare up the big bucks in 2007

Romance & Cigarettes

Horror films failed to scare up the big bucks in 2007

Coen Brothers Transcend Themselves with No Country for Old Men

Horror films failed to scare up the big bucks in 2007

349 Movies to Go

Preparing for the onslaught that is the Toronto Film Festival

Greetings from Toronto...

Where old masters, drunk teenagers and Asia Argento make the fest's first week a blast

349 Movies to Go

Preparing for the onslaught that is the Toronto Film Festival

Oui, Oui

Visit gay (and sad and romantic) Paris

Palm d'Hoberman

Our one-man jury bestows honors on the best of Cannes 2007.

Where, O Where?

The Inwood displays the Coens' Brotherly love

About a Boi

OutKast's Depression-era hip-hop musical has a loving respect for the old South

USA Film Fest Gets the Shaft

OutKast's Depression-era hip-hop musical has a loving respect for the old South

Dallas Observer's top DVD picks for the week of October 18

OutKast's Depression-era hip-hop musical has a loving respect for the old South

Suth'n Comfort

Tom Hanks steals the Coens' latest by playing--get this--very broad and funny

Mighty Mediocre

Wind bags a few charming laughs, but mostly meanders

Old News

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

Oh, Brother

Ethan Coen turns his pen on his penis and other subjects

A Hard Day's Knight

As promised, this hepster jousting tale will rock you

Décolletage Diva

Liv Tyler makes the boys go crazy-funny in One Night at McCool's

Soundtracks

O Brother, Where Art Thou?(Mercury) & The Gift(Will/Lakeshore)

Bona Fide

Joel and Ethan Coen's Brother hits a Homer

Young Blood

Joel and Ethan Coen pull down the pants on their first film

Simply uneven

The restored and recut Blood Simple reveals the Coen brothers' strengths and weaknesses

White-trash receptacle

With a sneer and a wink, Drowning Mona plunges us into a fresh deluge of idiotic Americana

D.O.A.

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

A slightly dirty dozen

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

Money changes everything

A Simple Plan dishes up a frozen treat from a moral deep freeze

Your fiends and neighbors

Clay Pigeons pokes and pries at country discomforts

All duded up

Jeff Bridges' wacked-out stoner carries the Coens' The Big Lebowski

Not bad enough

Deceiver suffersfrom blurred vision

Independents' day

Small films have their big night in '96

'96 rewound

Good, but not that good

The perfect crime

The Coens' dazzling new Fargo rediscovers the horrible, prosaic allure of crime