Coen Brothers

Deep in the Heart of Texas with Richard Linklater's Bernie.

It's All in the Delivery

Despite promise in its pizza boy premise, 30 Minutes or Less plays it too safe

Can Dallas Cowboys fans forgive new defensive coordinator Rob Ryan for the sins of his father?

Despite promise in its pizza boy premise, 30 Minutes or Less plays it too safe

Autolux Gets Back on Track

Despite promise in its pizza boy premise, 30 Minutes or Less plays it too safe

Fallen Leaves: Dallas Was Among Handful of Cities Getting New Edward Norton Movie This Week. Alas, Not No More.

​In the paper version of Unfair Park that hits stands today, you'll find a review of Leaves of Grass, written and directed by Oklahoma native Tim Blake Nelson and starring, in dual roles, Edward Norton. I liked it much more than our Jim Hoberman, who reviewed the movie about an Ivy League prof (No ... More >>

Jeff Bridges, The Master Of Dudes, Shines As A Country Music Has-been In Crazy Heart. Will The Elusive Oscar Finally Be His?

​In the paper version of Unfair Park that hits stands today, you'll find a review of Leaves of Grass, written and directed by Oklahoma native Tim Blake Nelson and starring, in dual roles, Edward Norton. I liked it much more than our Jim Hoberman, who reviewed the movie about an Ivy League prof (No ... More >>

With Friday Night's Stop At Lola's, Kris Kristofferson Helped the Lone Star Film Festival Honor an Old Friend

Patrick MichelsKristofferson accepts the award named for his longtime friend and collaborator Stephen Bruton, Friday night at Lola's Saloon.​Even knowing the award would carry his good friend's name for years to come, it wasn't easy for Kris Kristofferson to stand onstage at Lola's Saloon Frid ... More >>

Duplicity: Finally, a Chance to Laugh at Corporate Shenanigans

Patrick MichelsKristofferson accepts the award named for his longtime friend and collaborator Stephen Bruton, Friday night at Lola's Saloon.​Even knowing the award would carry his good friend's name for years to come, it wasn't easy for Kris Kristofferson to stand onstage at Lola's Saloon Frid ... More >>

Robots in Love

WALL-E blasts off to the future by boldly going where every sci-fi movie's gone before. And that's a good thing.

Neither Tina Fey nor Amy Poehler Seem Invested in Baby Mama

WALL-E blasts off to the future by boldly going where every sci-fi movie's gone before. And that's a good thing.

Tim Burton's Gorgeously Gruesome Sweeney Todd

WALL-E blasts off to the future by boldly going where every sci-fi movie's gone before. And that's a good thing.

The Penn is Mightier

WALL-E blasts off to the future by boldly going where every sci-fi movie's gone before. And that's a good thing.

The Office meets Deliverance

Satire and horror make for bad synergy in Severance

Snow Business

Two Dallas filmmakers recall Sundancing as fast as they can

New releases available this week

Two Dallas filmmakers recall Sundancing as fast as they can

Faker's Dozen

A rare superior sequel, Ocean's Twelve entertains with cinematic sleight of hand

Green Achers

Undertow relishes in the pain and beauty of a reclusive Southern family

Bar Code

Laws of Attraction is so generic it oughta be illegal

Tune Up

TITAS' sweetest thing

The "S" Word

Bad Santa is crude and rude and the jolliest Christmas movie ever

A Ball, Screwed

The Coens make a '40s comedy with a Cary named Clooney

Black on Black

Why Jables is a "cross between a lightning bolt and James Dean"

Ho Down

Arteta's Good Girl transforms a Friend into a voracious cracker everywoman

Cain and Very Able

Billy Bob doesn't say much, but he's the perfect Man for the Coens' con job

Feel His Pain

Billy Bob has a simple plan: to sing about life and lovin' his wife

Reel War

The Angelika will be good for local moviegoers. Will it be good business?

Chin Up

Bruce Campbell knows why bad movies happen to great actors

Look Ahead

D.A. Pennebaker doesn't make history, but he's captured so much of it

Pi in Your Face

Director Darren Aronofsky makes films that resemble himself: smart and abrasive

Harden's Crossing

She's finally been invited to the Oscar party, but what will she do after the ball?

Paper Tigers

Young Bodies Heal Quickly, You Know, and The Paper Chase is one of the best bands in Dallas, both onstage and off

The eyes have it

Veteran cinematographer Conrad Hall will choose 'right' over 'special' any day

Playing Games

Nothing is as it seems beneath the fabulous frozen tundra

Straight man

Joking around, or not, with Limey director Steven Soderbergh

A family affair

John Turturro sheds some Illuminati on his role as writer, director, and -- oh, yeah -- actor

Armies of darkness

John Turturro sheds some Illuminati on his role as writer, director, and -- oh, yeah -- actor

Nowhere man

Settling into the relaxed paranoia of Henry Fool director Hal Hartley

Pulp o' the Irish

I Went Down travels a familiar path through some new geography

Painfully bleak

Kirk Wong's new film is both deeply funny and unmistakably dark

The 28th Annual USA Film Festival Film Clips

Kirk Wong's new film is both deeply funny and unmistakably dark

Events for the week

Kirk Wong's new film is both deeply funny and unmistakably dark

Meet Julian Po

Alan Wade's curious indie fable explores the dark side of Frank Capra

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Amateur hour

Standing center stage, Guffman salutes and satirizes small-town America

Drink up

Trees Lounge raises a toast to the barfly in each of us

Contact high

Trainspotting delivers a riotous, disturbing portrait of heroin addiction

Events for the week

Trainspotting delivers a riotous, disturbing portrait of heroin addiction

Reruns

The Cable Guy spoofs TV culture; Moll Flanders spooks a classic novel

Stop making sense

Get Shorty is a riotous riff on movie moguls and mobsters

Dead bang

Sam Raimi's gonzo Western The Quick and the Dead is ludicrously entertaining