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The 50 Commandments of SXSW

You're going to South by Southwest, right? Or you're already there? One of those things is bound to be true. Well, we here at DC9 have got some advice for you, and we've managed to format it all into the style of commandments, because one of our favorite things to do is pretend we're angry Gods. Or ... More >>

Girls On Film

And Music Lived on Wax!

What You Need to Know From Sundance

The fest's best are the films to watch in the year ahead.

What About Skinny Skiing?

Blame It On The Elevation

All Objections Overruled in Advance

Teasing Looks at Films About Texas Stadium's Demise, Shepard Fairey's West Dallas Makeover

Fair warning: Combined, the footage above and below doesn't even add up to two minutes. But I've been meaning to post the former since a few days ago, when South by Southwest first made it available -- the trailer for actor-turned-director Jonny Mars's America's Parking Lot, which will world-premier ... More >>

Texas Theatre Announces the Oak Cliff Film Festival, Which Will Hit Big Screens June 2012

​About six months ago, says Eric Steele, one of the partners in the Texas Theatre on Jefferson, he and his comrades decided that in a city full of film festivals, it was time for one more. But this one, they vowed, would be different. This one would have "a fringe flavor," its roster full of title ... More >>

Redneck Redemption

Offering Something for Everyone, The Dallas Video Festival Returns For Its 24th Year

Bart Weiss​Tonight at the Texas Theatre, the Dallas Video Festival kicks off its five-day run at the Texas and Angelika with screenings of Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialisme ("filled with sensuous pleasures," insists our J. Hoberman) and Slacker 2011, wherein 24 Austin-based filmmakers pay homage t ... More >>

Meat Puppets, Dawes and Lucero To Play Freshly Rebranded Fort Worth Music Festival

​Our pal Preston Jones of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram broke the news yesterday: After eight years of operation under the Jazz by the Boulevard banner, the annual jazz-centric, Fort Worth-based fall music festival now has a new name. The festival, which will still carry a heavy jazz bent, will now ... More >>

It's a Film! It's an Infomercial! Actually, It's Both. WSJ Sneaks One Dallas Film Fest Entry.

​Saturday afternoon's screening of Cooper & The Castle Hills Gang at NorthPark Center, among the handful of family-friendly offerings at the Dallas International Film Festival, is nearly sold out; all that remain are rush tickets. But if you're desperate to see the 50-minute short about kids w ... More >>

Reel News: Early Shorts by "Texas Legends," and DIFF's Indonesian Film is Very Local

Owen and Luke Wilson in the '92 Bottle Rocket short, which screens tonight at the Texas​I'll be out of pocket this evening, otherwise I'd be at the Texas Theatre for A Very Special Program of short films presently on a statrwide tour courtesy the Texas Independent Film Network, a coalition of Texa ... More >>

Look East

In No One Knows About Persian Cats, You Get To Know Tehran's Underground Music Scene

For Your Viewing Pleasure, The Entire Dallas International Film Fest Lineup

​At last, the full schedule for the Dallas International Film Festival -- which kicks off three weeks from today, so better late than never. We've already taken sneak peeks at the first 22 titles, which include Oscar-winner Alex Gibney's Jack Abramoff documentary Casino Jack and the United States ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: The Flaming Lips' History of Freaky

​So much to do this weekend -- like, oh, I dunno, that St. Patrick's Day Parade we co-sponsor. But before you go, here are Angela Hunt's do's and don'ts, not only for the parade but the daylong after-party (and after-after-party, and after-after-after-after-party) on Lower Greenville. Do keep in m ... More >>

Local Filmmaker Clay Liford Prepares to Beam His Buzzed-About Earthling to SXSW

​With less than a month until Earthling's world premiere at SXSW 2010, the indie sci-fi film, by Dallas-based writer-director Clay Liford, is already garnering plenty of positive buzz in the movie-blogosphere based on the film's two trailers alone.But with descriptions such as "haunting," "magical ... More >>

At the Thin Line Doc Fest, Havin' a Gasland

TRAILER and INTRODUCTION from JOSHFOX on Vimeo.The folks at the Thin Line Film Fest in Denton, an annual affair devoted to documentaries, send word of a major premiere scheduled to open the festival on February 17: Gasland. Formerly known as Rage of Nature, as evidenced by the trailer above, this is ... More >>

AFI Dallas Is No More. But Debuting Next Spring, the Dallas International Film Festival.

Patrick MichelsMichael Cain, kicking off the 2009 AFI Dallas International Film Festival on March 26 at the AMC NorthParkIn September 2006, some local cineastes were terrified to learn that Michael Cain was shuttering his mom-and-pop Deep Ellum Film Festival and spending a little less than $1 millio ... More >>

The AFI Dallas, in Bloom

Patrick MichelsRinko Kikuchi, Adrien Brody and writer-director Rian Johnson kicked off the third AFI Dallas International Film Festival with their Brothers Bloom.Later today, a longer recap from last night's opening of the AFI Dallas International Film Festival at NorthPark Center, where Rian Johnso ... More >>

It Took a Baghead to Prove Dallas is Hipper Than New York City

A Year Ago, Sydney Pollack Brought Class to AFI Dallas and SMU

AFI Dallas: A Post-Fest Standing O

AFI Dallas: And the Winners Are ...

An AFI Can't-Miss: Stuck

You'd Best Hustle If You Want to Get Your Seats for AFI Dallas

Sundancing As Fast As We Can

Last Weekend: Rock the Dead, OUT TAKES, Tattoo Round-Up

The Penn is Mightier

Popcorn Parade

Dallas hosts another film fest

David Lynch Gets to the Point

Hot for Hot Fuzz and Other AFI Delights

TV Junkie Premieres on HBO Tonight -- And, Now, With a Lawsuit!

Rolling Out the Red Carpet

You're Not Gonna Miss You're Gonna Miss Me After All

And the Award for Craziest Mockumentary Goes To...

Take Eight

Q Cinema's Film Fest celebrates another birthday

History of a Film

After a short dalliance with Jesus, Jason Reimer has completed his first big score.

Trip to Bountiful

Oh, the talent given us at this year's remarkable Dallas Video Festival

Best Movie Theater

Angelika Film Center and Café

West Bank Story

From Palestine comes an absurdist look at life under Intifada

Two Soldiers

Look Back, Don't Look Back

Real, reel gay

Out Takes, Dallas' newest gay and lesbian film festival

From Asia with love

Screen tests

Usual suspects, small wonders, and the new Bertolucci at the Montreal and Toronto film fests

That sinking feeling

The USA Film Festival resembles the highest grossing movie ever. It's been leaking like Titanic for a while, but the 28th Annual schedule suggests it may be going down fast.

Sky Walker

The White Balloon sails atop simple storytelling