We were asked not to say anything till later this week, but the full-page ad in yesterday's paper ran a week too early yesterday and jumped the starter's gun ... so, we're off. As it said in the AFI Dallas International Film Festival spread on Page 18A, this year's Star Awards recipients include Near Dark director Kathryn Bigelow (bringing her critically adored Iraq War thriller The Hurt Locker to the fest), Adrien Brody (here with opener The Brothers Bloom), Coraline director Henry Selick and C
Mike Tyson, who, oddly, is the subject of James Toback's documentary TysonTwo weeks ago, the AFI Dallas International Film Festival finally announced its complete line-up -- save for the closing-night title. Pardon -- titles. Because, as hinted at, the fest has opted for two final films: James Toback's doc Tyson, which is indeed about the travails of the former heavyweight champ, and Louie Psihoyos's The Cove, a Sundance screener about Richard O'Barr, the former Flipper dolphin wrangler who beca
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.Tuesday night, AFI Dallas recognized Selick's accomplishments in stop-motion animation by giving him this year's Texas Avery Animation Award.In the basement of the Nasher Sculpture Center, Selick held
