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Big Fan: AFI Dallas Announces Its Complete Line-Up, Minus the Closing-Night Movie(s?)

Patton Oswalt is the Big Fan, scheduled to play the AFI Dallas International Film Fest this yearMoments ago, the AFI Dallas International Film Festival sent along its complete schedule for this year's fest, which runs March 26 through April 2 -- with, as we've noted before, most screenings taking pl ... More >>

Hot Chip is keenly aware and danceably fun

Patton Oswalt is the Big Fan, scheduled to play the AFI Dallas International Film Fest this yearMoments ago, the AFI Dallas International Film Festival sent along its complete schedule for this year's fest, which runs March 26 through April 2 -- with, as we've noted before, most screenings taking pl ... More >>

Mavericks Don't Need Jason Kidd

No joke, the Mavericks should pass on a major trade and allow this nucleus one more shot

Our top DVD picks for the week of June 26

No joke, the Mavericks should pass on a major trade and allow this nucleus one more shot

Date My Mom

Diane Keaton subjects herself to more indignities in Michael Lehmann's latest vapid comedy

Nostalgia Trip

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

Can't Get a Fix on Crix' Pix for Best Flix

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

Woman's Glib

The awful truth about Nancy Meyers

One-Toke Wonder

Tenacious D gets the band back together and... and... and?

That's a Wrap

Meet the new 800-pound gorilla of Dallas film festivals

Tuttle Unbound

Artist Richard Tuttle looses a torrent of idiosyncracy

New Kids on the Block

The Nash-less Mavs try to hang tough and build a winning team from scratch

Bloody Hell

Daredevil is a grown-up adaptation, but still too two-dimensional

Who Cares?

No one's likely to tout Cletis, whoever he is

Been There, Done That

For supporters of an improved and expensive Trinity River, everything old is new again

Dream Weaver

Spider-Man slings pop mythology for the masses

Fatman and slobbin'

DC Comics places its superheroes in the RealWorlds

Not to trot

It may look cool, but Sleepy Hollow cuts off its head to spite its story

Hole in fun!

You can talk to the guitarist when the singer ain't around

Odd Man Out

Dallas-raised Terry Southern wrote Easy Rider, hung with the Beatles, and influenced a generation. But he died penniless, and now his son must pay off Terry's debts--and restore his father's legacy.

As bad as it gets

Peter Berg's sour Very Bad Things earns a one-way ticket to filmic Palookaville

Flood money

The Trinity River Plan's billion-dollar vision of levees, parks, and ponds has Mayor Ron Kirk--and most of Dallas--spellbound. But engineers warn it could lead to a flooding catastrophe and destroy the same poor neighborhoods it's designed to help.

Going down

Air Force One nosedives into an ocean of ennui

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Taking Howard Stern seriously

The last interview you'll ever need to read with radio's greatest, loudest talker--and, just maybe, Hollywood's newest movie star

Events for the week

The last interview you'll ever need to read with radio's greatest, loudest talker--and, just maybe, Hollywood's newest movie star

Weird science

Jack is the latest summer flick to mix quasi-fantasy with toothless comedy

And then there were some

A friendly, disorganized guide to what won't be checked out at your local video store

Mope and glow

Bottle Rocket is a clever mix of optimism and angst

USA Film Festival Schedule

Bottle Rocket is a clever mix of optimism and angst

Phallus idols

Nobody's Fool and Legends of the Fall peddle icons of masculinity

Slickness as science

New book by Denton academic traces origins of the Hollywood blockbuster