Mary Poppins

The British Guy Samples the Tea at the Renaissance Faire

Regular readers may remember that I found it amusing to review cream teas and high teas around Dallas, comparing them to their British counterparts. While many of you didn't agree that this was in fact amusing, that's never stopped me before. For the third in a highly infrequent series, I am for som ... More >>

She's Drugging the Children!

Weep for David Duchovny's Penis: On the Terribleness of Californication, Season 6

The Best Films of 2012

The end of cinema? Hardly. Taking a look at the top movies.

A Spoonful Of Honey May Not Keep Your Allergies Down, But It's Tasty Enough To Try

​I've been eying the weather channel a lot lately. Not for the temperature, but for the pollen count, which apparently will begin an upward march as soon as the mercury begins to wane and the fall allergy season kicks off. Allergies aren't good for food critics, as you might have heard. I've ... More >>

How Banksy Forced Hal Samples to Finish Doc About Homeless Man Living Outside L.A.

Tachowa Covington and his former home in a still from Hal Samples's in-progress Something From Nothing. The whole trailer's after the jump.​Over the years photographer Hal Samples has shown me bits and pieces of his in-progress documentary about Tachowa Covington, who turned an abandoned water tan ... More >>

Q&A: Ben Kweller Talks Production, His New Album, Parenthood and Finding Out That an Old 97's Song Was In His Wedding Video

Ben Kweller​The story of Ben Kweller has been documented pretty relentlessly around these parts--from forming the band Radish at the age of 12 to signing with Mercury Records at 16 after being hailed by critics as "the next Nirvana" to then following his girlfriend to New York where he'd end up re ... More >>

Model Watch: It's Makeover Time, Angels!

Let's be honest: We can just post this pic of Dallas model Ann and walk away, right?​For another week, we watch America's Next Top Model so you don't have to. That, right there? That's a solid. So then, to commence with the recapping.Last night's episode began with the de rigueur reality-show open ... More >>

In The Dallas Theater Center's Super-fun Superman Musical, You Don't Need X-Ray Vision To See Deeper Themes.

The First Supernanny

The History Boys earns top grades at Uptown Players

Apt Pupils

Australia

Like a musical minus the music, or every other melodrama you've ever seen

Clique Shtick

The retail racket that is High School Musical on Tour! sells the same old Disney message but without the magic

Spamalittle

Not exactly Dead Parrot: The Musical, but close; new season lineups promise star turns

America Cannes

Art imitates life as U.S. directors command this year's fest, with only China rivaling for celluloid domination.

German Engineering

From mechanics to modesty to manners, give us Dirk over D-Wade

Miss Congeniality

Beatrix Potter gets an extreme makeover

Pause and Effect

A truly universal remote leads to Sandler's best movie in years

Swift Kick

Elijah Wood as a soccer thug in Britain? Not bloody likely.

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Zip-A-Dee Doodoo

Disney's On the Record never gets in the groove; Proof solves interesting problems

A Twist of Limeys

Fair ladies and loutish lads put on all sorts of English accents in three spiffing new productions

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Poppins Fresh

Kinda like The Rocky Horror Picture Show

A better mousetrap

The wonderful worlds that Walt built are rendered at the Modern in Fort Worth

Events for the week

Burning down the house

The dance and language in DTC's Dancing at Lughnasa are small fires burning bright