Spike Lee

A Real Glover of Dance

It's Time For A Full Mooney

Why We Love Sports in America: 2011

​Since I'm out on vacation next week let me get to this Fourth of July tradition a little early: Happy Birthday, America. Our country turns the ripe old age of 235 on Monday. Between burgers and beers and bikinis, I'll make time this weekend remembering how friggin' fortunate we are to have a ... More >>

Why We Love Sports in America

​Happy Birthday, America.   Like tonight's July 5th fireworks show in Dallas, it's better late than never. Right?   Our country turned the ripe old age of 234 on Sunday. Between burgers and beers and bikinis, I tried to spend some time remembering how friggin' fortunate we are to ha ... More >>

NBA Dunkers Do Dallas In One Wild, Wintry Wonderful All-Star Weekend

​Happy Birthday, America.   Like tonight's July 5th fireworks show in Dallas, it's better late than never. Right?   Our country turned the ripe old age of 234 on Sunday. Between burgers and beers and bikinis, I tried to spend some time remembering how friggin' fortunate we are to ha ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Erykah Badu, Jamie Foxx At The Palladium Ballroom

Erykah Badu, Jamie FoxxPalladium BallroomSaturday, February 12, 2010Danny FulgencioErykah Badu at the Palladium Ballroom Saturday night. For more pictures, check out our slideshow.​Better Than: Any other All-Star event going on that night--especially considering it was free. It was a night of oppo ... More >>

Girl Drink Drunk: Capitol Pub

A fireside Taxi Cab​It was a brisk night. Jessica and I had set out to see John Spriggins' Paper Dolls exhibition at the South Dallas Cultural Center. We made several illegal u-turns before successfully achieving our goal (the SDCC is precariously located at a wonky intersection) and perusing the ... More >>

Blown Over: Galveston and Texas Gulf Coast Struggle After Hurricane Ike

Forgotten and overlooked, Galveston residents try to put the pieces back together

Echoes And Reverberations: Speed Dating With Rush

Forgotten and overlooked, Galveston residents try to put the pieces back together

Last Night: Raheem DeVaughn and Bryan-Michael Cox at Gilley's

Forgotten and overlooked, Galveston residents try to put the pieces back together

The Colors of Katrina

Burkholder shows the blues...and other hues

Obama and Me

It was the year 2000, and I was a young, hungry reporter in Chicago with a young, hungry state legislator on my speed dial

At the Sundance Film Festival, Everyone's a Winner (More or Less)

It was the year 2000, and I was a young, hungry reporter in Chicago with a young, hungry state legislator on my speed dial

Stevie Wonder

Wednesday, December 5, and Thursday, December 6, at Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie

Again With the Serious Face?

Adam Sandler plays a 9/11 widower and finally nails a somber role

Our top DVD picks for the week of March 7

Adam Sandler plays a 9/11 widower and finally nails a somber role

The Price Is Wrong

Freedomland turns a rich, complex book into a poor, simple movie

Walking Between Known and Unknown

The photos of Gordon Parks register a world of opposites and extremes

Dance This Mess Around

What a bad feeling--and taste--Honey leaves behind

Greek Out

Distributors still don't honeymoon with small romantic comedies

Of Boobs and Blood

Troma's Lloyd Kaufman has guts, all over the floor

Cut Rate

The intentions outweigh the execution in Ice Cube's Barbershop

Behind the Screens

As president of Texas-financed Magnolia Pictures, respected indie-film vet Eamonn Bowles projects a bright future

The Art (House) of War

The Magnolia Theatre promises to shake up Dallas' indie-film scene

Over and Dunne

Lisa Picard treads a well-worn path

You Jane

Criminal Hearts races with great acting

Pi in Your Face

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

Thin Blood

Soul Rep bleeds the life and humor from Suzan-Lori Parks' miasma of misplaced carnal power plays

The Sundance Kidder

With his own movie in tow, Dallas' indie-film guru goes to Robert Redford's festival, falls in love with the First-Timer, and embraces the hype

Gave the People What They Had

Sometimes, the best new music is the best old music

Scene, Heard

More reality TV

The Bit Player

Vincent D'Onofrio may be the best actor of his generation, but who would notice?

The good neighbor

Bombing suspect Bobby Frank Cherry's sordid past trailed him to the shores of Cedar Creek Lake

Hip hope

Celebs and poseurs mix-a-lot in this surprisingly effective look at rap, race, and sex

Blurred vision

What will 1999 be remembered for -- Malkovich's head or Cartman's ass?

Catholic Block

Writer-director Kevin Smith defends God, dirty words, and New Jersey

Straight man

Joking around, or not, with Limey director Steven Soderbergh

NIGHT & DAY,

1998 December 3-9

Stake tartare

John Carpenter sinks his fangs into the screen's vampire tradition

Falling up

With Nothing to Lose, Robbins and Lawrence turn a loss into a tie

Woody's melancholy baby

Everyone Says I Love You offers a New York where everyone sings show tunes

USA Film Festival

Everyone Says I Love You offers a New York where everyone sings show tunes

Test Pattern

Everyone Says I Love You offers a New York where everyone sings show tunes

Menace II reason

The Hughes brothers' Dead Presidents wallows in manufactured despair

Give up LeFonque

Branford Marsalis does the 'unspeakable' once more

Cat man dues

The Van Peebles' Panther is a sincere but self-defeating stylistic exercise

Buzz

The Van Peebles' Panther is a sincere but self-defeating stylistic exercise

Rag trade

Robert Altman's surprisingly leaden look at the fashion industry is all dressed up with nowhere to go

I'm not okay, you're bored

Clerks turns dysfunctional lives into 80 minutes of tedium