Truman Capote

Happy Birthday, Mr. Peppermint!

From The Archives: A Very Young Rhett Miller and A Very Young Salim Nourallah

Some great stuff from the "way back when" files popped up on the Internet this morning, courtesy Dragon Street Records owner David Dennard, who, once upon a time, helped produce Deep Ellum greats like Shallow Reign in the studio and put out the earliest Tripping Daisy releases on his label. Wanna s ... More >>

Queens of the absurd

Robin Williams and Nathan Lane flitter about The Birdcage

Barely staying alive

54 takes the disco high road and falls asleep at the wheel

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.

Intent To Sign

J.A. Jance gets cruel at Borders

Grace Notes

Jubilee sings a joyful noise in Black Nativity

Small-Town Celebrity

Big Star Burgers is perfectly cast in a tasty leading role

A Gentler Time

Big Star Burgers is perfectly cast in a tasty leading role

Repeat Offender

A second, slimmer Capote movie fails to improve on its predecessor

Clay's the Thing

A second, slimmer Capote movie fails to improve on its predecessor

The Luce-y Show

With The Women, CTD tests the Clare-voyance of a 1930s single-sex comedy

Rogues' Gallery

Racists, louts and terrorists earned their place among the best of 2005

Writes and Wrongs

In Capote, a murder leads to a masterpiece leads to an undoing

Scrooged

Pocket Sandwich's bah humbug

We, the Jury

With To Kill a Mockingbird, Dallas Children's Theater stages a trial with few errors

Farrelly Mediocre

The idiots what brung you Dumb and Dumber ain't funny no more

He Sees Everything

Plus: Seeing Red

Sisters in Crime

Female authors find a lucrative trade in Texas lawlessness

Mr. Fixit

"Ex-gay" minister Randy Thomas prays to put gays and lesbians on the straight and narrow

Sinking with the sharks

T3 insiders depart on a down note -- namely, Mizlansky/Zilinsky, or "Schmucks"

Valley of the dull

Susann biopic isn't Great, not by the longest shot

Banter

Finding a Stone Cottage where a WaterTower stands

Great expectations

Theater is still a taste worth acquiring, even in the age of special effects

USA Film Festival

Theater is still a taste worth acquiring, even in the age of special effects

Too Much of a Bad Thing: Internet Lures Kids into Porn Addiction

Theater is still a taste worth acquiring, even in the age of special effects

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: The Rolling Stones' Long Day's Journey Into Night at Sumet-Burnet Studios in June 1972

​Back in May I directed your attention to what remains my favorite Stones live comp, much of which comes from two Tarrant County Convention Center shows on June 24, 1972. Here's its exiled companion, which, till recently, I'd only heard in bits and pieces, and maybe with good reason -- it's six ho ... More >>

Werner Herzog Goes Into the Abyss

Documentary peers into the lawless human soul.