Behind the Costumes of New York Comic-Con

Tatiana CraineSmaug the dragon and Sherlock Holmes at New York Comic-Con.Editor’s note: We’ve been receiving dispatches from New York Comic-Con from our sister paper, The Village Voice. Since you’re stuck in a costumeless Dallas cubical, we thought we’d share a bit of that dark, east coast magic with you. It’s…

The Top 13 Movie Romances of Summer 2013

Summer 2013 was a strong season for that oft-maligned genre, the romantic comedy. Excellent films like The Spectacular Now and Drinking Buddies for the most part avoided rom-com cliches, and reinventions like Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing made timeless story lines seem fresh. Still other on-screen romances were held…

24 Hours of Drinking in Dallas

7:33 a.m. The Goat It opens at 7, but my all-too-kind date — who set an alarm to join me, with only breakfast tacos and dubious company to show for it — and I are the only people inside The Goat until just past 8, when a middle-aged couple takes…