Having now reached the age of its wayward protagonist, Donnie Darko is once again being tasked with forestalling the end of the world. Richard Kelly’s sleeper first opened almost two years after screening at Sundance, and a month after 9/11, becoming an early example of a trend that scarcely exists…
There’s a new obstacle worrying some classic arcade owners. According to VentureBeat, stockpiles of the cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors that give classic arcade games their distinctive look are dwindling. Since electronic companies stopped making the monitors in 2007 thanks to the rising demand for high-definition LED screens, CRT monitors…
A new study looking at the employment of women and men leading U.S. art museums found some gains for women in closing the pay and hiring gap with their male counterparts over the past three years, though there is still much ground to make up. Conducted by Southern Methodist University’s…
Simeen Farhat: Blood Shot Is Blood Loved Cris Worley Fine Arts 1845 Levee St., No. 110 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday Artist Simeen Farhat uses cast resin and acrylic to create sculptures that play with form and shadow. For the pieces in this exhibition, the show’s notes…
There’s a lot to navigate in Dallas International Film Festival’s 2017 line-up. But what if — between the human rights documentaries, dark family dramas and ready access to booze — you just want to chill out and watch something funny? Well, you’re in luck there too. We’ve got five of ’em…
Little Women: Dallas first invaded our homes last November. Now the spinoff series of Little Women: LA is back to finish what it started. Season one capped off in December with eight episodes, but there is more to show. Will Asta Young and her husband open a bar? Will Tiffani Chance…
Last week, American Airlines Center announced a big Ultimate Fighting Championship [UFC] match coming to the arena this spring. Heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic (16-2) will fight for his second consecutive title defense against Junior Dos Santos (18-4) at UFC 211 on May 13. Miocic notably suffered his second and most…
Midway on his life’s journey, 31-year-old René Moreno fell through a five-story window and was paralyzed from the waist down. The freak accident, which occurred in his then-home in Washington D.C., was the impetus for his return to Dallas, where he received physical therapy following the injury. What could have…
Niki Caro has the rare ability to elevate what could be emotionally manipulative schlock to earnest art. To judge by the trailer, her low-budget breakthrough feature Whale Rider (2003) seemed a straightforward children’s drama about a girl overcoming the odds — tame, commercial Disney fare. But the film itself proved…
The Boss Baby might look, at first, like any other major studio animation release. Directed by DreamWorks vet Tom McGrath (Madagascar, Megamind), the movie hits all the expected notes: the enduring importance of family, the persistence of untrustworthy/clueless adults, and the inherent hilarity of shoehorning David Mamet dialogue into a…
As a young artist, Valton Tyler would leave his work on the streets of Dallas. Today, his creations are hanging in the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. “Probably, my best paintings, I put them in an alley or threw them over the fence,” the self-taught artist says. As volunteer…
It’s a Sunday afternoon and three overlords of the Texas Gay Rodeo Association, which is exactly what it sounds like, have congregated to drink about “A Texas Tradition,” their big annual charity rodeo this weekend in Denton. The site of the meetup is Round-Up, Oak Lawn’s landmark gay country and…
It’s been six months since Agustín Arteaga took over the directorship role at the Dallas Museum of Art, the crown jewel of the Arts District. The position was left vacant for nearly a year after the sudden, perplexing departure of the previous director, Maxwell Anderson, in September 2015. There were…
Scooped up by A24 at Sundance, Dallas filmmaker David Lowery’s new minimalist tale, A Ghost Story, now has an official trailer. And yeah, it presses all the emotional buttons. Reuniting Ain’t Them Bodies Saints actors Rooney Mara and (recent Academy Award winner) Casey Affleck, A Ghost Story unravels your loose…
If your knowledge of the Maya civilization is limited to what you learned at all those apocalypse-themed parties in 2012 when the Maya calendar was ending, then the Perot Museum of Nature and Science has a lot to show you. Its latest exhibit, Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed, opened Feb. 11…
A cherished movie takes viewers on a journey. Whether it’s an impossible moment, a peek inside an otherwise unnoticed life, or an immersive soak in unfamiliar subject matter, film’s ability to shape our perception of the world is limitless. As the curtain lifts March 30 on this year’s Dallas International…
If you’ve ever watched the Late Late Late Show with James Corden, you’re familiar with his popular segment “Carpool Karaoke.” For the bit, Corden picks up a famous singer in his car and they proceed to belt out some of the passenger’s biggest hits. Guests have included everyone from Adele…
Sandra Adair never expected to direct. She was busy mastering her craft as an editor, bringing filmmakers’ visions to life. Then she had a studio visit with an artist who was taking a risk of his own, and she understood that together they had a story to tell. “It just…
The Texas Pinball Festival, held last weekend in Frisco, is one of the largest of its kind in the country. It’s only 16 years old, but in that time it’s moved from a small arcade in Arlington to the 45,000-square-foot Frisco convention center. The most recent three-day festival delivered more than…
Last week, the team behind the Wild Detectives, an independent bookstore, cafe and bar venue in Oak Cliff, marked their third anniversary with a blog post announcing three big changes: a shift in curatorial focus that will allow the Dallas literary community to choose the books that will be sold…
Tue 3/28Los Fabulosos Cadillacs has been making a fine blend of reggae, jazz and ska for almost 40 years. The Argentinian eight-piece has had many different members over the years with plenty of albums and world tours to boot. If you’ve never heard of the band, know that this is…
CHIPS is the latest kitschy-yet-beloved cop show to get remodeled on the big screen as a bromantic buddy comedy. However, unlike the way the movie versions of Starsky & Hutch and 21 Jump Street played up those shows’ alleged homoeroticism for ironic, lighthearted laughs, CHIPS lets it be known from…
