All photos courtesy of Sony PicturesStory by Vanessa Martin American Hustle, directed and co-written by David O. Russell, is undeniably the must-watch film this holiday season. With outstanding performances by an A-list cast (Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, and Jennifer Lawrence), the period film is loosely based on the…
Scenes from the Natural Hair Parade 2013 was an event-filled year for Dallasites with festivals, art shows, charity events and conventions galore. Here is a look at some of our favorite photos from the year. You can check out the entire year through thousands of photos in our slideshow section…
Alamo shows your favorite cartoons — with a cereal sidecar — on Saturday morning. That’s not all. We’ve got a Dallas-centric rock doc tonight at the Kessler. A riot grrrl party at Texas Theatre on Friday, where the awesomely named Girls Rock Camp band Sparkle Revolution open for the new…
We’re 12 years into the 21st century and still doing holiday things that would make the 1990s shudder. Here’s a list of things we, as a nation, need to knock the eff off. 1. Car Antlers Let’s go ahead an toss car wreaths and humorous Santa body parts in the…
Folk music is supposed to be the music of the people. Yet at the heart of Joel and Ethan Coen’s Inside Llewyn Davis, set in New York in the winter of 1961, is a folksinger with no feeling for people. Llewyn Davis, played by Oscar Isaac, is a broke, rumpled…
The best movies about con artists work a bit of flimflammery themselves. They’re not necessarily dishonest; they just can’t resist making the truth shinier than it is in real life. There may not be much behind the sparkling tinsel curtain of David O. Russell’s extraordinarily entertaining American Hustle. But what…
The audience that shows up for a comedy is the most tyrannical of all. Their very presence is the equivalent of a schoolyard bully’s challenge: “Go ahead — make me laugh.” Which is why there’s danger in following up a hit comedy with a sequel, even nine years after the…
How stubborn was Walt Disney? He spent 26 years wheedling Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers to sell him the film rights to her book — call it determination or bullying. Travers thought he was a hack who would louse up her story with cartoon penguins. Walt thought she was a…
Someday there will be a serious academic study on Tyler Perry, the battered and sexually abused child who legally changed his first name at 16 to distance himself from his estranged father and grew rich playing a caricature of his mother in pantyhose and a dress, like a sass-talking Norman…
Dallas today may not be known for the highest degree of rockage, but it’s important to remember that once upon a time Dallas did, in fact, rock. For two decades starting in the ’50s, Dallas was the seat of music in the Southwest and the vinyl record distribution hub for…
The Lollie Bombs are exactly what you’re thinking — sweet, but they’ll also explode in your face. With boobs!!! The best kind of blow up. Sure, they’re tasseled boobs, but you know, beggars and choosers. Join them Friday for their holiday show, Mischief & Mistletoe, where they promise “four lovely…
As much as you box your ears when you hear the words “holiday concert,” something magical happens when the Dallas Symphony plays those candy cane licks. They bring the stuff to life in that way that relaxes you and lets you enjoy the holidays, rather than panic over unbought gifts…
Kids watching cartoons on a Saturday morning isn’t really a thing these days. Their favorite shows are more accessible than our Adderall-free minds could even fathom, meaning they can stream the stuff rather than wake up early. But what kind of crap is that? Let’s teach our kids the true…
Remember when you were little and agonized over whether you’d be on the naughty or nice list? You knew there was evidence in both corners but if pressed to defend yourself you could fluff up the “nice” talking points to save yourself. Well, screw all that. Now that we’re adults…
For your sake and the sake of your family, it’s best that you decompress before daring to spend an extended amount of time with them, gathered around turkey and sides for a dinner that’s awkward or boozy or chilly or just, God, Mom, stop. So before you make that icy…
Look ladies: You can go anywhere to visit Santa, but if you’re just going to ask him to gift you an investment banker, save the Big Guy some leg work and see him at Reunion Tower (300 Reunion Blvd.). It’s unlikely that you’ll encounter Mr. Right at the Valley View…
What happens when you take an uppity black family from California and stick them back in their hood roots for the holidays? You get Kendrick D. Young’s newest stage production, Christmas n’ Da Hood. That’s right! The flyer really sums it up: The scene is set with an artful rendering…
Kathleen Hanna began fronting Bikini Kill in the early ’90s when America was coming off a 12-year run of red-state, top-down politics. When Oregon and Washington had become unlikely musical epicenters. And when Americans were obsessed with Murphy Brown, grunge and pubic hairs in Coke cans. Yup, it was a…
Marathon trainees, you’re hurting right now, aren’t you? You ran intricate training schedules for months, carb-loaded like a mother and then bam! A couple of cops commune with Pete Delkus and your marathon is gone, gone, gone. The 2013 Jingle Bell Run won’t replace it, sorry to say, but it…
When you think of classic Christmas movies, the first thing in your mind is probably Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, Bob Clarke’s A Christmas Story or some other overshown movie. It’s easy to forget that Die Hard, the classic, explode-’em-up-real-good action flick starring Bruce Willis, is technically also a…
It’s after dinner on Christmas day and everyone is getting antsy. Football isn’t holding the attention. The kids found their way back into the house. The booze is wearing off (or kicking in, either way it’s in transition). You all need to get out and stretch your legs but it’s…
There’s a lot of crap currently filling the Dallas calendar. It’s the cursed seasonal smorgasbord of tinsel, reindeer and razzelberry waterfalls that leaves you ripe to vomit figgy pudding. But don’t. Seriously. Hang in there because The End Theater Productions is bringing you the hottest transgendered product ever to escape…
