I Am a Sex Addict (IFC) Caveh Zahedi has made a movie of our times — a strange mix of self-absorption, shamelessness in the pursuit of fame, and sex. Most shocking of all is that it works. Part fiction and documentary, confessional and comedy, the film traces the history of…
What could be more fun than monkeys trapped in plastic hamster balls? That’s the strange philosophy of Super Monkey Ball, a puzzle series that debuted in 2001. Much as with Marble Madness, the goal here is to cross the finish line without falling off a floating platform. Except that this…
Ballets Russes (Zeitgeist) The Batman: The Complete Second Season (Warner Bros.) Beavis and Butt-head Do America: Special Collector’s Edition (Paramount) Bottoms Up (Sony) Disney Princess Stories, Volume 1: A Gift From the Heart (Disney) The Girls (New Yorker) Goal! The Dream Begins (Disney) Grey’s Anatomy: Season 2 Uncut (Buena Vista)…
My favorite building in the metroplex is, hands down, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. I’ll use any excuse under the sun for a visit, and here’s one more for the books: the upcoming Hiroshi Sugimoto exhibit. End of Time, the Japanese-born photographer’s exhibit organized by the Mori Art…
The Union and the Confederacy. Rocky Balboa and Clubber Lang. Jay-Z and Nas. He-Man and Skeletor. These legendary beefs are but cordial misunderstandings when compared to the fierce rivalry between our Dallas Cowboys and the Redskins of Washington, D.C. The bad blood between the two teams actually predates the Cowboys…
I’m not sure what it means to be a “real fan” of the Cowboys. Does this mean painting your face while attending a game? Knowing the stats of every player for the last two decades? That all seems like a lot of unnecessary memory space I could be using for,…
Retired Bishop John Shelby Spong is one of the most controversial figures in all of Christianity, a liberal theologian who believes Christianity must evolve to survive, which means letting go of many beliefs contradicted by the findings of modern science. He’s also one of the foremost proponents of gay rights…
As I write this, so-called press and industry folks are being turned away from a screening of Todd Field’s Little Children at the Toronto International Film Festival; me, I’ve chosen to spend an afternoon in Canada gladly sorting through the entries in the 8th Annual Vistas Film Festival, a worthy…
If it weren’t for photographers Eliot Porter and Robert Glenn Ketchum, the environmental movement wouldn’t be where it is today. Porter (1901-1990) was revolutionary in bringing color photography to a fine arts audience. He began using color in 1939, long before his contemporaries accepted the medium, as a way to…
If I ever invite you over for dinner, politely decline, because my cooking abilities are nil, and cereal isn’t the best meal for a dinner party. I’m hoping Neiman Marcus can change that for me. Classes from their culinary studio kick off with a Soups, Salads and Starters lesson taught…
Seriously, I knew that JT was super-talented what with the singing, the hip-hop, the poppin’ ‘n’ lockin’ and what-not, but hell, I had no idea he was also into architecture. The Dallas Architecture Forum is opening its 11th season with some serious whistle-worthy styles as James Timberlake…oh, damn. I’m a…
To see a movie at the theater, you pay at least five bucks—and that’s assuming they take that old, busted student I.D. of yours that says “SRS 99!” on it. Then, after the movie, you’re like, “Damn. I can’t believe I just paid five bucks to see Magic Ed Norton…
“With or Without You,” “Where the Streets Have No Name,” “One,” “Beautiful Day”—Do you know all of the words to these songs? Do you have an extra 20 bucks? Well then, I’ve got just the event for you. Chicago’s Vertigo USA, a U2 tribute band, will bring the best of…
More than 25 attorneys, playing in seven different rock bands back-to-back, in the “ultimate battle of the lawyer bands.” It’s called Law Jam, and it benefits the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program, which annually helps about 3,300 families too poor to hire a lawyer. So, OK, we’ll go along with the…
There’s just nothing as satisfying as making others feel really bad about themselves. Take it from the Observer. We’ve made an entire publishing career out of it. Most times, people deserve it. But we stand up for the little guy, and that means rooting for the underdog in The Nerd,…
In the world of art, the term DADA usually conjures up the 1920s anti-art images of Man Ray, Ernst and Duchamp. In Big D, however, it’s the world of art history and media all flourishing under the umbrella of the Dallas Art Dealers Association. Every year DADA offers a feast…
Cabela’s is hosting a YES event. That’s a Youth Education Seminar to you and me, and it’s the type of event one would expect from an outdoor outfitter. So, it will not feature riding in a pickup truck, hitting a bottle of whiskey and spotlighting deer, but it will “provide…
America has always been fascinated by the rebels that permeate our pop landscape. James Dean, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, the Bandit, the Fonz, Dylan McKay—we love ’em all, and those are just the ones with sideburns. Local artist Mary Ann Turner shares this fascination;…
When you’re young, there are so many things that you take for granted. Cellulite-free legs, for one. The ability to wear sleeveless clothing without drawing stares. Total lack of responsibility. Those winding-wire toys you push the beads around on at the doctor’s office. But the most shameful of all? Kids…
If you’ve had an unexplainable urge for gazpacho lately, it’s because Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown was playing at the Angelika earlier this week, where it was the first installment of Viva Pedro, a Pedro Almodóvar film festival. If you hurry you can still catch the Oscar-winning…
On her first North American tour in more than three years, Mariah Carey promises a surprise-filled show that will “take fans on a summertime ride” and “be the must-see tour event of the year.” One of the surprises is that the 90-minute concert is about half Mariah and half filler—costume…
You: a gumshoe hunting a robber chick in a yellow coat. Them: Rockapella, the a cappella group that made the intro music so good. You remember them from Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Who, by the way, was the O.G. of putting the Miss in misdemeanor.) But where…
