The 1930s were the age of the outlaw in the U.S. While most citizens struggled against the Great Depression and the lawlessness brought about by Prohibition, renegades such as John Dillinger, “Pretty Boy” Floyd and “Baby Face” Nelson straddled the line between terrorist and folk hero. But one couple of…
Vacation Studio 404 Exposition Blvd. 6 to 10 p.m. Friday Free Married artist couple Marie Boone and Matthew Brinston invite you into the Exposition Park warehouse that serves as both their home and studio this Friday for their first collaborative show, which will showcase 30 to 40 new works between…
When asked to comment on the public’s desire to see his tax returns at a January press conference, President Trump responded saying, “I don’t think they care at all.” Enraged by this reply, artists and curators Billi London-Gray and Daniel Bernard organized They Don’t Care, a pop-up group exhibition at…
Two seemingly incongruous categories — the small-scale romantic doodle and the rampaging-creature feature — are brought together in Nacho Vigalondo’s Colossal, a film that never really fulfills the potential of its adventurous premise. This monster mash-up argues the opposite of what Humphrey Bogart declared in Casablanca: The problems of two…
Sebastian Maniscalco performs at the Majestic Theatre on Thursday, April 13. Sebastian Maniscalco recently got one of the highest compliments any comedian can receive. Another comedian said he’s funny. On his web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, host and show creator Jerry Seinfeld described Maniscalco as someone who “just…
Forget George Jetson and his robot maid. The watchword for the true home of tomorrow is “sustainability,” meaning environmentally friendly products that reduce homeowners’ footprints on the planet. Wood pavers that filter rainwater, power systems to store unused solar energy and a super-fast modern composter for recycling kitchen wastes are…
Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu will perform at Alamo Drafthouse April 28 and 29 Mystery Science Theater 3000 is more than just a universally beloved TV show; it sparked a comedy phenomenon. The show is about a lowly janitor trapped in space with two wisecracking robots who are forced to…
In his latest movie, How to Be a Latin Lover, Eugenio Derbez stars as a man who’s learning the hard way that as he ages, he’s no longer able to get by on charm alone. Derbez, who also produced the movie, clearly wasn’t picked for the lead role because of…
Super Fantasy Mercado 2 Southwest Center Mall (formerly Red Bird Mall) 3662 W. Camp Wisdom Road Ongoing through April 30 If you think Southwest Center Mall, now anchorless and populated by the likes of “Body Bang” and “Eargazum/Xperience,” is a solid venue for an art show, gold star for you!…
A lot has changed in the two years since the last Dallas Medianale. In March 2015, the new experimental media arts festival closed two months of screenings, exhibitions and performances at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary (MAC), promising to return biennially. Dallas Medianale is preparing to keep that promise later this…
The Devil’s Country, out April 11, is the latest crime thriller from local author Harry Hunsicker, whose novels and short stories tend to take place in and around his hometown of Dallas. The new book, however, is largely set in the fictional Piedra Springs in remote West Texas and centers…
Tue 4/11 Man, zombies are getting faster and faster every year. Did the undead take a Zumba class and start watching their carbs? Here’s some quick horror film history for the uninformed: The answer lies director Dan O’Bannon’s classic splatterpunk comedy horror action epic The Return of the Living Dead…
“You can’t describe music with words,” the great Sonny Rollins observes in John Scheinfeld’s survey-course-brisk docu-dip into the art and life of John Coltrane. As if seeking to prove Rollins right, Scheinfeld’s interviewees hold themselves to generalities: “His sound is stunning,” observes appreciator-in-chief Bill Clinton, who adds, unilluminatingly, that it…
No matter your opinion of Arnold Schwarzenegger as a person, you can’t deny this: The man is a doer. And in Elliott Lester’s grief drama Aftermath, the ripped Renaissance man does a subtle, absorbing performance of despair so unlike his other work that his lined and laden face at times…
Somebody at Warners must’ve seen Going in Style, the 1979 film about old men robbing a bank, and decided that a happier, peppier version could be profitable. The original has no less than George Burns, Jackie Gleason sidekick Art Carney and method-acting legend Lee Strasberg as old fogies who decide…
The world of mixed martial arts has ballooned into a behemoth in the past decade. The popularity of the sport has drawn men, women and children to MMA gyms, eager to get into fighting trim or even try their hands at the new sport of kings themselves. And now local…
April is always a really good month for the arts in Dallas — so good that Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings decided to ordain it “Dallas Arts Month” — and the Dallas Art Fair from April 6-9 is one of the chief attractions. Against at least a few odds, the fair…
For creative duo Marie Boone and Matthew Brinston, their relationship is finally coming full circle. Art was the reason they got together in the first place, and ultimately the reason they got married. The 22- and 24-year-olds are about to celebrate their first anniversary. They said their vows in Vegas…
It’s a good thing Jonathan Banks has such an interesting face. At the beginning of the third season of Better Call Saul, we spend a lot of quiet time with Banks’ surly, crooked-nosed cop-turned-criminal Mike Ehrmantraut of Breaking Bad fame, watching as he dismantles his own car and works out…
In Netflix’s new teen-suicide drama series 13 Reasons Why, pretty-boy Marcus (Steven Silver) tells good-guy Clay (Dylan Minnette) that whatever the kids did to Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford) to make her kill herself was no different than what happens to any other girl in any other high school everywhere. And…
Today the Dallas Art Fair opens to the public, but work by at least six artists is already off the market. For the second year, the Dallas Museum of Art has raised money to acquire works from the fair. The acquisition program is intended to support the visiting galleries who…
Lee Escobedo is a strong voice in Dallas’ music and art scenes. Most recently he’s been working as editor-in-chief of Artist Uprising, a new annual publication that profiles Dallas’ creative talent. This weekend Artist Uprising is sponsoring a lineup of Dallas musicians at the Dallas Art Fair, which will put…
