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You've Got Red On You

By Brittan Dunham
Aug 27, 2009

The undead are so hot right now. Brooding, lifeless faces are plastered everywhere, but all I see is blatant discrimination. Sure they may not be sparkly-skinned, bare-chested, eternally 17-year-olds, but let's not forget about those other sexy hunks of immortal flesh. Zombies have been keeping it real for just as...
Have You Seen This Child?

By Brittan Dunham
Aug 20, 2009

If I wake up after a dreamless night, I usually don't worry about plummeting to a premature death. I brush my teeth and start my day. Not so for mad scientist Krank of The City of Lost Children, who kidnaps little ones and feeds on their dreams to sustain his...
Wave of Inspiration

By Brittan Dunham
Aug 13, 2009

While Frankie and Annette were teaching American movie audiences the art of riding waves without messing up their hair, a handful of French filmmakers were busy starting a movement that would change the tide of the film industry completely. The French New Wave brought us Francois Truffaut, Alain Resnais and...
Shorties Watchin' Shorties

By Brittan Dunham
Aug 6, 2009

Even parents with the most discerning taste in film have been known to sit through mindless movies where animals make fart jokes through their computer-generated mouths. Forget culture, you just want your kids to sit still long enough to justify the 20 bucks you spent on tickets. Or you could...
Get Your Flair On

By Brittan Dunham
Jul 30, 2009

Y2K came and went, computers upgraded, the Internet replaced life as we once knew it and the whole world went digital. Now jobs are scarce, money's tight and iPhones are expensive. Dull, oppressive cubicle jobs are starting to look kind of appealing, right? Wrong! It's time to channel your inner...
Sour Power

By Brittan Dunham
Jul 23, 2009

When life gives you lemons...you stand up to the Israeli government that tries to destroy them on the grounds that you're a Palestinian and may use them as a hiding ground for potential terrorists. That's what Salma--the heroine in Eran Riklis' film Lemon Tree--does when she finds her way of...
Dance Machines

By Brittan Dunham
Jul 16, 2009

It's 1990. A little girl sits in front of her television smacking gum. On the screen a man in a white hat walks up to a door, opens it and is flooded with white light. The little girl's eyes widen. She leans in closer and watches in awe as he...
Closer, Closer...Now Stop

By Brittan Dunham
Jul 9, 2009

Love stinks. Take Dan for example. Dan meets and falls in love with a stripper after seeing her get hit by a car. Over time she becomes needy and he gets bored, eventually breaking her heart. Dan falls in love with someone else, but is rejected and reduced to stalking...
Doctor Jones! Doctor Jones!

By Brittan Dunham
Jun 26, 2009

Roughly one score and 10 years ago, the forefathers of big-budget Hollywood movies set forth to make even more millions of dollars by refusing to let America's most beloved action heroes retire from the big screen. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg saw fit to turn storylines into sagas with sequels,...
The Shorts of Texas Are Upon You

By Brittan Dunham
Jun 18, 2009

If you're not a film festival attendee yet, it's time to get started. Each November, the Lone Star International Film Festival in Fort Worth offers an array of great feature, documentary and short films in a cozy, accessible setting. Now film lovers get a second chance to catch some of...
High Kicks

By Brittan Dunham
Jun 11, 2009

Over the years, lavish productions have come and gone, lighting up Broadway for the duration of their run with elaborate costumes and sets. But 30 years ago, a modest musical took the Theatre District by storm with its bare stage and simple cast of 17 dancers. A Chorus Line explores...
Let's Pretend

By Brittan Dunham
Jun 4, 2009

It's that time of year again when the rich and famous flock to the south of France to take part in lavish yacht parties and view fantastic pieces of cinema months before the rest of us will even have a shot at them. In fact, some 2008 Festival de Cannes...
French Flicks, Coming Up!

By Brittan Dunham
May 21, 2009

French leprechauns, or "Lutins," are way more hip than regular leprechauns. They won't lead you to a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, but rather to a dose of culture by way of a movie screen. The little guys have finally made their way to Dallas to...
Swinging Century

By Brittan Dunham
May 14, 2009

Ask your grandma--American music royalty did not begin with Elvis. In the 1930s a four-eyed clarinet player from Chicago began to make an unlikely name for himself in the world of big-band music. Leading one of the first racially integrated bands, Benny Goodman became one of the most widely respected...
Post-Preschool

Zounds Sounds opens a new school in Plano

By Brittan Dunham
Apr 2, 2009

Being a rock star comes naturally to you. You're all about windmills, headbanging and breaking stuff. You're the king of stage dives, the world's fastest autograph signer and the life of all the after-parties. But you're also 8 years old, so you don't exactly have a stage to dive off...
The Film of Opportunity

By Brittan Dunham
Mar 26, 2009

The meek don't exactly inherit the Earth in Hollywood, and with all the noise surrounding Mickey Rourke and Sean Penn at the Oscars this year, it was easy for a little festival film like Thomas McCarthy's The Visitor to remain under the radar. Richard Jenkins was quietly nominated for his...
Silver Sting

Bee Girls invade the Angelika

By Brittan Dunham
Mar 19, 2009

It's hard out there for a drone. Can't make honey, can't hibernate, got big eyes. Not to mention you're only good for one thing and it kills you. Luckily, that usually only applies to bees and characters in awesomely sleazy movies. Dallas Cinemania is screening the 1973 sci-fi flick Invasion...
A Shooting Zooey

See the stars of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

By Brittan Dunham
Mar 12, 2009

Field trips to the planetarium always inspired big dreams. There were the dreams of a hand touch while sitting in the dark next to that certain someone, looking at projected stars. And, of course, there were the dreams of being hurled into outer space with your alien buddy, becoming a...
Bass Hall Bicycle

Fort Worth hosts a Queen-sized tribute band

By Brittan Dunham
Mar 5, 2009

Tonight you're gonna have yourself a real good time. You'll feel ali-i-i-ive. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about. If you've ever danced drunkenly in front of a karaoke bar, or nakedly in front of a mirror, doing your best Freddie Mercury impression (and who hasn't?), you might be interested...
Flick Bits

The shorts are long on talent

By Brittan Dunham
Feb 26, 2009

By now you've seen Brad Pitt aging backward, the little Indian film that could and, of course, Kate's Oprah-approved rack. If you're really good you've even seen the two politically inspired films going head-to-head in the Best Picture category at this year's Academy Awards. But if you stopped there, you...
Big-Screen Brazil

See Gilliam's classic at the Inwood

By Brittan Dunham
Feb 19, 2009

All appropriate paperwork has been filed with the Ministry of Entertainment and received the go-ahead from the Ministry of Exhibition. One final formality exists in the purchase of tickets, in compliance with midnight screening guidelines as outlined in document 27B Stroke 6. Upon adherence to procedure and procurement of seat...
Viva La Modern

By Brittan Dunham
Feb 19, 2009

When a political revolutionary starts adorning the T-shirts of kids too young to have even learned about him in history class, it's definitely time to make a biopic. Che Guevara's story is now being told in the best way possible--with a Hollywood budget and a documentary mentality. Che first debuted...