Movie review: Skin
Sandra's parents are white, and she is black. It's apartheid-era South Africa. (Uh oh.)
Friday, Nov. 6, 2009
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Sandra's parents are white, and she is black. It's apartheid-era South Africa. (Uh oh.)
Friday, Nov. 6, 2009
(Untitled) relies on the same joke over and over again, all but eliminating the effect of its satire.
Friday, Nov. 6, 2009
Ever heard of the "Amazon Chernobyl?" It's in Ecuador, and this film tells us all about it.
Friday, Nov. 6, 2009
"There are limits to growth and we're bumping up against them right now."
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009
Seared skin on sandy soil.
This tale of mishap and survival set amongst the hoodoos and book cliffs of the desert southwest is as twisty as the canyon country in which it's set.
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009
It's in support of the fight against breast cancer. Southbound and down, good buddy.
Friday, Oct. 23, 2009
Occasionally we're treated to a film that makes us gush like movie-watching virgins. This would be one of them.
Friday, Oct. 23, 2009
If you're going to make a movie about a haunting, you could do worse than to film it in a haunted Waxahachie hotel.
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009
From Dallas-based Dreamfly Productions.
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
Michael McWillie and Christina Campfield talk about making an indie horror film right here in North Texas.
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
It's simple, really.
Journalist loses objectivity, finds guns and bombs.
Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009
"She was the Oprah of her day."
Exhaustive documentary tells us everything we'd care to know about this multi-talented, pioneering sitcom visionary. (And then some.)
Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
Because of its focus on the team instead of its star, More Than a Game is a winner all the way.
Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
No sympathy for the day trader.
This refreshingly original no-budget creeper leverages its lack of resources into an asset.
Friday, Oct. 9, 2009
"I guess the honest answer is: I don't know," said the rabbi. (And neither does Larry, but he's trying to find out.)
Friday, Oct. 9, 2009
Here's an exhibit where you turn into the artist.
Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009
With films on subjects ranging from a female orgasm pill to a history of Jews in Dallas, there ought to be something of interest for everyone.
Monday, Oct. 5, 2009
The 24-hour shoot is set to begin Halloween night. (And that's not all about it that's scary.)
Monday, Oct. 5, 2009
World War II-era Germans portrayed as victims? Now, there's a twist.
Friday, Oct. 2, 2009
Not the greatest story ever told -- but includes footage from one of those other Jesus movies.
Friday, Oct. 2, 2009
Much is unclear (and yet also mundane and predictable) in this Belgian film.
Friday, Oct. 2, 2009
Joining popular films on the immigrant experience like My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Spanglish, Amreeka is a heart-warming, realistic story of a Palestinian family moving to Chicago amid post-9/11 anti-Arab hysteria.
Friday, Sept. 25, 2009
Pierre's heart takes a lickin'. Will it keep on tickin'?
Lives, coming and going, in the City of Lights.
Friday, Sept. 25, 2009
Poets are so dang fragile, it's a miracle they ever reproduce.
Friday, Sept. 18, 2009
We spoke with Guillermo Arriaga and Joaquim de Almeida during their appearance at the AFI Dallas International Film Festival this spring.
Friday, Sept. 18, 2009
Local filmmaker Tammy Nguyen Lee will be on hand for a Q-and-A following the screening.
Monday, Sept. 14, 2009
Big Fan shows writer/director Robert Siegel’s expanding vision, a new cinematic voice worth keeping an eye on.
Friday, Sept. 11, 2009
Behind the scenes at the hugely influential Vogue magazine.
Friday, Sept. 11, 2009
A good-hearted indie from Australia that will find particular favor among those with a creative bent.
Friday, Sept. 11, 2009
Healing is healing, regardless of how it's achieved.
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009
A Fair To Remember will screen hourly at the Music Hall in Fair Park.
Monday, Sept. 7, 2009
Between the Great War and the Great Depression, life comes down hard on an artist with too much passion for her own good.
Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009
My One and Only is a respectable return to form by Zellweger and a pleasant enough late summer movie diversion.
Friday, Sept. 4, 2009
It's a world in which we wouldn't care to live. Even in our imagination.
Friday, Sept. 4, 2009
A joyous celebration of the art and passion of making music. Electric guitar style.
Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009
This sexy, twisty thriller provides an entertaining look at the work of a talented German filmmaker.
Friday, Aug. 28, 2009
Mosley acts, directs, writes, and produces. In other words, he's an independent filmmaker. And with a film premiere coming up this Thursday, Frank is one busy guy.
Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009