The Dallas Museum of Art and the Dallas Goethe Center present a screening of the documentary One Germany: The Other Side of the Wall (2010), 2pm, November 11, in the museum’s Horchow Auditorium. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios continue their Reel Classics series with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the caper-comedy The Sting (1973), 2 and 7pm, November 14, at … Continue reading
Documentary filmmaker Yaron Zilberman (Watermarks) leaves an indelibly touching impression with his feature film debut, writing and directing a simple tale of a world-renowned string quartet on the verge of being torn apart by its complicated internal relationships. That it touches the line between drama and soap operatics without pole-vaulting over it is due largely … Continue reading
After 22 movies spread across 50 years, it seems almost counterintuitive that the 007 franchise could offer little more beyond its time-tested “kiss kiss, bang bang” formula; however, with Skyfall we’re given what is arguably the best Bond movie to date, as well as the most significant one since On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. It … Continue reading
This week sees the release of the highly anticipated Skyfall, the 23rd screen outing of James Bond, released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the character’s film career. It’s a track record matched only by Godzilla, who’s just as popular with audiences but doesn’t land nearly as many babes as 007. As with many … Continue reading
The Texas Theater’s monthly Pata Negra Spanish film series returns with a screening of Belle Époque (1992), 7pm, November 4, at the theater. Details Wolvereeeeens!!! The Texas Theater also presents screenings of the Cold War action (ahem) drama Red Dawn (1984), 9:15pm, November 4, at the theater. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios continue their Reel Classics series with Steve McQueen, James … Continue reading
A hybrid of The High and the Mighty and Leaving Las Vegas, the drama Flight is the kind of movie that could have easily slid into moralizing half-assed melodrama in lesser hands, but as handled by talented veteran director Robert Zemeckis (his first feature since the back-to-back releases of Cast Away and What Lies Beneath … Continue reading