The Texas Theater presents a special 4th of July outdoor screening of the romantic comedy One Crazy Summer (1986), 9pm, July 4, in Kiest Park. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios continue their Reel Classics summer film series with a screening of a digitally restored print of the musical-themed compilation That’s Entertainment (1974), 2 and … Continue reading
At last, a romantic comedy for those of us who hate romantic comedies, as well as movie that finally takes a more upbeat approach to the apocalypse. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World doesn’t build towards a forced fairy tale conclusion, rather it sticks to its disillusioned guns and delivers something more true. Then it … Continue reading
Sitting through Rock of Ages is akin to being trapped at karaoke night at the local dive, where you’re pummeled by ill-advised renditions of ’80s hair metal and can’t make it through the evening without some asshole breaking into “Don’t Stop Believin’”. As Journey so eloquently put it in that song: the movie never ends, it goes … Continue reading
The Dallas Film Society continues its Summer Screenings series with a free screening of Clemente Fracassi’s adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Aida (1953) at 7:30pm, June 11, at the Studio Movie Grill. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios kick-off their Reel Classics summer film series continues with a screening of Orson Welles’ masterpiece Citizen Kane (1941), 2 and 7pm, June 13, at … Continue reading
The Magnolia’s The Big Movie classic films series begins its Uptown/Downtown series with a screening of Woody Allen’s masterpiece Manhattan (1979), 7:30pm, May 1, at the theater. Details The Dallas Wine & Food Festival hosts a Cinematic Feast, featuring a four-course dinner by Chef Salvatore Gisellu followed by a screening of Norman Jewison’s Moonstruck (1987) with an introduction by former Dallas Morning News … Continue reading
The Texas Theater’s Kimono Club series resumes with a screening of Anh Dung Tran’s adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s bestselling novel Norwegian Wood (2010), 9:30pm, April 25, at the theater. Details The Texas Theater also presents Billy Wilder’s brilliant romantic comedy The Apartment (1960), 7pm, April 26 and 27, at the theater. Details The Inwood Theatre’s Midnight Madness features for this week … Continue reading
Both mirthful and melancholic, filmmaker Gianni Di Gregorio’s The Salt of Life takes a smart, moving look at that moment in a person’s life when they realize they’ve passed their expiration date. Di Gregorio maintains the low-key, slice-of-life style that characterized this movie’s predecessor, Mid-August Lunch (2008), and delivers a worthy follow-up. The actor director reprises his … Continue reading