As part of its Architecture in Movies series, the Kimbell Art Museum and Lone Star Film Society present a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller North by Northwest (1959), 2pm, December 9, at the museum. Details The Texas Theatre presents 30th anniversary screenings of Brian De Palma’s Scarface (1983), 4:30pm, December 9, at the theater. Details The Texas Theatre presents a screening … Continue reading
Much has been made about the supposed end of the world on December 21, 2012, as predicted by the long-count calendar of the ancient Mayans (who apparently failed to predict the end of their own civilization — but hey, nobody’s perfect). The signs are all there: the weather has gone berserk, Twinkies are on the … Continue reading
Let’s face it: Between the shopping frenzy and having to put up with one’s relatives, the holidays are more stressful than they theoretically should be. Sitting down to decompress just to be confronted with the umpteenth broadcast of A Christmas Carol or The Miracle on 34th Street is enough to curdle one’s eggnog. (We here … Continue reading
The Texas Theatre presents a screening of True Romance (1993), written by Quentin Tarrantino and directed by the late Tony Scott, 6:45pm, December 2, at the theater. Details The Magnolia’s Big Movie film series presents a screening of the classic musical Singin’ in the Rain (1952), starring Gene Kelly, 7:30 and 10pm, December 4, at the theater. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios … Continue reading
The Magnolia’s Big Movie film series presents a screening of Sergio Leone’s spaghetti western masterpiece The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1967), starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach, 7:30pm, November 27, at the theater. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios kicks off the holiday portion of their Reel Classics series with Miracle on 34th Street (1947), 2 and 7pm, … Continue reading
The Magnolia’s Big Movie film series presents a screening of the classic Howard Hawks western Rio Bravo (1959), starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson, 7:30pm, November 20, at the theater. Details The Dallas Film Society continues its weekly Movies at Sundown Series with a screening of Zach Braff’s romantic comedy Garden State (2004), 8pm, November 21, at Sundown at Granada. Details The … Continue reading
Layered, ambitious, steeped in symbolism and philosophy, Cloud Atlas is almost everything you’d expect from a movie directed (or in this instance, co-directed) by the Wachowskis. “Almost” is a good thing in this instance, as the movie (based on David Mitchell’s novel) sheds most of the didacticism and visual excess that made the Matrix sequels … Continue reading
The Texas Theater presents a double-screening of Terry Gilliam’s time-travel adventure film 12 Monkeys (1995) along with the avant-garde Chris Marker short that inspired it, “La Jetee”, 6:15pm, September 30, at the theater. Details The Dallas Film Society launches its new weekly Movies at Sundown Series with a screening of Gilliam’s adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s gonzo novel Fear … Continue reading
Smartly conceived and superbly realized, Looper is a high-concept action-thriller that doesn’t bury its viewers under superfluous detail, spin its wheels in a confusing plot, or wallow in its own cleverness. Writer-director Rian Johnson (the exceptional Brick and the not-so-much The Brothers Bloom) borrows tropes from the likes of The Terminator and 12 Monkeys, but what he delivers stands … Continue reading
Next week sees the release of Looper, a science fiction flick in which Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as a hitman who kills targets sent back through time by gangsters the near future, a job that gets unexpectedly complicated when his latest target turns out to be his future self (Bruce Willis). We at Movie Ink love a … Continue reading