Thu 12/28 We all have friends who say they’re going to write a book someday. But former Observer staffer Paul Kix really meant it. Kix, who’s now deputy editor at ESPN The Magazine and has contributed to The New Yorker, recently published his first book through HarperCollins. The Saboteur is…
The Saboteur Reading The Wild Detectives 314 W. 8th St. 7:30 p.m. Thursday Free We all have friends who say they’re going to write a book someday. But former Observer staffer Paul Kix really meant it. Kix, who’s now deputy editor at ESPN The Magazine and has contributed to The…
It takes all kinds, and if we’ve learned anything this year, it’s that Dallas has them. The Observer published a lot of profiles in 2017, and in them you’ll meet everyone from mermaids to sheriffs to movie producers. Here are 10 of the most interesting people we talked to. The Cowboys…
Over the course of the film, we go from seeing the elder Getty as a figure of great power to one of no power at all, and that is perhaps the most fascinating part of the movie …
The reckless teenager is a common figure in comedic films, like Superbad and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, but most of them depict rich kids. How else would teenagers get away with crimes like smuggling beer out of a private residence in detergent bottles or hacking into a school district’s computer system…
Fri 12/22If you want a traditional Christmas music experience, you can sing some carols with your family, Mom on piano and Dad on eggnog-spiking duty. Or go to church and try to stay awake during verse four of “Joy to the World.” But if orchestral prog-rock majesty with about a…
Guadagnino adeptly captures not just physicality of a burning love but also the emotional and intellectual components, and the film is all the more salient for that careful, realistic interpretation
The title character of S. Craig Zahler’s novel Hug Chickenpenny: The Panegyric of an Anomalous Child is a child with deformities. His teeth are all sharp fangs. One of his legs is smaller, and the other is curved and can barely hold the weight of his body. His spine is serrated…
Hugh Jackman is charming as ever, and two dance scenes are mildly inventive and well-executed, yet Jackman’s goodwill and a splash of inspired choreography are not enough to earn the “greatest” in the title
The new one is bigger and dumber than the previous, a feat considering the relentless clatter of the 1995 iteration …
North Texas kids and their parents can now feel a little more relaxed watching movies together. With animated films like Zootopia and Finding Dory hauling in more than $1 billion each at box offices worldwide, Plano-based Cinemark has rolled out the beanbags for younger viewers. Its new kid-friendly concept, Camp Cinemark,…
Dallas sure is Moody, and that’s a good thing. The Moody family name appears on buildings at Southern Methodist University (Moody Coliseum) and in the Arts District (Moody Performance Hall) and belongs to the $10 million Moody Fund for the Arts endowment, which for the first time this year is…
The Pitch Perfect films have offered an increasingly unpalatable blend of pop-song empowerment, rah-rah women’s friendship and broad gross-out comedy
The printing press. Penicillin. Airplanes. These are just a few of the life-changing inventions the modern world has produced. 7-Eleven’s addition to that list: 7Now, an app that delivers goods from your favorite Dallas-based convenience store right to your desk or couch. The free app, which allows customers to place…
Thu 12/212018 is the year it’s going to happen. You’re going to sign up for that cheap gym membership in January and actually go. We can feel it. Confidence! Get a jump on prepping yourself for the new, fitter you with the nighttime Jingle Bell Run. A Dallas tradition for…
The Post tells the story of the late Katherine Graham (Meryl Streep), the longtime publisher of The Washington Post, who took over its operations after her husband committed suicide in the 1970s
It’s a Wonderful Life Majestic Theatre 1925 Elm St. 8 p.m. Thursday $10 The holidays can suck. They aren’t geared for the financially strapped, the deadline-rich or the grieving. A certain amount of nostalgic comfort can come from sweetly lit displays and tradition, but both bring aches along with them…
The new Alamo Drafthouse movie theater that’s coming to Denton next year won’t look like just another theater in the company’s chain. “We definitely are working on some fun stuff to celebrate the city with the opening,” says James Wallace, creator director for Alamo Drafthouse DFW. “Maybe even a very…
The AT&T Performing Arts Center announced the lineup for its next season of #hearhere lectures a few weeks ago, but there’s already a major change to the schedule. Tavis Smiley’s “Death of a King” multimedia presentation, scheduled for Feb. 25, has been removed from the lineup amid claims of sexual misconduct…
Over the past year, we’ve seen interpretive dance performances, heard the splendor of live orchestras and enjoyed getting swept up in the storytelling in numerous plays. Yet unfortunately, among our biggest takeaways was this: Some of you really don’t know how to behave in public. Most people don’t have the…
Two years ago, comedian Josh Johnson was at the top of his form. He was opening for comedy greats like Janeane Garofalo at Granada Theater; scored features on two major comedy showcases, Fox’s Laughs and Comedy Central’s Adam Devine’s House Party; and recorded his first album, Tabitha. Then Johnson’s depression…
Chastain seems at times to be both the lead and her own supporting actor in this story, as she oscillates between traditionally feminine and masculine modes of behavior
