Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ starring De Niro and Pacino is a stunner at New York Film Festival
We’re so accustomed to the biggest-hyped movies failing to live up to expectations that it’s almost disorienting when one delivers.
Christopher Kelly
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Julia Heaberlin Is a Writer Hiding in Plain Sight
Texas has yet again bred a major American noir writer, but unless you’re a cultist, you’d likely have no idea.
'Angels in America' on Broadway review: A masterpiece soars again
One of the countless wonders of this instant-classic production is the way it energizes, instead of enervates, as it goes along, expanding in scale and scope, spinning out one surprise after another.
Remembering Magnum P.I.’s John Hillerman, the World’s Best Phony Englishman
How did the North Texas native convince a generation of TV fans that he was a dyed-in-the-wool Brit?
The Accidental Activists
As of October, Plano attorney Mark Phariss wasn’t entirely out of the closet. Now, he and his partner, Vic Holmes, could make legal history.
How David Lowery Became Dallas' Most Important Filmmaker
His breakout film hits screens this month. He wants to continue to make movies in Dallas. But Robert Redford has other ideas.
Dazed and Amazed
“Before Midnight” makes clear that Richard Linklater’s romantic trilogy is his masterpiece.
"Will & Grace" changed nothing
The strange thing about all the “progress” we’re always hearing about when it comes to gay and lesbian characters on TV? Nothing ever seems to change.
Revenge of the Nerds
How a small group of fanboys and one supremely geeky Austin film festival determine what America sees at the multiplex.
Larry Clark, the MySpace Director
Learning to love—or at least tolerate—the movies of Larry Clark.
Cruising Cruise
One of the earliest and most trenchant intimations I had of my own homosexuality came while watching Tom Cruise in the 1983 comedy "Risky Business."
