When you grow weary of tear-jerking, leg-lamp-shattering, Clark Griswold-flustering, keep-the-change-you-filthy-animal Christmas films, head to the Dallas Comedy House to see those smartasses mock it all in ImprovisedChristmasMovie. (They saved the cleverness for the stage.) No one’s getting wings in this production either, but there is a SantaGremlin, so suck on…
The best Christmas events are all tagged “Contains mature themes and images. Not suitable for children.” Because if we’re all being honest, Christmas brings the most mature language out of all of us and sometimes causes us to produce some mature themes and imagery too, but that varies from person…
RIGHTEOUS! Just because our Observer staff’s hearts are made of artificial ice doesn’t mean we’re immune to the hypnotic power of glowing things. Our brains are pretty primitive in that regard, among others. Bright stuff is awesome, and you better believe we’ll stare at it, unquestioning, for hours at a…
Christmas is coming up and if you’re having trouble buying a gift for that hardcore movie buff in your life and you have a few thousand dollars just taking up real estate in your couch cushions, Heritage Auctions of Dallas may have a solution. The local auction house is getting…
Once, while deep in the rabbit holes of Instagram hashtags, I stumbled upon jewelry maven Holly Shipley’s little shop @DearHolly.
Don’t let the haters get you down, Cleon. Some of us loved you, baby. Here’s why: 1. Price is Right One whole hour of the Cliffhanger, PLINKO and debating who’s creepier — thin Drew Carey or everyday Lara Flynn Boyle…
Winter Storm Cleon, aka the “Icepocalypse,” was a cruel master, leaving some without power and others trapped on icy roads. But then there were those who saw the lining of those dark, menacing clouds as an excuse to spark a little romance. Match.com reported a 22 percent increase in new…
Dallas cameos: Maxwell Anderson at the 3 minute mark and a Rawlings at 4:56. Let’s give it up, São Paulo! [Arsenio arm thing] In June of 2014, the Dallas Arts District will serve as think tank housing for the New Cities Summit, an annual event organized by the New Cities…
It’s unclear how we got quite so lucky, but indie film’s most famous mug, Parker Posey, will read for Art and Letters Live’s 2014 Texas Bound series. The popular showcase pulls well-known actors (Tommy Lee Jones, Kathy Bates and Larry Hagman have all previously lent their voices) to read short…
The icepocalypse is seemingly on its way out. While it was no joke for a lot of people, for some it was an excuse to frolic in the ice with their confused pets, some of whom seemed deeply unsure about the sudden white coating everything had received. We asked Twitter…
We recently treated you to the news that seven different theaters in the Dallas area screen Die Hard in December. And you, dear reader, grew excited, because nothing quite says “Happy Holidays” like John McClain scribbling “Now I have a machine gun. HO HO HO” on a terrorist’s corpse. That…
Imports, muscle cars and general machines of inspiration will rev their engines in non-silent salute to Paul Walker tonight at the Alamo Drafthouse in Richardson. The event was organized to honor the film star who passed away on Saturday, November 30 at age 40. Walker did more with his career…
The roads are covered with slick ice and have turned the entire Dallas/Fort Worth traffic populace into n deadly Ice Capades. That means we’re all stuck indoors snuggling under blankets while filling up on blood-warming carbohydrates and brain-blanketing alcoholic beverages. When the snow melts and you can actually drive in…
As was prophesied upon primitive bathroom walls and select Laffy Taffy wrappers, A Krampus arrived in Denton yestereve. He flexed his musky, destructive prowess, then proceeded to enslave wayward youth while generously bestowing gifts upon his more cherished. A Krampus then proceeded to fulfill His destiny by unlatching the netherportal…
The Alamo Drafthouse has been in the Dallas/Fort Worth area only a short time, but it has wasted no time bringing actors to the theater so devoted movie buffs can watch their most memorable movies with them. People like Paris Themmen and Julie Dawn Cole who played Mike Teevee and…
We Are 1976 turns four years young this Saturday night, December 7, but with those sweet dance moves? Well dayum — I wouldn’t clock ’em a day over three. It’s a polyesther throwdown, a shag carpet shakedown, and a retro revival of dancetastic proportions. So buff up those platform heels,…
You were sweating in a tank top yesterday, which means freezing ice on Dallas roads this weekend. LET’S GIVE IT UP FOR TEXAS!!! There’s plenty going on this weekend — weather be damned — and because we like you, we’re keeping you (mostly) indoors with gallery shows, films, temperature-raising burlesque,…
Amy Schumer is coming to town next April and tickets go on sale this Friday. In the grand tradition of female comics (or comic — Kathy Griffin) she’ll be performing at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie. If you haven’t heard of Amy Schumer, that’s OK. She’s an up-and-comer so…
2013 was a good year to be bad. This year’s best villains weren’t just goons with guns — although there were a few great examples of those. (Here’s looking at you, Sean Penn.) We also hissed at slave-owners, inventors, seducers, producers, and a couple amazing women who left an impression…
All five people in Other Desert Cities, the 2011 Pulitzer finalist drama by Jon Robin Baitz, now at Theatre Three, talk to each other in a way only characters in grim, smug New York plays like this do. In complete sentences. Complete paragraphs. Using words like “hagiography” (which an actress…
The life of Russell Baze, a steelworker in a Pennsylvania town just outside of Pittsburgh, may be drab and dreary, but he’s a good, hardworking man with a loving girlfriend. His younger brother, Rodney, has it tougher: A war vet suffering from PTSD, he hasn’t been able to readjust to…
Fifteen years ago (December 4, 1998) an unusual movie was released, and roundly rejected: director Gus Van Sant’s off-puttingly faithful remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. Fresh off the critical and commercial success of Good Will Hunting, Van Sant could’ve tried for another feel-good hit or a high-profile for-hire gig. Instead,…
