When it comes to playing hard to get, the title character in Puccini’s Turandot takes the game to a whole new, more deadly level. If potential suitors don’t answer the beautiful queen’s three riddles correctly, well, it’s off with their heads. You can catch opening night of The Dallas Opera’s…
Every week, we find you five movies for you to check out over the coming week or weekend, from the latest wide release to weird local screenings to timely classics you can watch on your couch. Did we miss something? Let readers know in the comments. Philip Roth: Unmasked Available…
You, the Dallas film lover, don’t apologize for your passion. Even now, as spring’s overly cheerful birds sing of weather reprieve, you smile and flash your laminate, effectively telling them to shove it. It’s DIFF time, and that means 11 fake sick days of movies, galas and possible celebrity sightings…
“Well, this is all the adult stuff,” Brian Scott says, gesturing to the current exhibits in Conduit Gallery’s two main rooms. We’d just exited the project room, situated in the back of the Design District space, where I’d literally looked into the mind of Oak Cliff’s Chuck & George, the…
Because you weren’t daunted enough, DIFF has added a few more selections to this year’s line-up. (Pro tip: Look for our survival guides, must-see recommends and a Matthew McConaughey paper doll in the next issue of the Observer, which is a film festival sponsor.) You’ve got eight new feature add-ons…
You can already see Spring Breakers in theaters across the metroplex, but starting this Thursday, the Texas Theater will be giving you a chance to see it in bona fide 35mm with the appropriate beverage in hand: beer. See also: The Spring Breakification of the Disney Princess Complex Spring Breakers…
When kept up for a solid 24 hours, weird things happen. Soon, you’re constructing oversized balls out of tin foil and helmets out of salted, pliable meats. Or at least that was Team Observer’s experience when we competed in the Video Association of Dallas’ 24 Hour Video Race. Past years…
Justin Terveen, the tireless photographer who has turned Dallas’ skyline into a iridescent beauty on many occasions (and who was one of our 2013 Masterminds finalists), has an exhibit running at Kettle Art through April 13. On display are his spine-tingling shots of Dallas’ lightning storms and many shots of…
She knows the hide-a-key location at the Bush’s Kennebunkport compound. She served as the 66th U.S. Secretary of State and escaped with enough energy to teach at Stanford. She could even reveal which animal species Dick Cheney’s newest heart was harvested from — but she won’t. She’s Condoleezza Rice, secret-keeper…
At a quick glance, filmmaker Derek Cianfrance bears a striking resemblance to actor Ryan Gosling, who Cianfrance worked with in Blue Valentine (2010) and the director’s new film, The Place Beyond the Pines. They could be brothers, or at least cousins. Cianfrance’s forehead is higher and his hair thinner, but…
In the world of geeky division, perhaps no chasm is as pronounced as the one within the Star Trek fan community. Many who love the entertainment empire profess their adoration exclusively to the original model, Deep Space Nine or The Next Generation — meaning you may never see Spock slowdance…
They say a few important works of cinema and literature thread generations together. I agree, as long as we’re all talking about Spaceballs, Mel Brooks’ 1987 intergalactic opus. Our buddies at Sundown at Granada also appreciate groundbreaking films about air-depleted planets, Dark Helmets, Mawgs and C3PO knock-off chastity androids, so…
Each year Dallas hosts SusCon, a gathering for international suspension enthusiasts to pool up and exchange information they’ve acquired. They rap about knots, piercing methods, rope tensions and update each other on infection prevention. Also, some hang in the air from hooks. It’s kinda their thing. On Saturday night, SusCon…
“People will become portals of Internet experience. For example, I might be able to hack into your body and listen to what you’re hearing in Dallas while I’m in Melbourne. While simultaneously I might be seeing with someone’s eyes in London, while someone in Tokyo might be remotely accessing and…
My laundry list of life regrets is full of squandered chances, like when I missed Justin Timberlake at Gypsy Tea Room in 2005. Still, none sits higher than the time I passed on a lecture by Nikki Giovanni. The poet, activist and educator stopped by Mountain View College to perform…
Animated short by Chris “Stoph” Daniel. A few minutes after 7:30, when the North Texas College Film Festival was scheduled to start, the screen was as blank as it had been at 7:15 or 7:00. Sporadic bits of sound had come through the Dallas Angelika’s speakers, but nothing had registered…
In Ink Spot, we stop people in Dallas to shoot, and learn about, their body art. Know an interesting human canvas? Leave a tip in the comments. See also: This Art Handler’s Tattoos Are Fading, But the Pride He Feels for Them Isn’t Dallas native Boog Deniro, known most commonly…
That’s a scene from the greatest art house film ever, Spaceballs. We at The Mixmaster huffed canned air with our friends at Sundown at Granada and reached a heightened state of transcendence. Once there, Yogurt instructed us to use the Schwartz to throw THE BIGGEST SPACEBALLS PARTY IN THE HISTORY…
We’ve run many photos by Dallas photographer Justin Terveen, but the above photo went viral last August, after a spectacular thunderstorm danced across Dallas. While many of us watched from the safety of our couches, Terveen was on a rooftop, capturing the Ghostbusters-like scene in real time. The day after,…
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. An Intimate Evening With Bruce Vilanch at The Rose Room Bruce Vilanch is here to dish, and it’s gonna be good. He’s the head writer for the Oscars, pals with Bette Midler and…
Imagine you’re chillin in the Cliff, strolling down Jefferson street, sucking face with a paleta. You got margaritas to your left, tapas to your right, and European sci-fi trash showing at the Texas Theatre. You’re about that life, huh? I mean, what more could you want? How about a little…
The most recent census data puts the population of Denton at 113,383. It’s the home to two universities, multiple music festivals, a documentary film festival, and a thriving city square. Dallas is just an hour away by I-35, but what of it, Denton seems to day. It can’t compete size-wise,…
