Though he’s been doing standup for years, you may know Bobby Lee best from MADtv, where he plays Blind Kung Fu Master, Connie Chung, Kim Jong Il–and a few non-Asian characters as well. He may not be excited to be back in the Lone Star State, though. If it’s not…
Lars von Trier’s doggedly outrageous, fearsomely ambitious two-hander is so desperate to make you feel something—if only a terrible sensation of nothingness—that it’s almost poignant. Most simply put, Antichrist revels in the gruesome ordeal of a bereaved couple (Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg) who lose their toddler because they were…
Bella: I’m coming. Edward: I don’t want you to. —The Twilight Saga: New Moon Worry not for the purity of your tween girls, global mothers. Where Catherine Hardwicke’s lively, irreverent take on the first book in the Twilight series at least made room for a few suggestive winks, the sequel…
Another poor, massive, uneducated black teenager lumbers onto screens this month, two weeks after Precious and obviously timed as a pre-Thanksgiving-dinner lesson in the Golden Rule. But unlike the howling rage of Claireece Precious Jones, The Blind Side’s Michael “Big Mike” Oher (Quinton Aaron) is mute, docile and ever-grateful to…
Too often, writers–even good writers–ignore the subtle intricacies of the landscape, time period and human interactions in favor of producing heavy-handed blockbusters. In 1990, Dances With Wolves came along with a totally different depiction of a typical blockbuster genre–the frontier drama. Thanks to the novel’s author and the film’s screenwriter…
It’s not for nothing that the visual arts are often perceived as being pretentious–it’s hard not to roll your eyes when some mouthy street punk decides to call his found-art-and-tampons exhibit On the Rise and Fall of Love and Mao and Symbolic Interactionism on My Heartface or some similar crap…
Despite the fact that he brought upon our fair city what was easily its darkest moment, Lee Harvey Oswald continues to be the subject of much fascination for Dallasites. One of our finest watering holes bears his infamous name. And while the great Homer Henderson’s “Lee Harvey Was a Friend…
Hank Hill, propane salesman and main character of King of the Hill, always seemed flummoxed by his encounters with the Texas artist crowd. Turns out they were equally disquieted by him, and now we’ve got the chance to see an art show with the results. Well, not exactly, but the…
It happens every year. Winter approaches and brings cooler but shorter days. While you may appreciate the chance to sport a stylish fall jacket, coming home to a dark apartment can be a real bummer. What if there was something you could look forward to? On Saturday, the Log Cabin…
‘Tis the season to go shopping, so why not have a little fun while you’re at it? Gift-hunting for the family is hard enough as it is, so just skip the mall and make it easier on yourself by dropping in at the Etsy Dallas Jingle Bash this Saturday from…
Some of the best fairy tales I ever learned to read with my parents were fairy tales involving pigs, an old lady living in a giant shoe and, of course, the tale of two kids stumbling upon a house full of chocolate, sugar and an evil witch. Thanks to the…
I need you to do something for me. First, if you’re sitting down, stand up. Now throw your arms up and yell, “The Beaujolais is here!” On the third Thursday of every November, French wineries release the latest incarnation of Beaujolais Noveau wine around the world. Back in the good…
Artist Julian Wolkenstein has a thing for horses, or more specifically, styling them. Her glamour shots of steeds, their manes done up to resemble human hairstyles, are startling and infinitely more memorable than the talking horse movie with Bobcat Goldthwait (bet ya can’t remember the title of that one without…
Unlike peanut butter and jelly, Jon Gosselin and Ed Hardy, and Carrie Prejean and the definition of stupid, some things were not meant to be together. Like, say, orange juice and toothpaste, cats and dogs, and health care reform and comprehensive women’s medical services. But if you’re still one of…
Looking for some jewelry to go with that little black dress? How about a new painting for the living room? Or maybe some new glassware for the kitchen? You know you want something new and fabulous, and there’s no need to look any further. You’ll be able to find that…
Let’s go back to a time when girls were known as “dollies” and “swell” was the new hit slang word. Let’s go all the way back to a time when men were men and women were women. During World War II, Hitler was beyond bad, and the Red Scare was…
OK, so I didn’t grow up in the 1980s, but I took my very first look at the world in 1988, so technically, I’m an ’80s kid, and I do have bragging rights to all of the sweet clothes, cheesy music and daring hairdos. With tons of chances to experience…
The argument over “What is art?” probably began when humans started drawing on the walls of caves. Plato and Aristotle argued about it in ancient Greece. Art has come a long way since the days of philosophizing in togas. Both philosophers would have considered Jackson Pollock full of bunk, but…
The so-called “hiatus” of VH1’s Best Week Ever left a hole in my heart the size of the pothole that I slammed into on Skillman last night. I’ll make do with BWE’s slightly more intellectual counterpart (Current TV’s excellent InfoMania), but I deeply miss my weekly dose of Paul F…
Move over Jack Sparrow and Captain Yellowbeard, another pirate has our heart–One-Eyed Willie. Please refrain from making the obvious sex joke about his name; after all, he is a character in a children’s movie. Growing up I never actually stumbled across a Spanish treasure map and set out to follow…
It’s not, so much, the printing of 13 photographs from a single image that’s difficult. Print schmint. And it’s not, I would imagine, even shooting photos from which a dozen photographers will select an image–after all, photography is life’s work for most of them. It would seem that the most…
If someone already knows what’s “in” for 2010, does that make the outfits he or she wears in 2009 out of style? Oh, discussions of the time-travel quandaries of clothing could go on for hours. Some may still be busy piecing together a winter wardrobe for next month, but if…
