Dallas, thank goodness, is not Cleveland or Detroit. Its economy and identity have never had the Rust Belt dependence on manufacturing, and so it hasn't been hollowed out by American manufacturing's collapse. But make no mistake. Even though the Dallas area's population and economy are both famously booming, the city...
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“Did I want to shoot comedies?” asks Brandon Trost, director of photography on two of this summer's funniest films, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising. “It’s funny — not at all.” But then came MacGruber, Jorma Taccone's 2010 SNL film.“The director wanted me because I wasn’t...
Drone warfare is a moral gray area, and this movie is on it. Gavin Hood’s Eye in the Sky stands alongside Drones and Good Kill as the cinematic equivalent of online commenters shouting “First!” on a hot topic but not bothering to say anything new or insightful about it. As...
There was a time when the summer movie season was a season, sandwiched between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends. By the 21st century, the start date drifted back to the first weekend in May. This year, the superhero flicks started arriving with Deadpool’s release on February 12. Only two...
This week in Dallas dining news: chef change-ups, new restaurants, drink specials and fried chicken. Here's a rundown: Lower Greenville favorite Truck Yard has launched a new summer cocktail menu that features a dang ol' bucket of mimosas. For $22.11, you get an ice-filled bucket with a bottle of sparkling...
Dallas County Health and Human Services Director Zachary Thompson confirmed Thursday that four additional individuals were being tested for the Zika virus, following Dallas County's first two cases of the mosquito-borne virus being discovered Tuesday. The two confirmed cases include one person who recently traveled to Venezuela and another person...
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The Wrestlemania 32 card began to take form last night at “WWE Fastlane” as Roman Reigns defeated both Brock Lesnar and Dean Ambrose in a #1 contender match to face Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship in the main event of Wrestlemania. With a little less than 6 weeks...
DJ Titan has been a cornerstone in Dallas drum and bass for the past 15 years. He's been a musical pilot behind the decks and producer in the studio. For this week's mixtape, Titan digs deep for an upbeat, vocal-driven mini-mix of drum and bass featuring a few tunes from regional producers...
There are a few sandwiches that should be immortal, living forever outside the cycle of food trends: Fried chicken sandwiches, old-fashioned cheeseburgers hugged with American cheese, sauerkraut-loaded Reubens and the BLT. Perfect bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches are gifts to us from Mount Olympus. To many, the BLT will always...
When Uchi's Dallas outpost opened in June, little was known about the sister restaurant that would come to occupy the second floor. Diners knew what to expect from Uchi Dallas. Its reputation, style and menu were all extensions of Uchi Austin and Uchi Houston, but less was known about the...
I tell myself, if it's anything to do with how adults feel about kids and education, don’t try to predict it and do try not to be surprised. Dallas School Board member Miguel Solis is arguing for a new policy to reduce the number of very little kids who get...
Thanks to a last minute injunction stemming from a lawsuit filed by the Texas Greyhound Association, the Texas Racing Commission did not have to make the decision Tuesday that will decide the future of horse racing in Texas. The commission tabled a discussion that would've decided whether or not to keep...
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Hunter Vaughn has been a fixture in Dallas DJ culture over the past decade with stints at clubs like Zubar, Lizard Lounge and Crown & Harp. Vaughn shows a level of genre flexibility that has played in his favor, while also proving to be an active producer. He even has a new...
A she-wolf of Wall Street with a spiky ginger Suze Orman shag, Michelle Darnell, the anti-heroine of fitfully funny The Boss, is the latest of the Rabelaisian wonders played by Melissa McCarthy. The actress specializes in characters with indestructible bravado, no matter where they stand on the socioeconomic ladder; Michelle,...
35 Denton With Charles Bradley, Biz Markie, Eliot Sumner and more Downtown Denton Friday to Sunday, March 11 to 13, 2016 A 35 Denton without rain? You've got to be kidding. Aside from a little drizzle early on Friday night, the weather cooperated all weekend up in Denton — a...
Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court is going to get a taste of the fight that's been ringing in Texans' ears for almost three years — the battle over the passage and implementation of House Bill 2, Texas' latest in a long line of laws that have severely limited access to...
As though we needed any more reasons to proud of St. Vincent, she threw us another one over the weekend. The Grammy winner and part-time taco slinger happens to be one of the best guitarists on the planet — for our money, probably the best (not that we have any...
Can you oversaturate yourself in culture? Overdose on the arts? Get lit on literature? Because if that’s a thing, we are in serious danger this week. Local cultural offerings over the next several days offer an amazing array of experiences—highlighting gender issues in the arts, bringing a New Orleans flavor...
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Immediately upon sitting down with artist Tiffany McAnarney, an Oak Cliff-based painter, designer and muralist, it is impossible to ignore the precision, perhaps even compulsion, with which she describes her work. “We specifically crafted the pieces in this series to fit one exact space in the living room, the sun will hit it...
A legitimate stunner in that word's truest sense, Colombian director Ciro Guerra's river-trip Embrace of the Serpent mesmerizes and jacks with you, leaving you not quite certain, at its end, how to go about the rest of your day. The film is beautiful and ferocious, calm and torrential, a plunge...
The threat of oil and gas extraction within 850 feet of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-controlled Joe Pool Lake dam in 2010 initiated a red alert for the federal agency that controls our nation’s dams. Corps officials pleaded with energy giants XTO and Chesapeake to stop exploration so close...
They’re the superheroes of the Democratic Party, swooping in to save the day with their super vote before a misguided populace burns the Democratic establishment to the ground by selecting a candidate who spews radical ideas as if it were 1972. Birthed in the flames of George McGovern’s '72 presidential...