Shine Bright Like a..
Dallas Observer
Epiphany Dance Arts presents Diamonds at the Eisemann Center for the Performing Arts this October. Through movement and dance, seventeen "DanceArtists" tell the story of finding yourself and the freedom that comes with it. Follow them as they explore what it means to truly trust yourself and to not ...
Left Behind Is Sinfully Boring
Dallas Observer
Every child who's thrown a tantrum, packed a bag and plotted to run away has shivered with the same vengeful thought: I wish I could see how sad they'll be when I'm gone. The Left Behind franchise implies that evangelicals haven't grown up. This new film version, the latest ...
Nick Cave's New Movie Doesn't Quite Reveal the Man Behind the Myth -- and That's a Good Thing
Dallas Observer
In one Nick Cave song, a pedophiliac outlaw caps a murder spree by killing the devil himself. In another, the narrator muses on Miley Cyrus while seeking the "God particle" down a boulevard lined with burning trees. Cave is fluent in apocalyptic imagery and the Bible; his songs are filled ...
Gone Girl Is Smartly Crafted, Well Acted, and a Bit Too Slick
Dallas Observer
Everything about Gone Girl, David Fincher's adaptation of Gillian Flynn's enormously popular 2012 thriller about a deteriorating marriage and a wife gone missing, is precise and thoughtful — it's as well planned as the perfect murder, with its share of vicious, shivery delight...
Cuba Nostalgia at C Senor
Dallas Observer
By all accounts, Anthony Alvarez should have been completely satisfied with his restaurant business. He and partner Hal Dantzler opened up Hattie's in the Bishop Arts District nearly 12 years ago, and it is credited with helping to change the neighborhood. The surrounding blocks were only on the ...
Nick Cave Welcomes Us into the Darkness, and Who Could Resist that?
Dallas Observer
Should we trust artists to tell the story of artists? On the plus side, who understands them better? If there's a secret language of imagination and creativity, then the members of this sprawling tribe must be the ones who speak it best. On the other hand, could there be anything more insufferabl...
Undermain's Tomorrow Come Today Time-Hops through Dystopian Drama
Dallas Observer
Good news: In the future, caftans make a comeback and toilet technology will be amazing. Bad news: Your house will know where you are and what you're thinking at all times, the water will taste terrible and it will be too hot to ever go outside. In the world premiere of Gordon Dahlquist's...
Demonic Doll Movie Annabelle Is Surprisingly Unnerving
Dallas Observer
Annabelle, an effective prequel to horror pastiche The Conjuring, surpasses its predecessor simply by virtue of occasionally being scary. Both films are over-reliant on deafening sound effects and side-eye glimpses of underwhelming ghosts. But Annabelle's scare scene...
Nice Guy Denzel Kills in the Cartoonish Equalizer
Dallas Observer
Before its regular-Joe hero gets bitten by a radioactive equation and becomes the Equalizer, who's sort of the Rain Man of puncturing Russian mobsters' windpipes with corkscrews, Antoine Fuqua's eye-gouging, brain-drilling, crowd-pleasing latest gives you a reel or two to remember what movies fel...
Stiffs in Suits Sap Sexiness of Shakespeare Dallas' Antony and Cleopatra
Dallas Observer
Shakespeare Dallas' fall production, Antony and Cleopatra, sports two sexy leads in Daniel Duque-Estrada (who's also a company member at Dallas Theater Center) and the lush-voiced Joanna Schellenberg. As the Bard's title characters, they create sizzling chemistry, obvious eve...
Andre Benjamin Is Hendrix, but the Women Make Jimi
Dallas Observer
Groupie has come to be an ugly word, a misogynist dig that's used all too casually by men and women alike. A groupie is a woman who doesn't "do" anything; she gets all of her glamour via her association with a strong man, most often a rock star. How can we admire, or even just respect, som...
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