On “Colossal” and Korea
Today’s column on the movie “Colossal” and what it means to us now in the Dallas Morning News can be found here. You can see more photos from the film’s screening at Fantastic Fest...
Category: film
The U.S. cannot be like the movie monster that destroys Seoul
Dallas Morning News May 4, 2017 Ever since I saw the movie Colossal at Fantastic Fest this past fall, I’ve been waiting for it to come out in theaters. I wanted to write about its perceptive...
Laura Poitras’ Film “Risk”
It’s not often that a movie becomes more timely the week it’s released, but that is the case for the new Laura Poitras film “Risk.” Poitras also made the Oscar winning film “Citizenfour,” about...
SXSW Social Media Snapshot
I did a lot of things during SXSW, apart from that long piece in the Dallas Morning News. You can catch up on them in this social media snapshot.
On Carrie Fisher
Our family was just leaving the house to see “Rogue One” at a neighborhood theater in suburban Florida when we heard the news that Carrie Fisher had died. Watching the film, it was hard...
Fantastic Fest 2016 in Pictures
*The one good thing about realizing that you forgot to hit “publish” on your Fantastic Fest photo gallery earlier this fall: when you realize your error, you can tell everyone that badges for Fantastic...
I had some things to say about the new movie “Jackie”
You can read my column about the new movie “Jackie” this morning in the Dallas Morning News. Your mileage may vary. Here are some of the other sights of the LBJ Library…
Film fails to show the warmth of Jackie Kennedy and Lady Bird Johnson
When I was an undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library was free for everyone. My big family was often looking for something to do on their...
The Edge of Fifteen
Like a lot of people, I’ve taken the news of Donald Trump’s election victory quite hard—harder than the results of any other election in my life. Since the heart-wrenching returns came in I’ve been...
