At Austin’s Indie Meme Fest
Here are a few pictures* from the super-fun Indie Meme Film Festival, which showcases indie films from South Asia. It was great to see a red carpet filled with female directors, and I love...
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Fantastic Debates 2017
The Fantastic Debates are a thing that take place every year at Fantastic Fest . Here’s a snapshot of what happened this year. Enjoy the video/photos of Suki-Rose Simakis in her black jacket taking...
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...
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…
