Festivals Archive

Review by James Lindorf Even though women have been paid percussionists since this time last century, professional drumming is still perceived as a man’s job. The field is still nine men for every woman. However, the times may be changing with new inspiration in ...Read More

From North Texas Film Festival 2019 Greetings again from the darkness. The old flea market adage is “one person’s trash is another’s treasure”, and the same can be said for comedy. What you find obtuse and humorless may be the funniest thing your neighbor ...Read More

By David Ferguson The inaugural North Teas Film Festival (NTXFF) ran September 26-29, and was put on by Dallas Film, the non-profit organization that also curates the annual Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF). Capital One was the title sponsor and most screenings were held ...Read More

Long overlooked for film festivals and cutting edge movie events, the Dallas ‘burbs are finally getting some love. Dallas Film (https://www.dallasfilm.org/), a nonprofit organization that exists to celebrate the past, present and future of film in our community, is presenting the inaugural North Texas ...Read More

Review by Preston Barta THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE Rated R, 104 minutes. Director: Riley Stearns Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots, Steve Terada, Phillip Andre Botello, David Zellner and Leland Orser AUSTIN – There’s a moment in Riley Stearns’ THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE ...Read More

Review by Jacquelin Hipes It’s a question most of us have likely posed to ourselves at one time or another: when the end comes would you rather face it head-on, or trundle forward in blissful ignorance? The answer probably takes into account a mixture ...Read More

Review by Jacqueline Hipes Women don’t often fare well in Shakespeare’s plays. Although written with as much dimension as the men, they rarely find themselves in a better position at the end of the play than the one they held at the start. At ...Read More