AltWeeklies Wire
Dixie Docnew
In an instant, the Dixie Chicks went from country darlings to America's goats, and two filmmakers caught it all.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Barbara Kopple, Shut Up & Sing
A Fallen Star Is Bornnew
Tom DeLay's scandals are a gold mine for two Texas filmmakers.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
05-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
History for Salenew
Heritage Auction Galleries made a fortune selling rare coins -- now it's making a mint offering gems from America's rich past.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
05-01-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Helluva Swingnew
Game 6 redeems Michael Keaton after he almost fouled out.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
04-17-2006 |
Reviews
Slowly Stroke Themnew
After you've tightened the trousers of a generation, what do you do for an encore?
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
03-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Strokes
Had to Be There?new
With Eels augmented by strings and autoharps and musical saws and other somber-shit extras, the music all sounds and feels the same -- there's no slap in the face to snap you out of the tremulous stupor.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
02-27-2006 |
Reviews
Right Crossnew
Author Bruce Bartlett doesn't think George W. Bush is a conservative, and saying that cost him his job.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
02-21-2006 |
Politics
From Out of Nowherenew
A Brazilian living in Los Angeles covers beloved obscurities and the result is an album that aches to be heard by someone.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
01-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Gabi, Loneliness Keeps Company
Deep Sixednew
Dallas' Deep Ellum neighborhood, once teeming with restaurants, bars and clubs, faces its demise.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
01-17-2006 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
The Reel Truthnew
One writer looks in the right places to find the truth on how much money studios actually make on movies, and why King Kong probably cost next to nothing.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
12-29-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Murderball, King Kong
Oh, Joynew
This holiday film of dangling plot lines is hard to like, harder still to hate.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
12-22-2005 |
Reviews
Common Coldnew
Director Harold Ramis says his film is about far more than two men swindling a mobster out of $2 million on Christmas Eve: It's about the fact that no one can be trusted anymore.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-28-2005 |
Reviews
Crowe's Songsnew
The CD Elizabethtown is only the latest to reveal director Cameron Crowe's love affair with soundtracks.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
10-17-2005 |
Reviews
Great Mennew
No one has ever sounded like Gang of Four, and now that the band has returned, all pretenders should watch their arses.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
10-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
No DeLaynew
The indictment of U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is good news for two men who made a documentary investigating the Texans for a Republican Majority political action committee.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
10-10-2005 |
Movies
