A terrific first full day of the 2010 Dallas International Film Festival is capped off with a colossal dud. Lu Chuan's City of Life and Death is such a powerful piece of cinema that it is almost unbearable, and I mean that in the best possible way. Recounting the events of 1937 Nanjing, at the... Continue Reading →
Dallas IFF: Thursday (4/8) – Opening Night, 'A Town Called Panic'
The 2010 Dallas International Film Festival got off to a rousing start as the Angelika Dallas center was host to multiple showcases (and a few celebrities, too). Some of the night's screenings went off without a hitch (see below), while others hit technical snags: apparently both screen and projection issues marred the presentation of Bill... Continue Reading →