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After 45 Years, Richardson Documentarian Brings the ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’ Back to Life

Jeremy Coon’s new documentary about the obscure and reviled 1978 variety show, A Disturbance in the Force, will premiere on Friday at SXSW in Austin.
By Todd Jorgenson
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The Dallas International Film Festival Will Return to the West Village This Spring

The recently-opened Violet Crown Cinema in West Village will be the home of DIFF 2023.
By Austin Zook
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How Dallas Teen YaYa Gosselin Saddled Up to Star in a Passion Project

The real-life equestrian plays a young barrel racer in the family-friendly drama Heart of a Champion, which was filmed in the Dallas area.
By Todd Jorgenson
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How His Upbringing in an Arlington Church Led a Filmmaker to a ‘Jesus Revolution’

Former SMU film student Brent McCorkle co-directed the faith-based period drama opening this week.
By Todd Jorgenson
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A Documentary Presents a Grapevine Gymnast’s Brain Injury, and Recovery, as Inspiration

Eight years after he began filming, Jon Michael Simpson’s Hi, I’m Blake will make its local debut with a benefit screening on Sunday at SMU.
By Todd Jorgenson

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A New Documentary Lets Joppa Preservationists Share Their Own History

The short film 150 Years of Resiliency will have its first public screening this weekend at the Denton Black Film Festival.
By Todd Jorgenson
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Director David Lowery Brings a New Short to the Texas Theatre

To celebrate a new release of The Green Knight, A24 let the Dallas director take on another Arthurian myth: Oak Thorn & The Old Rose of Love.
By Austin Zook
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Director Damien Chazelle Goes Inside His Hollywood Epic Babylon

The Oscar-winning filmmaker came to Dallas to share his distaste for the demure tendencies of period pieces, leading to his subversive wild ride.
By Todd Jorgenson
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The Oak Cliff Film Festival Expands Its Student Program

The twelfth Oak Cliff Film Festival is partnering with the nonprofit For Oak Cliff to help local students write, film, and edit their own short films.
By Austin Zook
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What Is Home? Dallas Documentarian Finds Complex Answers to a Simple Question

Alan Govenar interviewed dozens of subjects for Looking for Home, which screens on Thursday at the Angelika Film Center.
By Todd Jorgenson