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Movie Review

Gloria Bell's confounding story wastes the talent of Julianne Moore-led cast

Alex Bentley
Mar 22, 2019 | 12:30 pm

There are few actors who command the screen as well as Julianne Moore. The Oscar winner can make even the mundane seem interesting, thanks to her unique style, empathetic nature, and a willingness to expose more of herself — often literally — than others.

In that respect, the new film Gloria Bell is lucky to have her as its lead character; otherwise, the movie might be completely unwatchable. Gloria is a 50-something divorcee leading a life that is, shall we say, uninspiring. She has a ho-hum insurance job, two kids (Michael Cera and Cassi Thompson) with complicated lives of their own, and a proclivity for visiting dance clubs by herself.

Both lonely and determined, Gloria is more than willing to explore any male interest that comes her way. This openness leads to a relationship with Arnold (John Turturro), whose own thorny history offers obstacles toward happiness for them both.

Directed and co-written by Sebastian Leleo (Alice Johnson Boler is the second credited writer), who is adapting his 2013 Spanish language film, Gloria, the film eschews most plot devices in favor of just following the day-to-day existence of Gloria. There are plenty of recent examples — Roma prime among them — that show that films can work without a defined narrative, but they only do so if the events along the way can hold your interest.

In contrast, Gloria Bell is one of the slowest and most confounding movies in recent memory. Leleo only shows snippets from Gloria’s days, so the audience is often left in the dark or given only the barest of information about what has transpired in her life. The motivations and states of mind of various supporting characters remain mysterious, preventing any true emotional attachments.

This is especially true with Gloria’s children. Leleo offers up tantalizing teasers about the private life of each, including her son being a forced single father because of his wife’s flightiness and her daughter’s relationship with a Swedish surfer. But ultimately the lives of her kids leave more questions than answers as Leleo only delves into them halfway, never exploring them beyond those surface elements.

Then there’s the weird usage of relatively well-known actors in supporting roles. Brad Garrett and Jeanne Tripplehorn pop up as Gloria’s ex-husband and his new wife, Rita Wilson plays her best friend, and Sean Astin shows up in a random, non-speaking cameo. If any of them got anything interesting to do, it’d be one thing, but they all come and go with barely any impact. Even Turturro’s role is fairly limited despite him being her main romantic foil.

If all of this was supposed to be in service of showcasing the woman Gloria is or wants to be, it fails. Moore is as strong an actor as ever, and she needs to be as Gloria is about as unknowable as they come. The logline of the film calls her a free spirit, but Moore plays her as someone who’s mostly buttoned down except for the rare time she allows herself to let loose. It’s no spoiler to say that the end of the film gets the audience no closer to understanding her than it does in the beginning.

Gloria Bell could have played as a glorious showcase of a woman being true to herself in spite of the world trying to hold her back. Instead, it’s a slog that wastes the talents of Moore and her many recognizable co-stars.

Julianne Moore and John Turturro in Gloria Bell.

Julianne Moore and John Turturro in Gloria Bell
Photo by Hilary Bronwyn Gayle, courtesy of A24
Julianne Moore and John Turturro in Gloria Bell.
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Only one Dallas restaurant has earned prestigious 5 diamond award from AAA

Teresa Gubbins
Oct 26, 2022 | 5:17 pm
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They specialize in tastings.

A Dallas restaurant has racked up a prestigious award, the only restaurant in Texas to do so: Carte Blanche, the acclaimed fine-dining tasting restaurant on Greenville Avenue from husband-and-wife Casey and Amy LaRue, has earned the coveted AAA Five Diamond designation, ranking them among a select group of restaurants offering leading-edge cuisine, ingredients, and preparation, as well as service and atmosphere considered to be extraordinary.

The Five Diamond ranking puts Carte Blanche in the same field as nationally renowned restaurants such as Le Bernardin, Jean-Georges Restaurant, Per Se, The French Laundry, Joel Robuchon in Las Vegas, and Restaurant Guy Savoy at Caesars Palace.

Only 50 restaurants in the U.S. currently have Five Diamond rankings.

By comparison, the next ranking down is Four Diamonds, which only three Dallas restaurants, also acclaimed, have achieved: Fearing's, Hotel St. Germain, and Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek. Dallas also has 24 Three Diamonds including Al Biernat's, Boulevardier, José, Pappas Bros. Steakhouse, Nobu, and Tei An.

Evaluations are conducted anonymously by AAA inspectors, who review more than 32,000 restaurants every year. Casey LaRue says they received no warning and had no idea when the inspectors paid a visit.

Carte Blanche scored an impressive total of 50.3 points out of a potential 59, earning praise for its cleanliness, "fresh and inviting" ambience, "expert wine service" and "cuisine [that] "showed skill and creativity."

The restaurant was lauded for its "exclusively fresh, local/regional/artisanal items" such as boar, Texas elk, and wild mushrooms; as well as its "expert techniques," "imaginative, creative menus," creative presentations, and "perfectly sized portions."

Service was deemed cordial, knowledgeable, efficient, and non-obtrusive, with a sommelier who was engaging and attentive, with very good wine knowledge by all staff.

AAA established its Diamond program to help highlight the best in hotels and dining. To make the list, establishments must meet certain standards, cleanliness, comfort, and hospitality.

Previously, AAA announced a new list every spring, in time for summer travel. But they skipped a year during the pandemic and a spokesperson says they're reconfiguring their approach.

"Typically, it has been once per year but we are in the process of revamping that and rolling out a new strategy for 2023," the spokesperson says. "It will likely be more frequently – perhaps monthly."

Since opening in 2020, Carte Blanche has earned an unprecedented round of awards including scoring 5 stars in the prestigious 2022 Star Awards from Forbes Travel Guide, one of only three properties in Texas and the only restaurant to do so. The restaurant was a finalist for CultureMap's Best New Restaurant in 2022, and madeTexas Monthly's annual best list for 2022.

Casey LaRue was a finalist for Best Chef of the Year in CultureMap's 2022 annual Tastemaker Awards. Amy LaRue was nominated for Best Pastry Chef in 2021 and won Pastry Chef of the Year at the Tastemaker Awards in 2022.

Carte BlancheJust a little bit of fig on a pretty white plate.Carte Blanche

While we're here, a new menu
Ever ambitious, the couple recently initiated a restructuring of the menu at Carte Blanche.

"We are always changing individual dishes constantly but this is the biggest single change since opening," Casey says. "It's hard to make drastic changes — there's a flow to the day and everything goes smoothly, which has made me hesitant to mess with it. But we wanted to try a new approach."

They're now offering a full 15-course tasting menu they've broken down into themes such as The Garden, Ocean, Texas Game, and Dessert.

Current dishes include

  • Smoked Boar Empanada with coal-roasted sweet potatoes, Persimmon, Sugar Rush Pepper Puree, and Collards
  • Burrata with Smoked Vegetables and Shaved Squash
  • Venison Tartare with caviar, creme fraiche, and smoked coffee oil

They also offer smaller 4- and 6-course menus which can be modified according to guests' wishes, including a vegetarian option with dishes such as Smoked Beets with grapefruit and puffed barley.

"The 15 courses do not include the amuse or mignardises, which adds another 10 or so 'bites'," he says. "It's carefully thought out, I really watch how much carbs and fat are spread throughout the meal so guests can finish the experience."

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The Good Nurse flatlines as a great serial killer movie despite Oscar-winning stars

Alex Bentley
Oct 26, 2022 | 3:01 pm
The Good Nurse flatlines as a great serial killer movie despite Oscar-winning stars
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Eddie Redmayne and Jessica Chastain in The Good Nurse

It could be argued that American audiences and content makers have an uncomfortable obsession with serial killers. That fixation has only grown through the years with the proliferation of true crime podcasts and streaming shows, each of which has returned to mass murderers repeatedly. A relatively recent killer with an unusual method is showcased in the new Netflix film, The Good Nurse.

But anyone expected a dark and gritty film may be disappointed, as the film shifts focus from the killer, Charlie Cullen (Eddie Redmayne), to one of his co-workers, Amy Loughren (Jessica Chastain). A nurse at Parkfield Memorial Hospital in New Jersey in 2003, she becomes quick friends with Charlie after he starts there as a night nurse.

Their bond, one which becomes tighter after Charlie helps hide the fact that Amy has a debilitating heart condition, keeps her from understanding that Charlie is killing patients, poisoning them by injecting insulin into random IV bags in the hospital’s storage room. It’s only when an internal hospital investigation triggers a police inquiry led by detectives Tim Braun (Noah Emmerich) and Danny Baldwin (Nnamdi Asomugha) that Amy starts to have her doubts.

Directed by Tobias Lindholm and written by Kristy Wilson-Cairns, the film is well done, but never achieves the gravitas that would transform it into something great. Part of this is because the filmmakers never show Charlie as having any outward signs of being evil. He has a bland niceness about him that conceals his lurid impulses; that’s an effective way of showing that you can never know what’s happening in another person’s mind, but an ineffective way of building drama in a film.

The telegraphed nature of Amy and Charlie’s friendship takes on the feel of a slightly higher-class Lifetime movie, one that doesn’t quite fit the expectations brought by two Oscar winners in the lead roles. What ends up being more compelling is the hospital administrators, led by Linda Garran (Kim Dickens), covering up Charlie’s crimes for unknown reasons, and the doggedness of the two detectives trying to discover what exactly is happening.

On another note that’s admittedly a minor quibble, the film’s title does the story no favors. Using The Good… as the start of a title is a vastly overused crutch. Recent examples on both TV and in movies have included The Good Doctor, The Good Fight, The Good Wife, The Good Place, The Good Boss, and The Good House. Sometimes a film can overcome the plainness of such a title, but The Good Nurse is hampered by it.

Chastain and Redmayne each give respectable performances, but they’re nowhere near the award-worthy ones they’ve put on in the past. The most notable actor in the film winds up being Asomugha, a former NFL player who’s been inching into the entertainment industry over the past decade. He’s flat-out great in this role and could use it as a springboard to bigger and better parts.

The Good Nurse has its fair share of interesting moments and accomplished actors to bring them to life, but it falls short of being a must-watch. It’s a serial killer movie that mostly omits the killing, taking most of its reason for being with it.

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The Good Nurse is now streaming on Netflix.

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Texas designer shares top tips for making the most of Round Top 2022

Hannah J. Frías
Oct 26, 2022 | 2:12 pm
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Austin-based interior designer Blair Burton shares her top tips for Round Top.

The fall iteration of Texas' most famous antique fair kicked off this past weekend in Round Top and runs through October 29. Starting in 1968, Round Top has become one of the largest antique shows in the country, drawing the likes of high-profile interior designers like Kelly Wearstler and Ken Fulk, who sourced several ideas for his work at the Commodore Perry Estate from the show.

Over its five-plus decades, one venue multiplied to miles of sites along Highway 237, where shoppers can scour for antique treasures in fields, barns, and tents. The two largest are the Continental Tent and the Big Red Barn, which comprises 30,000 square feet of textiles, art, furniture, and accessories. Overwhelmed already? Us, too.

Thankfully, Texas interior designer Blair Burton, who has been traveling to the show for years on behalf of her clients, reached out via email to share all her tips and tricks.

Here are the Austin-based designer's top three insider secrets for making the most of the show:

Favorite venues
"My favorite venues are Marburger (of course), the Compound, the Arbors, and Blue Hills," Burton shares. "They all do such a great job of curating a lovely shopping experience. It's exciting to see how much The Compound has grown, it keeps getting bigger! I have found so many treasures for projects at Blue Hills, especially case goods, artwork and rugs."

Where to eat
"Royers in RoundTop is an institution (restaurant and pie shop), and for good reason," according to Burton. "The people and the food are top notch. Below is a picture of me with Bud Royer, the owner and such a gem."

Royers Round TopBlair Burton poses with the owner of Royers, a great place to replenish between browsing.Photo courtesy of Blair Burton

"The venues have great food options now, too. Kettle corn is a must, and I always seem to need a little pick-me-up (or cool down) with homemade lemonade. Finish the day with Wildflyer Mead at Blue Hills, or a cocktail at the Ellis Motel in the middle of Henkel Square."

How to make the most of browsing
"The thrill of the hunt is invigorating," says Burton. "There is nothing better than finding the most unique pieces that *make* a space. I bring a list for each project, but also hold the list loosely, as we never know what we will find. Right now we have a long list for about 10 projects!"

To download a full .pdf guide to Round Top, check out the show's website and head to the homepage to buy tickets ahead of time.

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