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An Artful Career STATIC Supporters of Atatiana Jefferson believe justice delayed is justice denied. BY EDWARD BROWN

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SCREEN And now for our critic’s Top 10 movies of the year. BY KRISTIAN LIN

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No Justice, No Peace

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The family of Atatiana Jefferson is tired of waiting.

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Earlier today and citing declining COVID-19 cases in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott announced a state order that will end the requirement that Texans wear face masks while indoors or at large gatherings where social distancing was not possible. As part of the order, which takes effect Wednesday, March 10, businesses will no longer have to adhere to occupancy restrictions that were intended to slow the spread of COVID-19, which has killed more than half a million people in the United States.

Static District Attorney Sharen Wilson, Judge David Hagerman, and State Attorney General Ken Paxton are on the shortlist for a barrage of phone calls and emails demanding a trial date for Aaron Dean, the former Fort Worth police officer who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson through her back window in late 2019. Dean remains free on bail, and Hagerman is tentatively slated to handle the trial in August. The suggested trial date isn’t good enough for the friends and family of Jefferson. The Tarrant County District Attorney’s office “calls periodically to make you feel like you have been updated on something, but you haven’t been updated on anything because nothing changes,” said Amber Carr, Jefferson’s older sister. Grassroots groups Enough Is Enough, Funky Town Fridge, and others are planning a coordinated effort to raise public awareness of the two-year delay in justice for the Carr/Jefferson family while simultaneously making life uncomfortable for officials who are responsible for that delay. Nysse Nelson, leader of the Black

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the peak number of COVID inpatients we saw in July 2020. Staff are experiencing relief related to the decline of inpatient COVID numbers and continue to be hopeful and cautiously optimistic as the vaccines are rolled out across our community.” Dr. Kerim Razack, partner with Texas Pulmonary & Critical Care Consultants at Texas Health Southwest, said the governor’s actions are troubling. The current downward trend is largely due to the end of the holiday season, he continued. With only 5% of Tarrant County residents fully vaccinated, according to the county, he believes it’s much too early to understand what role inoculations are playing in the lowering infection rates. “The people who have COVID are still dying,” he said. “There’s not as many of them. It is not natural for [our staff] to work in this high-stress environment every single day.” The pulmonologist said he predicted a decrease in hospitalization rates following the holiday season, but that drop came later than he expected.

Following the governor’s announcement, Mayor Betsy Price said in a public statement that she has withdrawn the agenda item related to “a local mask order” at tonight’s city council meeting. “It is my understanding that we will no longer be able to issue a local mask order, and our current local mask order will expire today,” she said. “Normalcy is on the horizon, but it is so important to keep in mind we are not out of the woods just yet. Personal responsibility remains key, and I continue to encourage residents of Fort Worth to do the same thing I have encouraged for the last year — support your community by doing all you can to keep yourself and those around you safe.” A city spokesperson said that Fort Worth business owners will retain the right to require face masks and social distancing for customers. Texas Health CEO Barclay Berdan said that his system of hospitals “has seen a steady decline in COVID-19 patients and hospitalizations across the system. The numbers have dipped below Lives Matter-aligned group Enough Is Enough, said she is “really pissed off ” at the lack of movement in the Aaron Dean trial. “I don’t think I was this mad during the protests,” she said, referring to the unprecedented nonviolent protests she co-led this past summer. Nelson has been drawn to “Atatiana Jefferson’s family. Amber’s nephew Zion spends nights at my house. He calls me his aunt. Everyone forgets there was a damn kid who saw Jefferson’s murder. I’m ready to get some civil disobedience tickets. “This is a new effort,” she continued. “We will blow their phone lines up so much they won’t get a call about anything but Atatiana’s case. We want a trial date.” Mayor Betsy Price said in an email that COVID-19 has caused significant delays for the Texas criminal justice system. The Texas Supreme Court has not yet opened courts for trial, “and many cases are left in this frustrating limbo,” Price said. “I realize that not having that ability to move forward and find closure can cause a continued mental and emotional drain, and I fully support this case being handled in a swift manner at the earliest the district attorney is able to do so.” Carr and many others point to the judicial movement of other criminal cases involving the murder of Black

Dr. Razack said his hospital had record numbers of patients (as many as 225) admitted to his hospital for COVID-19 for months on end. Over the past several weeks, the total number of people requiring hospitalization for COVID-19, both in intensive care and non-intensive care units, has decreased to between 30 and 40 patients, he said. “We haven’t seen these numbers since the July lull” of 2020, he said. Dr. Razack, who has seen more than 100 patients die from COVID-19 at his hospital, sees the arrival of COVID-19 variants (mutations of the original novel coronavirus) as a worrying trend. One fast-spreading variant from the United Kingdom is already being transmitted in Fort Worth, he said. Last week, Dr. Rochelle Walensky warned of a “concerning shift” in the COVID-19 pandemic’s trajectory. The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said during a press briefing that the downwardtrending seven-day averages of new COVID-19 cases saw a slight uptick (from

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Amber Carr (left) said her son Zion (second from left) was traumatized by witnessing her aunt’s murder.

men and women at the hands of law enforcement as proof that Tarrant County officials are choosing not to act. Texas courts are currently ordered to “continue to use all reasonable efforts to conduct proceedings remotely,” and inperson trials remain highly restricted. Nelson and several community

leaders said their peaceful but disruptive efforts will not cease until the same local criminal justice system that disproportionately targets and incarcerates nonviolent Black men and women understands that justice delayed is justice denied. — Edward Brown

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around 64,000 cases to 66,350 daily new cases) over the past two weeks. Texas Health’s Berdan said the “vaccine does not replace the need for safety precautions, especially during spring break. People should continue wearing a mask, maintaining a safe distance, washing their hands, and limiting gatherings with individuals outside their households. Please continue to use these precautions and encourage your friends and family to do so as well.” Nearly 315,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Tarrant County, and around 10% of county residents have received at least one dose of the inoculation. Statewide, around 5.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to Texans. Around 43,000 Texans have died after contracting the novel coronavirus. Dr. Razack’s advice for Tarrant County residents: Sign up for the COVID-19 vaccination. “Go get vaccinated,” he said. “Every single person who can get vaccinated, go get vaccinated. If you had COVID, wait 90 days, then go get vaccinated. That’s our best chance for returning to some type of normalcy. Even then, until we have herd immunity, whether through vaccines or past infections, we will still have to socially distance, wear masks, and watch out for large groups.” Residents who live near or in Tarrant County can register for the COVID-19 vaccine through Tarrant County Public Health’s online portal. l

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After 46 memorable years, William Campbell Contemporary Art is under new ownership. E D W A R D

ill and Pam Campbell, founders and longtime owners of William Campbell Contemporary Art, said many aspects of their career were unexpected. “When we opened our gallery, we were a bit naive about it,” Pam said. “I don’t know if that was a good or a bad thing.” Bill said he had no idea that the gallery would thrive for 46 years in the often unpredictable contemporary art market. They were so busy year to year, he said, that the idea of ever retiring (or reflecting on decades of work in the gallery business) always seemed like a distant idea. This job keeps you “planning a year or two ahead,” he said. “Time goes by pretty fast. You have so much in front of you on a daily basis that if you sit and dream you will miss the boat.” The option of selling the Arlington Heights-based gallery became a serious possibility when a group of five partners — Peeler Howell, Tim Locke, Jadz Pate, Clayton Snodgrass, and J.W. Wilson — offered to buy the business. Howell, who has worked as the gallery manager at William Campbell Contemporary Art for the past three years, said part of his motivation to buy a stake in the business was to preserve the gallery’s legacy. The initial conversation happened over coffee between Howell and Wilson. “We wanted to continue doing what Bill and Pam had done so well for 46 years,” Howell said. The friends sat down with Bill and Pam in April to discuss the possibility of handing over ownership to the five partners. The Campbells said they felt honored that the prospective owners wanted to keep the gallery’s name. “I’ve known Bill and Pam for years,” Wilson said. “I asked Pam for advice on opening an art gallery. That led to Fort Works Art, which I’m no longer a part of. I’ve always admired Bill and Pam for their longevity.” After so many decades in the art business, Bill said he and his wife didn’t have an “exit strategy” for leaving the gallery, although they had always wanted the gallery to stay open even after their departure. The offer to buy the gallery came as a “total surprise to us,” Bill said. Howell and Wilson had “great ideas of what they

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wanted to do. They wanted to continue the name, which I think was smart.” Bill and Pam said it felt like the right time to pass the gallery to new, younger owners. “I felt a little like I’ve run out of steam as far as pushing it forward,” Bill said. “A lot of it had to do with the fact that we and our artists have grown older together. The audience was getting older, too, and smaller. New blood is a positive push, in our opinion.” Ownership of the gallery was officially signed over in December, but Howell and Wilson said the transition has been gradual and ongoing. The new owners are planning minor cosmetic upgrades, but Howell said the business will largely retain the look and feel that customers are familiar with. The gallery’s roster of 40 artists (who mainly sell paintings or works on paper) is evenly split between Texas and national artists, Peeler said. The gallery represents a handful of international artists as well, he added. “We don’t want to get rid of anyone we currently represent for a number of reasons,” Howell said. “The main reason being we love the artwork. There is room to add some new artists. We’re looking at three of four artists who are more contemporary but not so far out that there isn’t an aesthetic cohesiveness to their work.” The new owners are currently considering buying a satellite space for hanging large works. COVID-19 and the internet have driven many to buy art exclusively online. Wilson said, while some foretell the demise of art galleries (along with books, newspapers, movie theaters, and a host of other businesses that continue to persist), the experience of viewing and buying art at a reputable gallery won’t disappear anytime soon. “I’m coming from an art lover’s point of view,” Wilson said. “For a person like me, a gallery experience is as good as it gets. If we are going to survive, we have to give people art they want to buy. Our job is to bring [paintings and sculptures] that are worth looking at and buying. We aren’t going to reinvent the wheel, just give it fresh legs. We don’t accept that the gallery experience is dying. It has to coexist with the internet. Bill and Pam have proven that to be true.”

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(From left to right) Jadz Pate, JW Wilson, Peeler Howell, Tim Locke, and Clayton Snodgrass are the new owners of William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery.

Beyond networking and spreading awareness of William Campbell Contemporary Art to the far-flung reaches of Tarrant County and beyond, Peeler said events will be small and socially distanced in the near future to bring new buyers up close to the gallery’s trove of contemporary art. “It happens regularly that someone says, ‘Oh, I saw this online, but I didn’t really see it until I saw it in person,’ ” Peeler added. “There is no substitute for that experience. We are reaching out to

Pam Campbell: A lot of galleries do require contracts. “For us, it’s always been built on trust. Our artists have become such close friends. They are like close family.”

give people an invitation to get people in here and in front of the work while remaining safe and conscious in the age of COVID.”

Six years ago, former Weekly staff writer Jimmy Fowler profiled Bill and Pam for a cover story that commemorated the 40th anniversary of their gallery (“The Campbells: Contemporary Classics,” Dec. 2014). Fowler’s reporting at the time included a dutiful summary of the longtime art dealers’ history in Fort Worth. In 1958, TCU fine arts student Bill Campbell and fashion merchandising major Pam Brazzil, both native North Texans, were introduced by one of Bill’s high school friends at a fraternity party. He talked to her about modern art, and she told him how she’d always wanted to run a retail business. Pam admitted she didn’t know much about contemporary art; he took her to some of his favorite artists’ shows at the Modern, as eager to teach as she was to learn. They married the next year, shortly before Bill was drafted –– just four days after college graduation –– to serve in the Vietnam War. It was scary but not surprising. Some young men they knew had

been drafted, and others had managed to avoid it — but Bill didn’t have any health issues or daddy connections or anything else that would’ve enabled him to get out of service. Going to war does lots of things to and for people. Characteristically for Bill, one of the things it did was to teach him more about art. The Army trained him as a helicopter mechanic, and he flew some dangerous missions in Vietnam. During the early months of stateside basic training, though, he was stationed at Fort Mead in Maryland, which allowed him a few visits to the thriving gallery and museum scenes in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. Direct exposure to those bigger, more diverse art scenes only cemented his desire to bring that quality of work back to North Texas. “The thing about seeing a lot of really great art is that it makes you expect more,’’ he said. “Dallas had one or two galleries devoted to contemporary art, I think. Fort Worth galleries showed a little bit of it here and there, but they mixed it with Western and Southwestern art and a lot of craft-based work. Remember, this was the late ’60s.” Bill survived the helicopter missions and everything else during more than two years in Vietnam. When he got out, he and Pam settled in Dallas. While in college, Bill had helped at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, setting up their contemporary art exhibits. In Dallas,

Bill and Pam said it felt like the right time to pass the gallery to new, younger owners.

he worked for a commercial art firm, while Pam was employed in various capacities at Neiman Marcus. That company also put her through an executive-management training program that would later be invaluable to running the William Campbell. Bill lost his job a couple of years later. By then, the couple had a baby son. Feeling fearless, Bill borrowed some money from his dad and leased a small space off Camp Bowie that had housed another gallery. Bill and Pam opened Gallery One there in 1974,

the first incarnation of William Campbell Contemporary Art. It was Fort Worth’s first gallery dedicated exclusively to contemporary artists’ work. The Campbells also offered framing and mounting services — and still do. Margery Gossett, co-owner of another longtime local gallery Artspace 111 said the Campbells deserve credit for building much of the local gallery scene that locals and tourists now enjoy. “I was running Artspace111,” Gossett

recalled. “Bill and Pam were running the Fort Worth Art Dealers Association, and I served on the executive advisory panel with Bill. It was clear from the start that Bill and Pam were heavily invested in the art scene of Fort Worth and were doing a great job steering the ship. It takes a lot of time and work to put on FWADA’s programming year after year. I will never forget the morning I came in and Bill was sweeping the floor. Often times, people think of the glamorous side of being a gallery owner, but Bill and I just laughed as he sang a song, ‘Oh, the Life of an Art Dealer,’ as he swept out his stall after an exhausting week of 16-hour days. We are so thankful for the path that they have paved for the Fort Worth art scene and for all the hard work that they both put into bringing culture to Cowtown. Our entire Artspace111 team would like to wish the Campbells our best.” William Campbell Contemporary Art framing manager Vince Veazey credits Bill and Pam with providing him with his current career (and an excuse to move from Tyler, Texas, 10 years ago). The former art teacher said he applied to several galleries across North Texas but dreamed of working at William Campbell Contemporary Art. “William Campbell was where I hoped to work because I felt the art in the gallery was more enjoyable,” Veazey said. With his mind set on working at the

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Vince Veazey: “A decade has passed, and I’m grateful I put in my resume three times.”

famed Fort Worth gallery, Veazey turned in his resume. When he didn’t hear back, he turned in his resume a second time. A few weeks later, Veazey decided it wouldn’t hurt to submit his resume a third time. “After the third time, they hired me for one day to help with an installation,” he recalled. “After a couple weeks, I was hired full-time. A decade has passed, and I’m grateful I put in my resume three times.” Bill and Pam, he continued, have always put the interests of others ahead of their own and the gallery’s. “People came first,” he said. “Business was second. They always had a knack for making people feel comfortable even if it was their first time ever in a gallery, which can be an intimidating setting for some. I’m grateful for the example they set, and I hope the contemporary art scene in Fort Worth can continue the momentum the Campbells helped start.”

Painter Billy Hassell said he met Bill and Pam in the early 1980s and was represented by their gallery by the end of that decade. Having worked with several galleries over his career, Hassell said the Campbells are remarkable — both for their warm and generous personalities and business savvy. “I can’t say enough great things about them,” he continued. “They are like family. When I moved here 20 years ago, I felt like I had an in” with the community simply because I knew the Campbells. William Campbell Contemporary Art has always done a good job of blending popular artists with individuals who explore edgier art, he said. The results have been a collection that represents a “wide breadth” of modern art. When word spread that the Campbells were considering retirement, some artists were worried that the gallery would shut its doors for good, he said. “I’m excited about the transition,”

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and Fall Gallery Nights, which are organized by the Fort Worth Art Dealers’ Association. FWADA Executive Director Shea Patterson said the Campbells have been the “cornerstone of the gallery community in Fort Worth for many years. “The quality and consistency of William Campbell Contemporary Art has been so important for Fort Worth’s cultural growth,” Patterson said. “On a personal note, they are professional, entrepreneurial, and generous. They have given of themselves to so many causes in the community. I was lucky enough to get to work with them briefly early in my career and then again as executive director of FWADA for the past 10 years. They both inspired me and taught me so much. Their expertise, kindness, and perseverance are all so evident in the gallery that they have built. Anyone that knows them knows it was a labor of love, and that is reflected by the artists they have supported and all the patrons whose lives they enriched. I am so pleased to call them friends and mentors. Rarely do two people have such a mission.” Managing relationships with represented artists requires trust, the gallery founders said. The Campbells do not require contractual agreements for represented artists. “A lot of galleries do” require contracts, Pam said. “For us, it’s always been built on trust. Our artists have become such close friends. They are like close family.” Bill said the past several weeks have been a mix of melancholy and comfort in knowing that the gallery he co-founded 46 years ago has many decades of life ahead of it. When asked what he will miss the most about the job, he said “the people and the artists.” Pam nodded in agreement. “People are thoughtful about the art they collect,” Bill said. “Not that we are superior by any means, but you can talk about art at a higher level [with certain people]. That’s the best part of the whole business. We have met some fabulous people. Peeler and the partners will be introduced to so many more.” l

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Bill Campbell: “We have met some fabulous people. Peeler and the partners will be introduced to so many more.”

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Hassell said. “It was hard to wrap my head around the Campbells retiring. Peeler and I have had a chance to get to know each other. He has a great personality and good business sense. I think he will be a great [resource] for the future.” While some represented artists may have anxiety over the transition, Hassell said new blood and new ideas are vital to keeping William Campbell Contemporary Art thriving in the 21st century. “There is an evolution to any gallery’s client base,” he said. “A lot of the early collectors were all young when Bill and Pam started. Unless you are cultivating new collectors, you will reach a point where it will flatline. The new partners will bring in a whole new generation of collectors.” William Campbell partner Snodgrass said “younger people are getting into art at a much earlier age. I don’t know if that is due to social media or access to viewing new types of works. I think that we could start to groom younger local art buyers by targeting events that can bring them into the gallery to have a good time in the presence of some great works of art.” Partner Pate added that the venerable gallery will garner new customers and fans through gallery events that cater to small crowds while following COVID-19-related safety guidelines. Future patrons will likely include interior designers and new home buyers, she said. The new effort will rely on developing relationships that “connect clients with art that they cannot stop thinking about and that they will enjoy and appreciate forever,” she said. One immediate benefit of having a team of partners, Howell added, is the expanded number of contacts the gallery now enjoys since the co-owners don’t run in the same circle of friends. “Each of the five owners is here for a specific reason,” Wilson said, “and the bottom line is that we all love art. These people all care about this business and what we are selling. Everyone has some connection to the community. We want to give Peeler more ideas that he can put on paper. Let him filter those ideas then roll with it.” Artspace111 gallery manager and painter Ariel Davis said Bill and Pam have been great role models for the local gallery scene. “They have inspired generations of art lovers in Fort Worth by representing and bringing important artists to Fort Worth,” Davis said. “I will never forget their 40th anniversary party. It was the first time I saw Leon Bridges play, then on a tiny stage, and it was also the day I met my good friend and mentor, Nancy Lamb. I wish Bill and Pam the best in retirement, and I look forward to seeing them at art events at Artspace111 and across Fort Worth.” Perhaps the Campbells’ most lasting legacy will be the creation of Spring

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At various times today thru Sat, Mar 20, see a virtual interactive Thursday performance with jokes called In Search of the Sublime at Stage West (821/823 W Vickery Blvd, 817-7849378). Using suggestions from the online audience, the actors will weave together tales of awe and terror with music in a concerted effort to achieve “the sublime.” A list of experience-enhancing objects that will aid in your at-home participation can be found at StageWest.org/SublimeObjects. Tickets are $20 per person at StageWest.org/Tickets.

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Mike Quu — host of the Teach Me I’m Stupid podcast — will be doing Friday his standup routine tonight and Sat at 10pm (doors open at 9:30pm) at Hyena’s Comedy Night Club (425 Commerce St, 817-877-5233). His comedic life began in junior high when Quu won a comedy writing contest. He has since paid his dues at clubs and open-mic nights from New York to L.A. Now he’s touring the country with stories from his personal life. Tickets are $15 per person on Prekindle.com.

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For the camera novice, lens jargon can make things complicated. DX Saturday vs. FX or APO? Filter size and focal lengths? Who knows. Fort Worth Camera can help. At 2pm, FWC is hosting the class Lens Language: The Jargon of Lenses. You will understand how to get the best pictures from your current lenses and what to look for in a new lens. This class is free thanks to a curious customer’s sponsorship, plus the shop will give you credit toward a new lens should you decide to make a purchase. Attendance is limited, so please register on Eventbrite.com.

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From 11am to 5pm, head to Fort Brewery & Pizza (1001 W Magnolia, 817923-8000) for its final

Artisan Market in the current space — they will soon move to a new locale. The event is free to attend, but bring spending money as there are many vendors with wares to sell. There will also be live music. For details and updates on the move, follow the restaurant at Facebook.com/ FortBrewery.

Each Mon thru May 3, head to Funky Picnic Brewery & Café (401 Monday Bryan Av, 817-708-2739) for Movie Mondays: The Star Wars Series as they tackle the whole franchise. Tonight’s screening is Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. This full 10 weeks of movies lead up to a Cinco de Star Wars Trivia Night on Wed, May 5. For the full list of movies, see the event page at Facebook.com/FunkyPicnic. May the force be with you (and them)!

Bass Hall (525 Commerce St, 817-212-4280) is entering the virtual realm Tuesday with a production called Dixie’s Happy Hour streaming daily at 7:30pm today thru Sun, Mar 28. Share a drink at home with America’s favorite bar hopper, Dixie Longate, who thinks the four basic food groups are gin, rum, tequila, and vodka. Tickets start at $35 per person at BassHall.com/DixieHappyHour.

Every Wed, a.k.a. Wonderful Wednesdays, Wednesday educators at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (3200 Darnell St, 817-738-9215) lead a family-oriented art project via instructional video that ties to a piece in the museum’s permanent collection. At 4pm, the focus will be on Robert Irwin’s “Untitled,” a convex, spray-painted disk created in 1968. This event is free to attend at TheModern.org.

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Back in December 2019, I practically threw out my shoulder patting myself on the back for a Top 10 list that was half movies directed by women. Well, 2019 Me can just shut up. Even a global pandemic couldn’t stop 2020 from being a historic year for such films. When I voted in my critics’ association poll, my ballot’s slots for best director were entirely filled by women. Quality matters, but so does quantity, and my full-length reviews of last year’s movies include 20 directed by women against 32 directed by men (plus one by a male-female duo). Those numbers should be in the normal range instead of an outlier, but it’s still more than I’ve ever run across in my tenure as a professional critic. Progress marches on. With that in mind, here’s my list of the best movies of 2020, per the time frame set down by the cinema establishment. Several of the films on this list have been deemed ineligible by their guidelines, but this is my list, so I do what I want. I can even deviate from the list I made two months ago, reflecting my ever-shifting opinions and the 80-odd films I’ve taken in since then. 1.) Never Rarely Sometimes Always. Just that climatic scene in the Planned Parenthood clinic, really. Except not really, because Eliza Hittman’s yarn about two small-town girls heading to the big city to procure an abortion is a coming-of-age saga on an epic scale. You can appreciate it on that count or just for the fact that it tells the story of one of the people who are somehow never heard when politicians debate abortion. Regardless, Hittman has waded into a touchy subject and emerged with this deeply compassionate work. That’s a prodigious achievement.

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2.) Babyteeth. After too many bad movies about terminal illness, Shannon Murphy’s entry has the courage to be rough and weird

3.) First Cow. We’ve never appreciated Kelly Reichardt enough. This film’s release in theaters last March should have been our chance to right that — damn you, coronavirus. She’s in danger of being overlooked this awards season, too, but don’t let that keep you from this gorgeously lyrical Western about two men who find friendship in a place that’s not made for them: 19th-century Oregon. Right now, everybody’s saying cheap words about unifying the country. If you really want to bring the country together, you could do worse than this paean to the artery-clogging goodness of fried dough. 4.) Saint Maud. In our plague-ridden time, this Christian horror film tells us that it’s loneliness that eats the soul, not Satan. Everything in Rose Glass’ movie contributes to the tone of dread, from the crashing of the waves on the beach to the busker playing a snare drum on the wharf. Jennifer Ehle has the role of a lifetime as a cynical cancer patient with a dangerously cavalier attitude to the religious beliefs of her caregiver, but it’s Morfydd Clark you’ll remember in the grip of her delusions about being an instrument of God’s will. Her performance and Glass’ aptitude for a scarring visual (thumbtacks!) make this the class of 2020’s excellent horror flicks. 5.) Kajillionaire. Miranda July has Wes Anderson’s skill set, and she’s a more adventurous writer. Were she more consistent and productive, she’d merit his stature in the film world. As it is, this caper comedy about a family of West Coast grifters is oddball enough to catch the eye and substantive enough to stick in the mind. The same goes for Evan Rachel Wood’s daringly strange performance as a con artist who knows how to behave only when she’s impersonating someone as part of a con. The way her parents cut her cord is wrenching, devious, and perfect all at the same time. 6.) Cuties. The long history of French film has been a very white place, but we’re seeing that change now with Afro-French directors like Ladj Ly and Mati Diop. To that we add Maïmouna Doucouré, the Sorbonne-educated filmmaker who made a blazing debut on Netflix (and got herself indicted in Texas by a bunch of narrow-minded prudes) with this insightful and uncompromising drama about Parisian tween girls as they form cliques, rebel against their Muslim upbringings, behave

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and in tune with the wild Australian places that exist just outside the suburbs Down Under. As the cancer-ridden schoolgirl who wants a fling with the considerably older local drug dealer before she leaves this life, Eliza Scanlen is vivid, vibrant, angry at her fate, and so alive that she puts even her impressive previous performances in the shade. Where Hollywood movies try to be soothing about dying young, this one acknowledges the pain and unfairness of it all and achieves a real consoling power.

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awfully toward one another, and imitate the sexy videos that they see online. After all the strife that precedes it, the movie’s last shot gave me such a joyous high. 7.) Palm Springs. One thing that irredeemably sucked about 2020 was the absence of comedy movies from our multiplexes. The healing power of sitting in a packed auditorium full of laughter (or even just a few stray chuckles) can’t be underestimated. Max Barbakow’s entry improves if you don’t know about the science-fiction angle, but even if you do, it’s the boldest and funniest film of the COVID season. It debuted on Hulu just as the pandemic kicked in, and a great many people found something moving about Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti deciding that they want to spend the same day together forever. 8.) Beanpole. Love can take some strange forms, and it only seems fitting that this Russian film’s great tenderness and great cruelty exist side by side in a city that has been devastated by the Nazi occupiers. Amid the ruins of war, director Kantemir Balagov finds transporting beauty in the platonic love between two broken women and the red and green paint splattered all over the wall of their crappy apartment. Embodying the spirit of a people who are still proud despite absorbing a beating, this film has the depth and breadth of a Shostakovich symphony. 9.) The Wild Goose Lake. The city of Wuhan is known as where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected, but the subtropical metropolis deserves to be known for this superb crime thriller where all the actors speak in the local dialect instead of standard Mandarin. Writer-director Diao Yinan finds creative ways to film shootouts and bike chases in parts of China that the authorities would rather not show to the world. However, his real greatness is in detecting the rot at the heart of the capitalist Chinese Dream, as the have-nots resort to appalling illegal behavior just to see the next day. That’s why, despite my prediction from two months ago, this doesn’t fall off my list.

10.) (tie) The Invisible Man and Shirley. Let’s just give this last spot to Elisabeth Moss, playing a monster in Josephine Decker’s literary drama and a monster’s victim in Leigh Whannell’s horror film. Her insecure, tyrannical, snippy portrayal of Shirley Jackson fits perfectly inside Decker’s numinous and sharp-edged biopic. Then again, her brink-of-sanity turn as a battered woman came in a film about domestic violence that Whannell packaged so that a mass audience found it digestible. Both are part of the growing gallery of portraits Moss has drawn of women whom movies haven’t cared to depict before. As the rest of this list shows, she has lots of company. Honorable mention: Emerald Fennell’s tasty rape revenge fantasy, Promising Young Woman … Chloé Zhao’s tribute to American resilience on the road, Nomadland … Sofia Coppola’s plush father-daughter road trip, On the Rocks … Darius Marder’s hardcore hearing-loss drama, Sound of Metal … Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’ magical realist Brazilian Western, Bacurau … Pietro Marcello’s sweeping, socially aware epic, Martin Eden … Eugene Ashe’s sumptuous African-American retro romance, Sylvie’s Love … Lee Isaac Chung’s captivating immigrant drama, Minari … Javier Bustamante’s Third World haunted house movie, La Llorona …Thomas Vinterberg’s alcohol-soaked midlife comedy, Another Round … Marco Bellocchio’s worldspanning true crime epic, The Traitor … Autumn de Wilde’s precisely choreographed literary adaptation, Emma. … Romola Garai’s bat-tastic immigrant horror film, Amulet … Philippe Lacôte’s fantastical prison drama about stories, Night of the Kings … Lawrence Michael Levine’s metafictional psychodrama, Black Bear … Natalie Erika James’ haunting meditation on aging, Relic … Chung Mong-hong’s epic about one crime’s lasting effects, A Sun … Michael Angelo Covino’s comedy about the worst best friend, The Climb … Armando Iannucci’s acerbic, fourth wall-breaking The Personal History of David Copperfield … George C. Wolfe’s valedictory adaptation of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. l

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The Foundry District is due for a welldeserved surge in popularity and foot traffic. Fort Worth’s only theater dedicated to independent and art films (The Grand Berry Theater) calls the area home. Blackland Distillery snagged readers’ choice for Best Distillery in our Best Of 2020 awards, and Trinity Coffee House took over Craftwork Coffee Co.’s space just months ago. The new coffeeshop’s owner, Jennifer Demel, said Trinity Coffee House

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will soon offer canned beers and wine in addition to finely roasted java options. Districts and developments often refer to establishments that offer broad hours and wide appeal as “anchor” businesses. The Foundry District’s anchor is newcomer Maple Branch Craft Brewery, and the draw here is lots and lots of delicious beer. For the biergarten unwashed, the outdoor patio offers the most authentic German drinking experience you’ll find in the 817. A large, black metal gate sets the mood for the fantasy world within — something akin to a Disney World for beer drinkers. A large maple tree, water fountain, and dozens of tables strewn across a gravel patio make the brewery ideal for socially distanced sipping. The length of the brewery’s outdoor wall is covered with leafy vines. The indoor beer hall offers long tables for communal drinking, and the beer offerings at Maple Branch Brewery are plentiful. Co-owner and head brewer Stuart Maples (who runs the brewery with wife Allyssa Maples) has probably lost count of the number of homebrew competitions he won prior to

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beers. The golden-hued ale had a pleasant floral scent, mild bitterness, and hints of grapefruit and lemon rind. The double IPA had a heavier body, boozier profile, pine-y aroma, and none of the dankness that typically accompanies heavy IPAs. The gose was tart and tasted like apple. The porter was roasty, dry, light-bodied, and delicious. Maple Branch Brewing complements the local brew scene without rehashing anything local beer fans are used to. Fresh beer, great service, and a beautiful biergarten top the reasons I’ll return to this Foundry District gem soon. l

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The beer and the music are still flowing out in Pantego. The owners of Dr. Jeckyll’s Beer Lab have continued pumping out brews for pickup while also allowing bands to livestream from the taproom, including — perhaps especially — Frio Trio, the indie rock triumvirate of EJ Calderón on vocals and bass, Beer Lab co-owner John Valentine on guitar and backup vocals, and Kolby Kelly on drums, plus new guitarist Ben Bruneau. “Honestly,” Calderón said, “if a band approaches [Valentine] or, in a sense, Dr. Jeckyll’s and says they want to do a

HearSay Now that Gov. Greg Abbott has lifted restrictions, some local venue owners are still not sure how to proceed. Most of the ones I talked to want to open but also want to remain safe. Ryan Higgs, co-owner of MASS on the Near Southside, sees the problem clearly. “Once again, [Abbott] has put the burden of policing the public on individual bar owners,” Higgs said. “If you maintain a mask order at your business, you will have to argue with patrons at every turn. If you allow maskless patrons, you are not doing the public any favors.” Since bars have been struggling under the previous COVID restrictions, Higgs believes many won’t be able to throw open their doors fast enough. Mayor Betsy Price issued a statement without recommending masks or social distancing, the two forms of combating the virus that have kept hospital beds from filling up. “Normalcy is on the horizon,” she said, “but it is so important to keep in mind we are not out of the woods just yet. Personal responsibility remains key, and I continue to encourage residents of

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Fort Worth to do the same thing I have encouraged for the last year — support your community by doing all you can to keep yourself and those around you safe.” Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson was not nearly as wishy-washy. “The people of Dallas should continue to mask up and take precautions to slow COVID-19’s spread and mutations,” he said in a statement. “We are getting closer to achieving herd immunity, and now is not the time to let down our guard. Vaccines, masks, and social distancing are the best tools we have for fighting this virus, which has claimed far too many lives in the last year.” That number includes nearly 2,900 Tarrant County residents, 43,000 Texans, and half a million Americans. Only about 6.5% of Texans have received the vaccine, ranking Texas in the lowest percentile of the country. The timing is not good for us Fort Worthians specifically. On Tuesday, COVID hospitalizations increased for the first time in eight days in Tarrant County. New cases and deaths may have declined over the past month, but the new variants may strike at any moment. Brooks Kendall, who runs the entertainment at The Post at River East, said it will take some time before the Post

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livestream, it’s one of those things where myself or the production company that I own would just do it, or I will map out everything we need to do it and just help them out, but at the end of the day, I’m just wanting to help out those who want to express their craft. If this is the place where you can do livestream shows and [Valentine] is cool with it and you want to perform and do a livestream show, then I think that’s great.” Valentine said Dr. Jeckyll’s can provide space for just about any creative endeavor. Calderón, he said, “is probably one of the best sound engineers in our metroplex, especially for his age, and he’s offering his services to a lot of local bands, and I feel like that’s going to be a hot commodity soon because everyone is trying to do something else. We’re all just trying to build the music scene here.” Valentine said that while Arlington doesn’t have an especially great live music scene, he hopes to bring more artists to the area. While Calderón is in the process of structuring his production company and combing through the legalities of branding it Frio Live Productions, he said he’s willing to work with groups to expand Arlington’s creativity while hosting them at one of the Mid-Cities’ newer production hotspots. The Beer Lab is the Frio Trio’s home base. It wasn’t always that way, but the pandemic changed things. Valentine said they started right before the lockdown as a trio and are performing when they can with Bruneau, who, Valentine said, “plays a little guitar

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live, but we are still trying to figure out Frio Trio. Now we have come full circle with lead guitar, but we are still really trying to settle what we do.” COVID affected the group’s progress in quite a few ways, the group said. “The last week of March and first week of April, our traction got hit,” Calderón said. “We lost all that traction we were getting.” During lockdown, matching schedules for rehearsing and planning was difficult, Valentine said. The pandemic not only took away momentum from the band but also from the Beer Lab. The silver lining, Valentine said, was in being able to use the facility for recording, rehearsing, and now livestreaming. “Beer is the oil of our machine,” Calderón said, referring to the band’s writing/recording processes. is ready to make any changes. “I didn’t expect [reopening] to come this soon,” he said. “We don’t know yet what changes we will make. We’ll be consulting with staff and customers over the next week to get a feel for what our people are comfortable with. We will likely remain on the safe side, but I imagine it will be hard to enforce safety measures under certain circumstances when we can no longer blame the governor’s orders.” Brian Forella, owner of Lola’s Trailer Park and the adjacent Lola’s Saloon, is not ready to make any changes, either. “It’s going to be a clusterfuck in the short term. Still have to talk to the staff before I comment. Want a united front.” What Abbott has done is lift restrictions on masks and social distancing, saying businesses can open at 100% occupancy despite the science. “Every time Gov. Greg Abbott rushes to open the state, things end up getting worse,” said Ed Espinoza, executive director at the liberal group Progress Texas. “We all want things to get back to normal, but Abbott’s inability to lead harms the state’s response to the pandemic just as it harmed that state’s response to the Texas freeze. We shouldn’t have to fill ICU beds in order to fulfill Abbott’s political agenda. Texans must continue to

Frio Trio recorded what will be its debut EP inside the Beer Lab’s empty lobby. Calderón engineered and mixed the tracks that were sent to Zach Lewis from On The Rocks in Austin for mastering. “The bar was just our space to record, but [Calderón] is our professional sound and recording engineer,” Valentine said. “We can make a lot of ruckus and record bands and rent out space to bands, and it’s been a cool hangout spot, but it’s tough not having customers. … Being able to provide a space to include our livestreams with ample room and no hassle is great. We just want to get it back to the good old days where there’s people in.” You can check out Frio Trio on all digital platforms, including Spotify. As of now, the lab usually offers up to 30 varying beers on tap and is open every day of the week taking curbside orders. l take COVID-19 seriously and wear masks as the pandemic is far from over.” Filling up beds seems to be Abbott’s plan, probably to make President Joe Biden look bad, arguing in his statement that vaccines and “antibody therapy drugs” are good enough to protect everyone — or else why would we open at 100% — from the novel coronavirus. “Make no mistake,” the governor goes on to say, “COVID-19 has not disappeared, but it is clear from the recoveries, vaccinations, reduced hospitalizations, and safe practices that Texans are using that state mandates are no longer needed. Today’s announcement does not abandon safe practices that Texans have mastered over the past year. Instead, it is a reminder that each person has a role to play in their own personal safety and the safety of others. With this executive order, we are ensuring that all businesses and families in Texas have the freedom to determine their own destiny.” Oh, boy. Did you hear that? There goes that word again: “freedom.” In this case, Abbott does not understand that that “freedom” is the “freedom” to infect other people with a deadly virus. — Anthony Mariani Contact HearSay at anthony@fwweekly.com.

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Mexican Cocina (8120 Rendon Bloodworth Rd, 469-673-6333). There will be daily prize drawings, giveaways, and sample margaritas. During the soft opening phase these past few months, Mama Angie’s has gathered customer feedback, made some changes, and has even added some new recipes to their Tex-Mex mix. “We know you’re gonna love ’em!” For more information, visit Mama-Angies.com.

6.) Everything Is Bigger in Texas Be a part of Texas history 2-5pm Sat as Rack Attack Barbecue (6620 Storm Cat Ln, Ste 101, Burleson, 682-410-4442) attempts to break the record for having the biggest barbecue nachos in Texas. Over five pounds of brisket will be on top of this signature dish. This

event, sponsored by Rick McNeely, FishBowl Radio host and owner of Everything’s Bigger in Texas, is free to attend.

7.) Texas Ale Pantera The world-famous Arlington-based metal band Pantera is releasing a signature beer called Pantera Golden Ale through Texas Ale Project (1001 N Riverfront Blvd, Dallas, 214965-0606) with a launch on Sat. Two sessions have been planned from 2pm to 5pm and then from 5:30pm to 9pm to meet social distancing requirements. The festivities include Panterainspired contests, pizza from Cane Rosso, and DJ Souljah spinning the best of Pantera, plus a virtual Q&A session with band members. Tickets are $25-40 on Eventbrite.com.

8.) Cowabunga, Dude! On Sun from 11am to 2pm, head to Black Cat Pizza (401 Bryan Av, Ste 109, 817-489-5150) for the Food Ninjas: Pizza Raphael PopUp. Join Chefs Kevin Martinez (Tokyo Cafe) and Jaime Fernandez (Black Cat Pizza), plus actor Kenn Scott (Raphael from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films of the 1990s) as they serve up a one-of-a-kind menu for one day that celebrates the color, character, and karate of the baddest turtle in the land. This event is free to attend, but you’ll need to purchase your food and drinks.

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2.) Kitchen from Hell As Fort Worth’s own Chef Jordan Savell — a contestant on the current season of Hell’s Kitchen — was on the hot seat in last week’s episode, Thursday from 6pm to 8pm is the perfect time to catch up on the show and see if she gets eliminated. Savell’s old employer, Landmark Bar & Kitchen (3008 Bledsoe St, 817-984-1166), hosts a weekly Hell’s Kitchen Watch Party if you feel like getting out.

Aside from billiards and the only snooker table in Fort Worth, there are dartboards, Golden Tee, foosball, Texas Hold ’Em tournaments, and karaoke to keep you entertained at Puckett’s (5707 Crowley Rd, 817-293-8286). Having been closed since the beginning of the pandemic, Puckett’s is finally back open for business.

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ExteNet Systems, Inc is proposing to replace 5 streetlights with new streetlights and to install a new metalpole in order to accommodate small cell equipment at the following location in Arlington, Tarrant County,TX. Streetlights to be replaced: DA0807BA at 1600 Brown Blvd Cell1. DA0347BA at 900 E. Randol Mill Road. DA0354BA at 1300 E. Lamar Blvd. DA0799BA at 915 E. Randol Mill Road Cell3. DA0801BA at 1287 Cedarland Plaza Drive Cell1. New metal pole: DA0794BA at 1108 Altman Drive Cell1. Public comments regarding potential effects from this project on historic properties may be submitted within 30-days from the date of this publication to: Dustin Cox with BEC, 8300 Douglas Ave, Ste 800, Dallas, TX 75225, 214-888-6965, or dustin@BenchmarkEC.com. Please refer to SC-TX-ARDA07M1 and the address when submitting comments.

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ExteNet Systems, Inc is proposing to install a new decorative light pole in order to accommodate small cell equipment at the following location in Arlington, Tarrant County, TX. DA0312BA at 2100 E. Mayfield Rd. Public comments regarding potential effects from this project on historic properties may be submitted within 30-days from the date of this publication to: Dustin Cox with BEC, 8300 Douglas Ave, Ste 800, Dallas, TX 75225, 214-888-6965, or dustin@ BenchmarkEC.com. Please refer to SC-TX-ARDA08M1 and the address when submitting comments.

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The owners or lien holders are hereby notified that the vehicles listed below are being stored at AA Wrecker Service: 5709-B Denton Hwy. Haltom City, TX 76148 (817)656-3100 TDLR VSF Lic. No. 0536827VSF | www.license.state.tx.us

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