Southwest Review presents an evening with two Texas films as part of the Dallas 
Literary Festival. The first is a classic of the 1970s New Hollywood era. Set in a 
small, dying town in North Texas, The Last Picture Show was adapted from a 
1966 novel by Larry McMurtry. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich, the film earned 
universal acclaim, winning two Oscars, with six other nominations, and features a 
murderers’ row of great performances by Cybill Shepherd, Jeff Bridges, Timothy 
Bottoms, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, and Randy Quaid. 

On the second half of the bill is Josh David Jordan’s This World Won’t Break. 
The 2019 film tells the story of a down-and-out Texas troubadour named Wes 
Mulligan and was shot entirely in and around Dallas. A Q & A with the director 
and the novelist (and SwR movie columnist) William Boyle will follow the 
screening. The evening will close with a concert by Greg Schroeder, the actor and 
real-life musician who plays the role of Wes in the film. 

Location: The Texas Theatre

Supporting Authors & Independent Bookstores:

Please consider buying books by our festival authors from the official Dallas Literary Festival bookstore Interabang, or from your own local independent bookseller.