Film & TV
October 6, 2021
Fifty Years On, ‘The Last Picture Show’ Is an Indelible Texas Movie
There may be no more powerful film about growing up with nowhere to go.
The Last Picture Show
The Texanist
February 10, 2019
The Texanist: What Are the Ten Best Texas Movies?
A newcomer to the state is looking for a cinematic introduction to his adopted home.
Feature
January 21, 2013
No Country for Bad Movies
Once and for all: What are the ten best Texas films of all time?
Feature
May 31, 2011
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Director: Peter BogdanovichPlot: Teenagers come of age in a fading small town.Excerpts from our roundtable discussion:RAPP: Last Picture Show is a documentary of the first twenty years of my life. I watched it again last night, and I’d forgotten just how authentic it is. I know that dusty, confining
Film & TV
February 1, 1999
Picture Perfect
Why Peter Bogdanovich filmed in black and white, who discovered Cybill Shepherd, which onetime soap opera diva read for the role of Jacy, and other secrets of the making of ‘The Last Picture Show.’ Plus: A few words from the late Ben Johnson.
Film & TV
April 30, 1998
Unreality Bites
As ever, Texas looms large in the movies’ imagination—large and largely inaccurate.
Being Texan
April 30, 1977
Unfinished Women
In which our author hints that Texas men are in for a rude awakening.