Incisive criticism, features, and news related to Texans on the screen—and behind the camera
Now it’s Woody Harrelson’s turn to play our thirty-sixth president on-screen. Why can’t we get enough of a man once regarded as utterly devoid of glamour?
Plus: Does Coach really deserve Tami Taylor?
Going to Gatling, meeting Landry, and discovering the cruelty of teenage girls.
Alamo Drafthouse CEO and Fantastic Fest founder Tim League is in the news after re-hiring a staffer accused of sexual assault—and his festival may suffer for it.
The Dallas filmmaker went big time with last year’s 'Pete’s Dragon' remake, so he followed it up with one of the quietest—and most moving—films of the year.
The most interesting sports video game in years tugs on some specific Texas heartstrings.
How the more or less true story of two Texas outlaws revolutionized Hollywood.
The shirts are intended to raise awareness. For what? Livin.
Houston writer Shea Serrano's ’Rap Yearbook’ gets the docu-series treatment, produced by The Roots and Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney.
Steven Spielberg’s return to action blockbuster turf, based on the beloved smash novel by Austin’s Ernest Cline, starring 20-year-old Texas native Tye Sheridan in his biggest role to date, gave the world its first look at San Diego Comic Con.
Animator Don Bluth returns to his birthplace of El Paso.
The McConaughey flowchart to end all flowcharts.
The auteur behind summer art-house favorite ‘A Ghost Story’ on his abiding connection to his home city.
Jason Lee explains why he left Los Angeles for Denton and why, right now, he prefers taking photographs to acting.
When Texas’s film incentives program comes up for renewal, politicians and movie bizzers give performances that Matthew McConaughey would envy.
A look at Richard Linklater and the Austin Film Society’s new two-screen arthouse theater.
The Texas filmmakers poised to usher in a new Golden Age of Texas cinema.
In a dark, uncertain time for the film industry, one man decided he’d had enough. His name is Tim League. His creation is the Alamo Drafthouse. And together, they’re on a mission to make moviegoing fun again.
Dallas actress Tina Parker is hitting the big time with a role in 'Better Call Saul,' but back home her theater company is struggling.
Austin’s Brandon Vezmar has found himself an overnight celebrity after a lawsuit he filed because ”men are being exploited by people like the defendant.”
Understanding the fear and determination that faces us at the edge of youth.
The Rooster Teeth CEO Matt Hullum takes a quick break from directing ’Lazer Team 2’ to talk about the future of the film incentives program.
A new documentary follows the lives of the 94 bayou folk, retirees, and reputed outlaws in the village of Uncertain.
How a native Marfan's short story landed him a job on Amazon Prime's anticipated 'I Love Dick.'
A filmmaker’s effort to share stories from her home turf, one female-directed movie at a time.
Seventy years after the deadliest industrial disaster in American history, a Houston filmmaker unites the survivors.
Readers respond to the April 2017 issue.
Dr. Kent Brantly, the Texas doctor who was diagnosed with Ebola, talks about beating the disease and how to fight it moving forward.
First-time documentarians Charlie Vela and Ronnie Garza capture fifty years of music history in their hometown.
The show, created by Houston native Justin Simien, picks up where the 2014 movie left off.
San Antonio native Noël Wells chatted with us about her directorial debut, ‘Mr. Roosevelt,' which premiered at SXSW.
At SXSW, the director of the upcoming Marfa-set ‘I Love Dick’ shared her thoughts on making films when you're marginalized.
'Song to Song' doesn't accurately reflect the realities of the music industry, perhaps intentionally so.
The films, TV shows, and panels not to miss at the SXSW film conference.
Brush up on your Texas films—or see some of your old favorites on the big screen—during the Heart of Texas Film Series.
The world’s most private director turns his lens on the place where he’s always been most public: Austin.
The lieutenant governor wants Texas to be a film capital.
Texas invades Brooklyn.
Texas filmmaker Ryan Ross tells the story behind his new movie, Wheeler.
'A Ghost Story' is a fable of loss and mortality starring Casey Affleck as a bedsheet-wearing apparition.
The reclusive Texas filmmaker’s long-simmering saga of love and betrayal in the Austin music world premieres on March 17.
Our brave new world gets braver and newer.
What to read, watch, listen to, and look at to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
What to watch, listen to, and read this month to achieve maximum Texas literacy.
But is Terrence Malick’s film deserving of such reverence?
Trevante Rhodes told himself he wouldn't come back to Texas without a film. Now he's back with the captivating 'Moonlight.'
How Woody Harrelson's LBJ stacks up against the many other portrayals of the famous Texan.
What to watch, listen to, and read this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
The Dallas author on Steve Martin, Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel, and the “good weird experience” of watching Ang Lee turn his award-winning novel into a major motion picture.
The Texas filmmaker levels up on his fifth feature, ‘Loving,’ which tells the story of an interracial couple trying to get married in the fifties.
