Film & TV
March 15, 2018
‘Friday’s Child’ Offers a Gorgeous, Bleak View of Killeen and Waco
Tye Sheridan's emotional vulnerability anchors the film, which premiered at SXSW.
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Film & TV
March 13, 2018
‘Ready Player One’ References the Movie Greats But Isn’t One of Them
The film, which premiered at SXSW, raises interesting questions, but its answers fall short.
Film & TV
March 11, 2018
‘Support the Girls’ Is Ultimately a Film About Caring
The film, which takes place in a 'breastaurant' in an unspecified Texas town, is lovely, weird, and poignant all at once.
Film & TV
March 10, 2018
SXSW’s Opening Night Film ‘A Quiet Place’ Is Smart—and Scary as Hell
'A Quiet Place' is the sort of movie that lingers after you watch it through your fingers.
Film & TV
March 9, 2018
Scenes From the Texas Film Awards
The night was packed with Hollywood luminaries who have a soft spot for Texas.
Film & TV
March 5, 2018
We Just Realized That Caleb Landry Jones Was On ‘Friday Night Lights’
Texas’s premier portrayer of creepy, weaselly dudes once played drums in Crucifictorious.
Film & TV
February 21, 2018
Happy Birthday, Paula Prentiss
On a pilgrimage to Beverly Hills, a lifelong fan learns that his favorite actress is every bit as charming at eighty as she was half a century ago.
Film & TV
February 9, 2018
Dan Patrick Says He Will Block the Filming of “Let Her Speak” from the Texas Senate Chamber
”They’ve already disgraced it once. I’m not going to let them do it a second time.”
Film & TV
February 6, 2018
It’s Movie Night at the Alamo—No, the Real One
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced a commemoration of the Battle of the Alamo that includes the historically questionable John Wayne movie.
Film & TV
February 2, 2018
SXSW Film Will Feature Many Movies Directed by Women This Year
In several categories, films by women make up more than half of the titles.
Film & TV
February 1, 2018
An Ode to the Video Store Chain, on the Occasion of Blockbuster’s Demise
Ah, video stores, where viewers—and cinephile clerks—got to develop eclectic tastes.
Film & TV
December 28, 2017
Ten Memorable 2017 Moments for Texas—and Texans—in Film
El Paso survived the mutant apocalypse, Irving was detached from space and time, and Matt McConaughey showed his dark side.
Film & TV
December 21, 2017
Taylor Kitsch Gets in Touch With His Inner David Koresh in ‘Waco’
Texas football made the former ’Friday Night Lights’ actor a heartthrob. Will a Texas tragedy make him a bona fide star in 'Waco'?
Film & TV
December 21, 2017
The Wildcatters
Can a 1960s novel with a cult following finally become the blockbuster film its fans believe it should be?
Food
December 11, 2017
Bun B Wants to Teach You How to Cook Chicken Pot Pie
Ridin’ Dirty on the stovetop.
Film & TV
December 6, 2017
Cinemark Launches Its Own MoviePass Competitor
With a challenge from Plano-based Cinemark, the subscription-based movie wars are in full effect.
Film & TV
November 30, 2017
Amber Heard, Johnny Depp, and the Changing Conversations Around Abuse
Heard alleged that Depp abused her a year before #MeToo. Has the timing allowed him to evade consequences?
Film & TV
November 19, 2017
Leticia Van de Putte on ‘Let Her Speak’ and the True Story of the Filibuster
For the former state senator, accurate representation in the Hollywood biopic goes beyond historical accuracy.
Film & TV
November 13, 2017
Remembering Magnum P.I.’s John Hillerman, the World’s Best Phony Englishman
How did the North Texas native convince a generation of TV fans that he was a dyed-in-the-wool Brit?
Film & TV
November 12, 2017
Don Meredith’s Son on His Upcoming Documentary ‘First Cowboys’
'First Cowboys' tells the story of how the Cowboys helped rebrand Dallas.
Best Thing in Texas
November 3, 2017
The Best Thing in Texas: Beyoncé as Nala in ‘The Lion King’ Remake
She just can’t wait to be queen.
Film & TV
November 2, 2017
The Church of the SubGenius Finally Plays It Straight
In 1980, two nerds in Dallas started their own religion. Forty years later, SubGenius founder Ivan Stang and filmmaker Sandy K. Boone reveal the true story of the long con.
Film & TV
October 19, 2017
The Eleven: On the Trail of a Serial Killer
Between 1971 and 1977, eleven young girls from southeast Texas were abducted and killed in similar circumstances. In a new documentary, a reporter and retired police detective try to find out what happened.
Film & TV
October 18, 2017
Woody Harrelson’s Performance in ‘LBJ’ Might Just be the Definitive LBJ
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?
Sports
September 30, 2017
“Friday Night Writes”: We’re Over Julie Taylor
Plus: Does Coach really deserve Tami Taylor?
Film & TV
September 22, 2017
“Friday Night Writes”: Who’s Landry?
Going to Gatling, meeting Landry, and discovering the cruelty of teenage girls.
Film & TV
September 19, 2017
The Future of The Alamo Drafthouse’s Fantastic Fest
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.
Film & TV
September 19, 2017
‘A Ghost Story’ Director David Lowery On Making Movies In Irving, Working With Casey Affleck, And Why He Always Loved Sheet Ghosts
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.
Best Thing in Texas
September 16, 2017
The Best Thing In Texas: ‘Madden NFL 18: Longshot’
The most interesting sports video game in years tugs on some specific Texas heartstrings.
Film & TV
August 23, 2017
Bonnie and Clyde at 50
How the more or less true story of two Texas outlaws revolutionized Hollywood.
The Daily Post
August 7, 2017
Matthew McConaughey’s Just Keep Livin Foundation is Selling Limited Edition T-Shirts
The shirts are intended to raise awareness. For what? Livin.
Music
July 31, 2017
AMC’s Love Affair With Texas Continues With ‘The Rap Yearbook’
Houston writer Shea Serrano's ’Rap Yearbook’ gets the docu-series treatment, produced by The Roots and Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney.
Film & TV
July 24, 2017
The Trailer For ‘Ready Player One’ Is Finally Here
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.
Film & TV
July 24, 2017
The Wonderful World of Bluth
Animator Don Bluth returns to his birthplace of El Paso.
Film & TV
July 20, 2017
Which Matthew McConaughey Movie Should I Watch?
The McConaughey flowchart to end all flowcharts.
Film & TV
July 7, 2017
Dallas’s David Lowery Won’t Leave His Old Haunts
The auteur behind summer art-house favorite ‘A Ghost Story’ on his abiding connection to his home city.
Art
June 21, 2017
Candid Cameraman
Jason Lee explains why he left Los Angeles for Denton and why, right now, he prefers taking photographs to acting.
Film & TV
June 21, 2017
Final Cut
When Texas’s film incentives program comes up for renewal, politicians and movie bizzers give performances that Matthew McConaughey would envy.
Film & TV
June 21, 2017
Richard Linklater Builds His Dream House
A look at Richard Linklater and the Austin Film Society’s new two-screen arthouse theater.
Film & TV
June 15, 2017
10 Filmmakers on the Rise
The Texas filmmakers poised to usher in a new Golden Age of Texas cinema.
Film & TV
June 15, 2017
Showtime at the Alamo
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.
Film & TV
May 24, 2017
Better Call Tina Parker
Dallas actress Tina Parker is hitting the big time with a role in 'Better Call Saul,' but back home her theater company is struggling.
Film & TV
May 17, 2017
The Texas Man Who Sued a Woman For Texting During a First Date Explains his Lawsuit
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.”
Film & TV
May 2, 2017
The Edge of Youth — Video
Understanding the fear and determination that faces us at the edge of youth.
Film & TV
April 25, 2017
What The Film Incentives Program Means to The Texas Film Industry
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.
Film & TV
April 19, 2017
Gone Fishin’; Fishin’ Gone
A new documentary follows the lives of the 94 bayou folk, retirees, and reputed outlaws in the village of Uncertain.
Film & TV
April 19, 2017
Prime Opportunity
How a native Marfan's short story landed him a job on Amazon Prime's anticipated 'I Love Dick.'
Film & TV
April 19, 2017
Get the Picture?
A filmmaker’s effort to share stories from her home turf, one female-directed movie at a time.
Texas History
April 16, 2017
Remembering the Texas City Explosion
Seventy years after the deadliest industrial disaster in American history, a Houston filmmaker unites the survivors.
Sports
April 12, 2017
Roar of the Crowd
Readers respond to the April 2017 issue.