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Austin film-maker Robert Rodriguez has joined the growing list of up-and-coming minority directors.
Incisive criticism, features, and news related to Texans on the screen—and behind the camera
Austin film-maker Robert Rodriguez has joined the growing list of up-and-coming minority directors.
Two prominent families, one soapy feud. What could be better for a summer miniseries?
Oscar-winning screenwriter Horton Foote continues to capture ordinary people coping with life’s difficulties.
It’s got everything: romance, action, tragedy, coonskin cap.
The Lone Star State plays a lead role in fourteen new releases.
From wheezy-voiced geezers to yuk-it-up yokels, these actors excel at portraying the stereotypical Texan.
‘Giant’ is just one of the best movies about Texas.
How Hollywood sees us—and how Hollywood got us wrong.
Is being himself good enough?
You can take the girl out of East Texas, but you can’t take East Texas out of the girl.
Locked away in NASA’s storage vaults was some of the most glorious footage ever filmed. I thought turning it into a movie would be a snap. Ten years later I’ve revised my opinion.
Memories of the filming of ‘Giant’ in Marfa, as recalled by a fan who had the best seat in the house.
In which the author becomes a star—for three seconds.
The tenth anniversary of the most popular nighttime series begs the question. How long can the Ewing’s doings hold are attention?
Small Texas towns live either in our memory or in our imagination. The ones with the storybook names live in both.
The Hollywood epics have left Texas, to be replaced by miniatures like ‘Nadine.’
He was the definitive Davy Crockett, and with good reason.
Cambodian Lay Bun Sun escaped the terrors of the Khmer Rouge to film his dreams in Houston.
Larry Buchanan made movies that were so cheap, so incredibly flawed, and so dumb, they’re lovingly celebrated as the worst movies ever made. And he made them all in Dallas.
Is there romance after a starring role in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre? A leading man reveals all.
It was simple, really. With Charlie’s Angels, television discovered sex.
We don’t know how you learned about the birds and the bees, but we’ll bet you learned about love the same way we did: from the movies.
Coppola’s multimillion-dollar labor of love is finally finished. We think.
If you thought this summer’s film lineup looked promising, pinch yourself. "The Big Bus" and "Logan's Run," are anything but a reviewer's dream.
Your next home movies may not win any Academy Awards, but at least they don’t have to be rated ZZZZzzzz.
For a theater owner, money has redeeming social value.
The war against pornography can get dirty.
Another big money musical is another disaster and cop stories are a too-familiar tune.
Cops, sci-fi, and westerns get served up as leftovers, and only one still tastes good. Meanwhile, Robert Altman has another dazzling film.
Lots of spooky movies this month as a new reviewer takes the wheel.
Leaving Cheyenne, which may be Larry McMurtry’s best novel, is made into a miserable movie. This is how it happened.
Whether evading the law, loosening the bonds of marriage, or traveling to the future, escape is the watchword for this group of films.
Modern Art In HoustonSince its establishment in Dallas 6 years ago, the Janie C. Lee Gallery has been known for showing the most celebrated of contemporary American artists. In mid-December, they opened a Houston branch that promises more of the same.The initial show is a group exhibition which includes most
Neither fish nor fowl, filmed theater is a whole new art form.
Jaded film buff? Try spending next Saturday night at the movies. The Spanish language movies.
Fantasy finds it hard to compete with reality.
Ryan O'Neal, Adolph Hitler and Tom Sawyer have a lot in common. Trust us, you'll see.
Bright lights and movie madness in Big D.
Why movies play where they do, when they do, and if they do.
Old films and old themes come uneasily back to life.
Marlon takes it off and movies will never be the same.
Dylan Thomas and Ingmar Bergman top some films of varying quality.
Don Meredith brings football and TV into focus.
LUIS BUNUEL’S THE DISCREET CHARM of the Bourgeoisie is a deliciously pungent concoction by the 72-year-old filmmaker and his young co-scenarist, Jean-Claude Carriere, that will set your spirits soaring and your mind aglow. Never before has this always fascinating artist been quite so tantalizing, so tongue-in-cheek and so deft in