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The French Lieutenant’s Shrew

Two films that make it on one level, lose it on another.

Not So Haute

Exploring the pleasures of French regional cooking in these here regions.

Contest

Oh, say can you sing?

Behind the Lines

Tennessee Schmaltz

T for Texas, T for Tennessee Williams’ autobiography, and T for terrible.

Touts

Notes and bolts.

What’s My Line?

Don’t bet your life—or your livelihood—on a football point spread.

Roar of the Crowd

Power Shift?

Who is Kirkpatrick Sale and why is he saying all those terrible things about us?

Power Shift?

Who is Kirkpatrick Sale and why is he saying all those terrible things about us?

The Rock Road to Success

ZZ Top knew a good thing when they saw it: Texas.

The Pit and the Podium

Lawrence Foster prepares for an encounter with Gustav Mahler.

On The Up And Up

You don’t have to like inflation to learn something from it.

The Eyes Have It

It was a good month for Stanley Kubrick and a bad month for computers.

Remembrance of Things Pasta

Spaghetti Western: when it is good it is very good, and when it is bad it is soggy.

Contest

Chain gang.

Behind the Lines

Goyen, Goyen, Gone.

East Texas author William Goyen was more at home in the Fifties.

Touts

Pleasure on the Orient Express.

Roar of the Crowd

Texas Monthly Reporter

Big Deal

Did the Sharpstown Scandal really make any difference?

Faux Pas De Deux

Two Houston dance factions are back to back, ballet to ballet.

Rag Time

Can fashion survive the stork?

Nothing Happened

For the market in 1975, no news was good news.

Flying High

Milos Forman’s One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest is so crazy, it just might work.

Stock It To Me

Some of the world’s best dishes begin with those old bones you were going to throw out.

Contest

Something old, something new.

Behind the Lines

Oh Dad, Poor Dad

Donald Barthelme wrote a novel about you and it’s so bad.

Touts

Yule love these.

Roar of the Crowd

Texas Monthly Reporter

Blowing in the Winds

The saxiest men in Texas.

Loser Take All

News flash: Lloyd Bentsen is still running for president.

Keeping Up with Jones

Local boy makes good.

Better Wed than Dead

Why marriage? Why not?

Leaps and Bonds

Today‘s market offers the best bonds since 007.

Smaller than Life

It‘s time for Sidney Lumetís annual thrashing.

Star Struck

Star light, star bright, will the computer work tonight?

What Ever Happened to Fresh Cream?

In which our author goes sour on new-fangled cream.

The White Shoe

Sole food for Middle America.

The White Shoe

Sole food for Middle America.

A Bad Day for Dolphins

Can Bubbles find happiness in a 30-foot tank?

A Taste of Money

Are Texas‘ most expensive restaurants worth it?

Contest

The game of the name.

Behind the Lines

Oh, What a Lovely War Book

World War II the way it really was.

Touts

Ornamentality.

Roar of the Crowd