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5 Great, Utterly Absurd Moments In Diva History

​Many performers are referred to, or refer to themselves as "divas." This happens especially when the performer in question has thrown a tantrum for little or no reason. You see, "diva" is actually French for "spoiled pain in the ass." A fine recent example comes from right here in Houston: Th ... More >>

Johnette Duff Knows About The Ups And Downs Of The Film Business

Up & Down: Life in an elevator​Screenwriter/producer Johnette Duff has been dreaming about the premiere of her new film Up & Down -- literally."I dreamt that nobody woke me up in time for the premiere and so I got there late," she laughingly tells Hair Balls. "Then there were all these sce ... More >>

The Woman Behind the Fascist

Il Duce's scorned secret first wife gets hers in Vincere.

Inside the MasterMinds

The Houston Press honors three local arts groups on the city's cutting edge.

Coco Puff

Chanel hagiography is so last season.

Family Business

Papa Coppola returns, successfully, to the clan in Tetro.

RegularFellas In Gomorrah

The Average Giuseppes of organized crime

Best Films of 2008

Looking back at Che, The Dark Knight, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, Wall-E and many others, and looking ahead to 2009

Art Imitates Life Imitating Art in Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York

The World Is a Stage

Angelina Jolie takes on a serial killer and the system in Changeling

Go Ahead, Make Her Day

Fade to White: Blindness

Adap nails the bleak before succumbing to the sap

Persepolis

The Islamic revolution, and puberty, through the 2D eyes of Marjane Satrapi

Saying Goodbye to Two Giants of Cinema

Re: Le Rock et le Roll

Get Inside. It's Summertime!

Your guide to the season's hottest films (and the other ones, too)

Call the Cops

Stick it to The Man and avoid this slipshod, ugly mess

Boy, Oh, Boy

You have no idea what you're in for with Oldboy...but you'll learn

Whatcha Gonna Do?

Houston's Neutral Sisters look white, sing black and move to a reggae rhythm

Of Boobs and Blood

Troma's Lloyd Kaufman has guts, all over the floor

The Prince

At long last, the Godfather's son makes his first film, and it was not easy

Skip It

Why the best teen movie of the year, based on a beloved novel, won't be in theaters

State of the Union

Nurse Betty explores our national ennui and insanity through the fantasies of its lead characters

The World (Fest) Is Not Enough

In its 33rd year -- or is it the 22nd? the Houston International Film Festival still barely registers with the people it's suppose to serve

WorldFest: Wild, Mild and Wicked

Moviegoers may find both their Sixth Happiness and Seventh Heaven in these 40 featured indie films

Look Back in Anger

Nil by Mouth is so gritty, it verges on the unwatchable

Press Picks

Outlaws in the Outback

Kiss or Kill offers an Aussie take on Bonnie and Clyde

Royal Pain

Mrs. Brown fails to interest us in Queen Victoria's grief

Press Picks

Coal-Colored Glasses

Atom Egoyan, Canada's poet laureate of cinematic gloom, courts mainstream popularity

History's Shadows

Pulped Fiction

Quentin Tarantino talks his sophomore film into an early grave