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Documentary Films

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    The Moral Ambiguity of Killing Kasztner

    ​Documentary filmmaker Gaylen Ross's new film Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt with Nazis hits the screen at Houston's Angelika Theater today. If you don't know the name Rudolf Kasztner, you aren't alone. Although the Hungarian journalist and lawyer saved more than 1,600 Jews during WWII, h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Five Unlikely Screen Appearances By Martin Luther King, Jr.

    ​Today is Martin Luther King Day; meaning government employees are off, most other people aren't, and Houston has feuding parades.King has become an absolute icon, showing up in countless movies, documentaries or TV shows, usually as shorthand for either the overall turmoil of the Sixties or the f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    The Houston Press Mastermind Awards: Last Year It Brought Hightower Great Luck

    ​For at least one winner of last year's Houston Press MasterMind Awards, the accolades continue. The Hightower High School Broadcast Academy, which received a $2,000 prize in the Press's 2009 MasterMind contest, was recently awarded three separate grants that will help Ted Irving and his students ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Game Time: Review Of ESPN's 30 For 30: The U

    Whenever people ask me what the best sporting event is that I've ever been to, the answer is always an easy one: October 15, 1988...Notre Dame 31, Miami 30. It had all the critical elements of a personal "best sporting event ever" --- Heated rivalry? Check. Brawl before the game in the tunnel? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Cinema Arts Festival Houston Nabs A Big Name

    ​The fledgling Cinema Arts Festival Houston has bagged a big name for the event: Tilda Swinton. (If Tilda Swinton isn't a big-enough name for you, you're probably not the type of movie fan who would appreciate the Cinema Arts Festival Houston.)Swinton, who's starred in Orlando and won an Oscar for ... More >>

  • Music

    May 21, 2009

    Screen Plays

    ​The fledgling Cinema Arts Festival Houston has bagged a big name for the event: Tilda Swinton. (If Tilda Swinton isn't a big-enough name for you, you're probably not the type of movie fan who would appreciate the Cinema Arts Festival Houston.)Swinton, who's starred in Orlando and won an Oscar for ... More >>

  • Film

    May 21, 2009

    Behind the Metal

    Revealed: Everything you wanted to know — or didn't — about Canuck headbangers Anvil.<

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2009

    Our Man Reports From The Sundance Film Festival

    Former Houston Press reporter Steve McVicker is reporting from the Sundance Film Festival: Despite the economy being in the crapper, and competition for A-list stars from the Obama inauguration, the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, with its film lovers, business types, and members of the press, has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Aftermath: Terry Adams DVD Premiere at Block 21

    On Saturday night, the parking lot of Block 21 was transformed into a BMX playground to celebrate the release of Dreamz, a documentary film about pro flatlander Terry Adams. Organized by the Byke Project, the event featured the star of the film, who won the bunny hop contest, as well as DJ Statik, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    Five Spot: Jack White, The Edge, Jimmy Page and the Mediocrity of Your Life

    On Saturday night, the parking lot of Block 21 was transformed into a BMX playground to celebrate the release of Dreamz, a documentary film about pro flatlander Terry Adams. Organized by the Byke Project, the event featured the star of the film, who won the bunny hop contest, as well as DJ Statik, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2008

    Houston Activist Deported from Australia, the Movie

    On Saturday night, the parking lot of Block 21 was transformed into a BMX playground to celebrate the release of Dreamz, a documentary film about pro flatlander Terry Adams. Organized by the Byke Project, the event featured the star of the film, who won the bunny hop contest, as well as DJ Statik, ... More >>

  • Film

    May 22, 2008
  • Blogs

    December 7, 2007
  • Film

    November 1, 2007
  • Home Entertainment

    September 20, 2007

    Feeling Feverish?

    Get Out of Jail Free

  • Home Entertainment

    June 14, 2007

    Beat the Crowd

    Get Out of Jail Free

  • Film

    March 15, 2007

    SXSW

    At South by Southwest, there's a lot of light shown in the dark

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2007

    Re: Can't We Be Friends?

    At South by Southwest, there's a lot of light shown in the dark

  • Film

    December 28, 2006

    Iraq's Cinema of Longing

    A conversation with director James Longley

  • Music

    November 23, 2006

    Nirvana

    Nirvana: In Utero -- A Classic Album Under Review

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2006

    Get On Board

    Nirvana: In Utero -- A Classic Album Under Review

  • Film

    December 22, 2005
  • Home Entertainment

    November 10, 2005

    Blessed Are the Buttmunches

    The year in review

  • Home Entertainment

    October 27, 2005

    Cameron Crowing

    The year in review

  • Home Entertainment

    October 13, 2005

    Why We Need DVDs

    The year in review

  • Film

    June 9, 2005

    Bad Education

    Kids at Paul Green's rock school are learning some serious riffs, but at what price?

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2005

    Mazel Tov, Houston

    Finally, a Jewish film festival debuts in the Bayou City

  • Music

    February 17, 2005
  • Calendar

    January 13, 2005

    Bringing Out the Farm

    Blaffer Gallery presents a retrospective of UH's most prolific art collective

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2004

    Daddy Dearest

    Nick Flynn gets to know his father with Another Bullshit Night in Suck City

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2003

    WorldFest Keeps on Turning

    WorldFest just says no to movies that aren't really independent

  • Culture

    December 12, 2002

    End of the Road

    Trio is the network where great shows go to die, and so much more

  • Calendar

    October 31, 2002

    Blue Bayou

    Rice Media Center honors activist and filmmaker James Blue

  • Film

    April 4, 2002

    Independents' Day

    WorldFest is back with the best films you've never heard of

  • Culture

    May 24, 2001

    Look Ahead

    D.A. Pennebaker doesn't make history, but he's captured so much of it

  • Culture

    October 5, 2000

    Rock and a Hard Place

    Music can free your soul, but can it spring the West Memphis Three?

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Flack/ Public Information Officer

    Children's Protective Services of Harris County's Judy Hay

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Store in the Galleria

    Discovery Channel store

  • Film

    February 10, 2000

    Mousse Crossing

    Think of the mildly amusing Big Tease as the Spinal Tap of haute coiffure

  • Film

    April 29, 1999

    No Pain, No Gain

    Dancemaker glosses over the life of Paul Taylor

  • Calendar

    May 21, 1998

    Shades of Gay

    Dancemaker glosses over the life of Paul Taylor

  • Calendar

    April 2, 1998

    The French Connection

    Dancemaker glosses over the life of Paul Taylor

  • Film

    January 15, 1998

    Made in Houston

    Dancemaker glosses over the life of Paul Taylor

  • Film

    May 22, 1997

    Gay Old Time

    Dancemaker glosses over the life of Paul Taylor

  • Film

    July 27, 1995

    Mountain of Memories

    A documentary tale of Tiananmen Square makes art of history

  • Film

    July 13, 1995

    Mad for Art

    A documentary tale of Tiananmen Square makes art of history

  • Calendar

    February 9, 1995

    Press Picks

    A documentary tale of Tiananmen Square makes art of history

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