Ethan Hawke

Artist of the Week, San Antonio Edition: Audiotap (and Mathew Barker)

SEAL Appeal

Antoine Fuqua and Bruce Willis lend nobility to brutes

Sentiment and Sneering

Antoine Fuqua and Bruce Willis lend nobility to brutes

Cute Threat

Antoine Fuqua and Bruce Willis lend nobility to brutes

Tonight: Jesse Harris at Warehouse Live

Joel FitzpatrickBest known for his work as a songwriter and guitarist with Norah Jones - he penned several songs for her first two albums, including the Grammy-winning "Don't Know Why" - New York-born Jesse Harris has had a long career in his own right, and as a producer and touring sideman fo ... More >>

Wasted Youth

With subUrbia, the director of Slacker becomes one

Coded for Success

With subUrbia, the director of Slacker becomes one

Porcelain Pop

Beautiful around the edges, Great Expectations is wispy at the core

Phony Folksy

Linklater tries to break out of the slacker doldrums, but misfires

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Sibling rivalry. Daddy issues. Infidelity. Sidney Lumet crafts one hell of a melodrama

Here, Baby, Here

Playing down-on-her-luck, Amy Ryan's star rises.

Sidney Lumet's Long Journey

Venerable director returns with a devilish thriller.

All About Audra

Venerable director returns with a devilish thriller.

There's the Beef

Richard Linklater's ensemble polemic may just turn you off burgers for good

Truly, Madly, Darkly

Richard Linklater's Scanner is a rotoscoped feast for freaks

Get Inside. It's Summertime!

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

Good Shot

Lord of War unloads one of the year's best cinema moments

Unlucky 13

This Assault attacks the original and does no damage

Style Council

Macy's Impulse party is all about chic shopping

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Macy's Impulse party is all about chic shopping

Until the Night

Delpy and Hawke reteam to ponder love Before Sunset

Edging In

Local storytellers kick it up a notch with "Stories from the Edge"

Time and Again

Once more, Denzel's a good cop caught in a bad situation

Straining Day

Narc desperately struggles to prove its grit

Simulation Number One

Simone teaches us an important lesson: Movies aren't real, duh

Fight Club

When it comes to producing movies, it's a fine art (or Art Linson)

Do the Wrong Thing

Former friends reckon with reality in Linklater's Tape

Deep Thoughts

Richard Linklater's Waking Life is as frustrating as it is stimulating

Mean and Masterful

Denzel the narc finally takes a fine swagger into the darkness of Training Day

Slack time

Before Sunrise is something new from Richard Linklater -- a failure

Twelve Musical Fuck Yous Better Than Gov. Ah-nuld's Coded Message

​Photo illustration by John Seaborn Gray​We admit, we never thought he had it in him, but apparently the Governator is capable of human cleverness - just like all non-cybernetic organisms. That is, if we accept that the acrostic in this veto message here isn't just a coincidence (read the first ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Your George Bailey-Free Christmas Viewing List

Christmas, Christmas time is here. Time for ulcers to bleed freely and the roughly 22 percent of the U.S. population who identify themselves as "other than Christian" to smile through clenched jaws and wait for the adult contemporary stations to stop playing Bruce Springsteen's "Santa Claus is Comin ... More >>

NYPD Blue: A sleepy follow-up to Training Day

A sleepy follow-up to Training Day, Brooklyn's Finest cops out.

Screen on the Green: Reality Bites

Get a double dose of the Houston skyline as you watch this film

Aftermath: Paul Wall & Chamillionaire, Together Again At House Of Blues

Photos by Marco Torres​ For more pictures from the show, see our slideshow here. 11:03 p.m.: This place is pretty well packed. 97.9 FM's G.T. is on stage. It's unclear whether he's the opening act or is just up there to fill time. He leans on a bunch of Houston classics to gain the support of the ... More >>

Today's DVDs: Good Actors In Bad Movies -- Legion, Edge of Darkness and Daybreakers

​Stick your hopes for quality cinematic releases back in your pocket. This week's list of DVD releases is topped by a trio of B-movie action flicks that star some A-list names: Legion with Paul Bettany, Charles Dutton and Dennis Quaid, Edge of Darkness with Mel Gibson and Daybr ... More >>

Laying Odds On Rick Ross' Arena Theatre Show Sunday

​Ricky Rozay will come thundering into town this Sunday. This is a most excellent situation. Saying that Ross is only a little intriguing is like saying that his waistline is only a little oversized; he is perhaps the world's most interesting pseudo-thug. Lots of people went yo-yo when he was ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Confession Time -- Schwarzenegger Edition

The Spice Girls?​It's old news now, but the repercussions from California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's admission that he fathered a child with his longtime housekeeper have only just begun. Soon-to-be ex-wife Maria Shriver has hired Hollywood divorce lawyer Laura Wasser, his [legally recog ... More >>