Francis Ford Coppola

Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow: The Godfather, Part 1

Pop Rocks: George, We'll Always Have The Star Wars Holiday Special

After much soul searching and agonizing (and in no way an attempt to drum up publicity in advance of his new movie), George Lucas has decided to retire from big budget movies: George Lucas's cinematic tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, Red Tails, opens in theaters on Friday, and it might be the last ... More >>

Messina Hof Has the Best Wine in Texas, According to the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo

This year, more than 2,500 wines were entered into the annual Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo's International Wine Competition. Of those entries, 736 were from Texas wineries. And of those Texas wineries, Messina Hof swept up 20 medals and the coveted title of Top Texas Wine for its 2004 Solara, whic ... More >>

Crystal Gayle

This year, more than 2,500 wines were entered into the annual Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo's International Wine Competition. Of those entries, 736 were from Texas wineries. And of those Texas wineries, Messina Hof swept up 20 medals and the coveted title of Top Texas Wine for its 2004 Solara, whic ... More >>

Six `60s Space TV Series Intros, In All Their Unscientific, Non-Entertaining Awfulness

That hair is PURPLE!!!!​The Sixties were the Space Era, when astronauts were all anyone was talking about, except for dirty hippies and their loud music. TV was eager to jump on the bandwagon. Unfortunately, TV-series production wasn't as high-budget or sophisticated as it is today, so the re ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Like You Didn't See That Nicolas Cage Thing Coming

This is still better than he looked in The Wicker Man.​Nicolas Cage was arrested in New Orleans last Friday for domestic abuse, disturbing the peace, and public drunkenness (or as we call it in my house, The Wife's Undergrad Spring Break Trifecta). Let me repeat that: Cage was arrested in New ... More >>

Canned Champagne: For All Your Picnic Needs

​Alright, so Sofia Mini isn't technically champagne. It's a sparkling Blanc de Blancs from California made with a blend of Pinot Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscat grapes. But for the purposes of this post, as well as ease of description, I like to call it champagne in a can. Last year, I did ... More >>

Lost at the Chateau Marmont

From party girl to Oscar winner, Sofia Coppola's journey to Somewhere.

Wine of the Week: Coppola Sofia Blanc de Blancs

​What does Francis Ford Coppola do well other than direct movies? You guessed it, you little oenophile/movie geek, you. Yes, Coppola makes some damn delicious wines in addition to creating some of the most iconic American movies ever to grace the silver screen. This canned concoction, however, ... More >>

Rooney

​What does Francis Ford Coppola do well other than direct movies? You guessed it, you little oenophile/movie geek, you. Yes, Coppola makes some damn delicious wines in addition to creating some of the most iconic American movies ever to grace the silver screen. This canned concoction, however, ... More >>

Family Business

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

Summer of Salvation

The Terminator is back. Plus lots of other movies we can't wait to see this season.

17 Again Is Less Than Zero

Zac Efron should stick to musicals.

Napoleon, Part 1

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Best Films of 2008

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

The Conversation

Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 cult hit gives viewers something to talk about

Presenting the only Cannes awards that really matter: Ours.

Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 cult hit gives viewers something to talk about

This Just In: Get Ready for iFest

Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 cult hit gives viewers something to talk about

Youth Without Youth Is Not Entirely Terrible

Coppola romanticizes his source material

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, Nosferatu: The Ultimate DVD Edition, Live Free or Die Hard and Manufactured Landscapes

New releases this week

The Police

The Police perform Friday, June 29, at the Toyota Center, 1510 Polk St., 713-627-9622. Fiction Plane also performs.

Idlewild

OutKast's depression-era hip-hop musical has a loving respect for the Old South

Smells Like Victory

OutKast's depression-era hip-hop musical has a loving respect for the Old South

New releases available this week

OutKast's depression-era hip-hop musical has a loving respect for the Old South

Eat, Drink, Watch Movie

The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema caters to hungry film buffs

Legend of a Lady

Suriyothai gives early Thailand an epic identity

Double Your Pleasure

Mark your calendars for next year -- the Cole twins' New Year's bash is going public

See, Hear

Without Elmer Bernstein, scores of movies wouldn't have sounded the same

Say Cheese

Movie producer Robert Evans preserves his golden myth in The Kid Stays in the Picture

When Greek Meets Geek

Romance gets retarded in Pumpkin

The Prince

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

Lazarus, Reborn

Peter Bogdanovich wasn't dead. He was just acting like it.

Snore War

Owen Wilson goes down Behind Enemy Lines and lands in familiar terrain

Rejected

Thousands of inmates rely annually on a capricious parole board for their freedom. Most, like George Dismukes, return to their cells without ever knowing why they were denied.

Chaos Theory

With his epic Ran, Kurosawa stared human desperation in the face until he could see a hopeful light

Back to the Futurist

The guy who designed Cadillac Ranch wants to build a dolphin space station. Is it any wonder UH is divided over the return of Doug Michels?

Horseman, Pass By

Sleepy Hollow looks great, but it's less filling than Washington Irving

Year of Yearning

The old were bold in an era of Hollywood mainstream misses

Movie Starr?

Enemy of the State parallels special prosecutor plots

All in Vein

Clichs are the real killers in the anemic action film Vampires

Action Incorporated

Make way for Master P's low-end version of Hollywood

Down by Law

Even Francis Ford Coppola can't make much of John Grisham

Scorsese Gets Personal

Even Francis Ford Coppola can't make much of John Grisham

Irish Republican Angst

Michael Collins examines the man behind the IRA

They Grow Up Fast

Matilda is a girl wise beyond her years; Jack, a boy trapped in a man's body

Camp Vamp

Mel Brooks' Dracula isrise-from-the-dead funny

The Sound of Silents

Rice's festival of non-talkies shows that silence can be golden