John Ford

The Manhattan Project Is Finally (Sort of) Coming to Texas

Back in the early 1940s when the U.S. Department of Defense was looking for some remote corner of nowhere to work on the Manhattan Project, maybe Texans were just a bit hurt that none of the out-of-the-way corners of our state (ahem -- the Panhandle) got picked. Alas, Texas wasn't even on the list, ... More >>

Fast & Furious & Elegant: Justin Lin and the Vulgar Auteurs

Heaven's Gate Revisited

Michael Cimino revisits his notorious flop Heaven's Gate, which maybe was a masterpiece all along.

Side Effects and Collaborations

Steven Soderbergh and Scott Z. Burns talk partnerships.

Visiting Brits Search For The Soul Of Rock And Roll

Live Fast, Die Young: Misadventures in Rock 'n' Roll America by Chris Price and Joe Harland Trafalgar Square Publishing, 320 pp., $13.95 Friends and former coworkers at the BBC -- where they programmed radio and video music -- Price and Harland's jumping-off point for this music travelogue across ... More >>

Lincoln Memorial

Redford helms another dull history lesson.

Six Songs That Shoot First, Ask Questions Later

​If there's one musician whose advice is worth heeding, it ought to be Johnny Cash. But when the Man in Black sang "Don't Take Your Guns To Town," a whole lot of musicians must not have been listening. Perhaps they were tuning in one of Cash's other songs that takes a different point of view - ... More >>

For The Fourth: Five Strange Uncle Sam Appearances On Screen

I want you....to stop abusing me onscreen​For some people, today is the Fourth of July holiday. For others, it's Monday.Whatever one works for you, it's time to get in a patriotic, Uncle Sam mood!! And what better way than to see ol' Sam in five strange screen appearances?Whether it's Sam in a sof ... More >>

Soccer, Soccer and... Soccer

Man Drive Car

Taxicab Confessions this isn't: Ramin Bahrani's quietly profound Goodbye Solo.

Saving Country Music Rides to Rocks Off's Aid

TK's atomic mullet is no match for Rocks Off and Saving Country Music's poison pens.This has been a fun week down in the Rocks Off foxhole, as Toby Keith's loyal minions have besieged us with comments taking issue with our review of the Big Dog Daddy's lackluster RodeoHouston performance Wedn ... More >>

Houston's Most Unique Address

Best Films of 2008

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

Fourth and Inches: Leatherheads

George Clooney's ode to screwball comedies of yore is sooooo close. But yet.

The Girl Next Door, Ford at Fox, Saturday Night Live: The Complete Second Season, The Wire: The Complete Fourth Season

The Force Is Strong With This One

Sagebrush & Spaghetti

Fruits of Their Labor

Weird and Wonderful

Bait and Switch

A hero of the Hong Kong new wave returns the compliment

Ford Tough

The Bad Seeds

Nick Cave pens a new breed of revisionist western

Only in America

A chilling real-life ghost story yields another Hollywood horror

Knockoff

A German new waver resorts to tired old tricks

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Have Gun, Will Space Travel

Serenity spins a classic tale way out west

Fahrenheit 2004

Remembering the movies that heated up cinemas this year

Indian Giver

The Missing misses plenty, except ancient prejudices

Into the Sunset

The beautifully done Open Range still has to graze on the western's leftovers

Mauled Eagles

The hipster’s First Commandment: Thou shalt not dig the Eagles

New Order World

In dreary Manchester, a revolution spawned heroes, martyrs and, most of all, myths

Lazarus, Reborn

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

Dust to Dust

Once more, a man calls upon the troops to save The Alamo, before it's gone forever

Peak Performance

Himalaya scales dangerous mountain passes while uplifting the spirit

The Straight Shooter

The no-bullshit Budd Boetticher took an unsentimental approach with his Ranown Cycle westerns

Mexican Combo Plate

Billy Bob's adaptation of Pretty Horses mixes together too many ingredients, all of them undercooked

Love's Labour's (Not) Lost

The pain's the thing. So says Stoppard in The Real Thing, his elegant literary exploration of romance.

Fade to Black

The wasted life of Texas filmmaker Eagle Pennell

Admirable Ape

Go bananas. Joe Young returns, better than ever.

Buffed Up

Stylish Buffalo '66 makes an incomplete pass

Deja Vu All Over Again

The cocktail party never ends in le cinema du Henry Jaglom

Moving Day

The Brother Graham (Part II)

Once upon a time in Humble, there lived two guys named Pat and Mike. They had a way of making people believe, and those people included some of Texas' highest public officials. While it turned out that their stories usually were just too good to be true

Geronimo: An American Legend