Robert Redford

15 Inferior Best Picture Oscar Winners (And the Enduring Classics They Beat)

Last Wednesday, Craiggers hit on some forgotten Best Picture Academy Award winners, films which have slipped through the cracks of society's consciousness for one reason or another; either for being too of-the-moment, not having enough quotable lines, or for simply not having held up very well -- hi ... More >>

B.J. Thomas

Sundance Film Fest USA: Bachelorette

Sundance Cinemas Houston Opens Today

In a speech at last night's private grand opening party for downtown's new Sundance Cinemas, Mayor Annise Parker expressed sentiments echoed by many Houstonians, saying, "When the [Angelika Theater] closed its doors, it was like a light went off downtown." The Mayor felt the Angelika's sudden and ... More >>

The Whole Shootin’ Match

Pop Rocks: "Getting Too Old For This Shit" - A Cinematic History

The first?​Time marches on. There comes a point in all of our lives when the inevitability of our eventual demise goes from esoteric concept to concrete fact. There's no set schedule for when awareness will strike; maybe it's the first time your back gives out, or when you find yourself squint ... More >>

Robert Redford, Annise Parker And Terry Grier Green Up Houston Schools

"Green up those schools, dammit!"​Spurred on by Robert Redford, Mayor Annise Parker and HISD superintendent Terry Grier announced today a joint effort to get Houston and its schools greener and more environmentally friendly. The two officials attended a summit last month at Redford's Utah hea ... More >>

The Development of Independent Filmmaking

Get the story straight from the people who were there

Angelina Jole & Salt: Win Free Preview Passes, And Learn Five Less Frenetic (And We're Guessing Better) Spy Movies

Angelina Jolie's big picture -- is she in the "needs a hit" category yet? -- opens this month, and is generally being described as "a female Bourne" or terms like that.Which means plenty of frantic cutting, shaky camera work, pulsing music, CGI explosions and -- well, you know the list of ingredient ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Barefoot in the Park, La Bohème, Speech and Debate

For Opening Day: Five Terrific Baseball Movies, None Of Which Star Kevin Costner

Opening Day is finally here, and we can once again try to resolve our love/hate relationship with the Houston Astros.As of this writing, they are undefeated, so -- so far, so good.Baseball, for all its problems, has long had an unbreakable hold on Americans. So have movies. So here are five great ba ... More >>

Not So Fresh

Texas Rep's Barefoot in the Park feels dated.

2009 Concert Rewind, January: Scott Weiland Is Still a Jackass, and More

[Ed. Note: For the next two weeks, Rocks Off will be looking back at the many, many, many shows we reviewed this year. Trust us, we've long since lost count. We'll start with this past January, as ever a slow month on the live-music front, but things picked up soon enough... trust us. Enjoy.] Chris ... More >>

In Honor Of Sgt. York: The Five Guys With The Best Aim In The Movies

It was 91 years ago that Sgt. Alvin York, a corporal in the U.S. 328th Infantry Regiment, single-handedly killed 28 German soldiers during a battle in France, forcing the surrender of 132 more. His actions earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor and rendered all subsequent cinematic displays of ... More >>

Big Willie Style: The Red Headed Stranger at the Movies

Honeysuckle Rose This weekend at the Woodlands comes one of the most prolific trios of artists to ever appear on the same bill. Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp converge on the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion for what looks to be one of those landmark shows people brag about catching, k ... More >>

The International's Assets Are Troubled Indeed

Bail Out This Movie

B.J. Thomas

Grand Canyon Adventure 3D

This new HMNS film is IMAX-imum fun

Austin City Limits: The Unforeseen

Man vs. nature deep in the heart of Texas

John Royal’s Top Ten All-Time Greatest Sports Movies

Robert Redford introduces Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars

An actor/activist discusses the dangers of coal and the importance of unity

Lions for Lambs

The odd upside of Robert Redford's terribly earnest, quite terrible war drama

The Big Valley

Eat That, New York!

Eat That, New York!

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Not Neighborly

If Barbra's Wedding were a sitcom, it just might work

Free Kicks

Once in a Lifetime remembers when soccer players lived like rock stars

All the President's Men

Grizzly Man

Redford grows old gracefully in An Unfinished Life

Take Me Out...

...to the ball game. Lauding baseball-in-rock's finest moments.

The Indie 50

Catch low-budget cinematic gems -- before they turn to Dynamite -- at WorldFest

Steve Earle

Sidetracks (E-Squared)

Dead Last

Redford and Lurie wave the flag but fail to earn their stripes.

Bi-Curious?

Gay and lesbian films seek a mainstream audience on their own terms

A Snooze Runs Through It

Redford's Bagger Vance substitutes pretty for powerful

His and Hers

Hot Plate

Lame Horse

They shoot bad films, don't they?

Rotation

Press Picks

Foreign Affairs

Independent Heaven

Questions and Answers

Redford's Quiz Show asks: how far will a man go to win?

Denial of the Will

Leni Riefenstahl looks at her past, but fails to confront it