Shirley MacLaine

Blast from the Past: Marvin Zindler's Rat & Roach Report

In my personal opinion, the weekly Health Department Roundups that our own Blake Whitaker writes up are the funniest posts that Eating...Our Words run all week. But even the esteemed Mr. Whitaker has nothing on the original Health Department Hound: Marvin Zindler. In the video above, sent to me by ... More >>

The 2012 Village Voice Film Critic's Poll

Movies are alive in the Age of McConaughey.

Our 10 Favorite Affordable Luxuries: Treat Yourself This New Year

Most of our readers will hopefully remember Robin Leach's signature sign-off at the end of each episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous during the show's decade-long run: "Champagne wishes and caviar dreams." As far as sign-offs go, the phrase is no Walter Cronkite's "...and that's the way it ... More >>

The Rocks Off 100: Miss Leslie, Queen of the Honky-Tonks

Who? Miss Leslie if you're country, Leslie Anne Sloane has played fiddle/violin in both the classical and country/bluegrass styles since age 5. In 2004, she started Miss Leslie and Her Juke-Jointers, which can usually be found once or twice a month at finer roadhouses and honky-tonks in the greater ... More >>

Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow: Bernie

For May Day: The Nine Leaders Of The USSR, Ranked On Hotness

Tomorrow is May Day. It doesn't mean a lot in the U.S., but in many nations it's their version of Labor Day. Back in the day, when there was such a thing as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, May Day was a big, big deal. Soviet leaders would stand on a huge stage as mighty missiles, demonstra ... More >>

Bernie

Murder in a Small Town

Today's DVDs: The Thrill Of Victory, The Agony Of Valentine's Day

Photo courtesy Warner Bros. Who else was Clint gonna call?​Director Clint Eastwood, actors Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. That powerhouse trio could have chosen to tell just about any story they wanted and made it into an Academy Award worthy film. They chose Invictus, the real-life story o ... More >>

Coco Puff

Chanel hagiography is so last season.

The Flunk-Out

Rumor Has It... this Graduate tribute deserves no honors

Goy Gevalt

In Her Shoes is pretty but useless, a Prada with a broken heel

Cursed

Bewitched delivers just what you'd expect: absolutely nothing

Excess Hollywood

In the season of sequels and Happy Meal toys, '05 may be a pleasant surprise.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Long Shot

Are the odds against the Bellamy Brothers' cheesy country-pop?

Film Buff

The naked truth about why Houston isn’t the third coast

Line in the Sand

Squeezed by new development on Galveston's west end, fishermen are trying to hang on to an honored Texas tradition: driving on the beach

Les Passé

A tap-dancing Tony Curtis? Yet another My Fair Lady? The shows may be aging and tired, but TUTS remains Young at heart.

An Introspective

"The Inward Eye" is blind to all but your feelings

Harden's Crossing

She's finally been invited to the Oscar party, but what will she do after the ball?

Goodnight, Miss Moonlight

Maxine Mesinger departs for the big swankienda in the sky

The Women's Rooms

Two local exhibits explore the female psyche without being confined by it

Bebopping Along

Former jazz guitar prodigy Scott Hardy finds he's also in tune with the acoustic bass

The Jury's Still Out

Two new exhibitions can make the most judicial viewer question some curatorial judgments

Notes on Cool

Elusive and ineffable, style itself cannot be sold, except perhaps at Buffalo Exchange

The Turning Point

If Richie Hubscher couldn't be the Houston Ballet's prince in white tights, then he would be the dark angel of the Easy Credit Theater

The Reverend Red Rocker

Platitudes on life, religion and music from the depths of a tequila bottle

Backwater Bliss

If you'd been born on the island, you'd already know about Clary's

Alison Cook looks back at 1997: The Year That Bit

Sound Check

Star Turn

Shirley MacLaine shines -- but she's the only bright spot in Terms of Endearment's sequel

Press Picks

Rotations

The Mild, Mild West

Maverick proves harmless -- and charmless

Yucking It Up

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway