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    January 30, 2012

    Rap Round Table: Is A Video Called "Stupid Hoe" Hype Williams' Best?

    Some rappers happen to be thoughtful, intelligent people. Each week Rocks Off will have some of them here discussing issues relevant to their culture. This Week's Panel: Bun B, TroubleSum, E.S.G., Brad Gilmore, Kyle Hubbard, Preemo, RoderickVonn, Kiotti, Zavey, D-Risha, more. Not Invited: Shonuf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Spinal Tap's Harry Shearer Bringing His Katrina Documentary to Houston

    Harry Shearer: Bringing the Katrina story to the Alamo Drafthouse​Harry Shearer, known for being one-third of Spinal Tap, one-half (it seems) of The Simpsons and just about all of the syndicated radio program Le Show, has adopted New Orleans as home. He's become wrapped up in the city's recov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    What Are Your Favorite Sneakers Ever?

    Some rappers happen to be thoughtful, intelligent people. Every Monday that isn't a national holiday (or thereabouts), Rocks Off will have some of them here discussing issues relevant to their culture. Photo illustration by John Seaborn Gray​This Week's Panel: ESG, John Dew, Chuckway, Hollyw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Waiting For Nicki Minaj: Rap Existentialism At Hush

    Photos by Marco TorresNot Nicki Minaj.​8:15 p.m.: The premise is simple: Nicki Minaj, perhaps the most buzzy, interesting, interestingly buzzy female rapper of the last decade, will be at Hush tonight as part of her album release celebration. It will be a proper good time, we imagine. The even ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    GAME TIME: NBA Draft: 8 Winners and 8 Losers

    As in most things in life, Calipari is both a winner and loser​"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 2010 NBA Draft..." -- David SternI'm not going to lie, those words give me a tingly feeling every year that I hear them. It never gets old -- like reruns of The Sopanos or seeing that Bree Ol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    WorldFest Discovered Steven Spielberg...And Oliver Stone...And Ang Lee...And...

    ​The 43rd Annual WorldFest -- Houston International Film & Video Festival (damn, that's a long name) can claim to have been the launching pad for several major directors; Steven Spielberg, George Lucas (in the same year), Ang Lee, Ridley Scott, Robert Rodriguez, the Coen Brothers, Brian de Pal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Game Time: Jedi Master Obi Wan Morey Strikes Again

    At some point, other NBA general managers are going to just stop taking Daryl Morey's calls. Nobody enjoys being made a fool of, no one aspires to be the target of an atomic wedgie on the playground, and no one wants to be the Imperial Stormtrooper that gets snowed by Obi-Wan Kenobi on the way into ... More >>

  • News

    January 8, 2009

    Hurricane Ike's Wake

    Forgotten and overlooked, Galveston and the Texas Gulf Coast struggle on in the storm's aftermath

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2008

    Trombone Shorty and Glen David Andrews at Fado

    Forgotten and overlooked, Galveston and the Texas Gulf Coast struggle on in the storm's aftermath

  • Music

    January 4, 2007

    Papa Didn't Take No Mess

    RIP, James Brown

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2006

    RIP, James Brown

    RIP, James Brown

  • News

    March 2, 2006

    These Kids Go to the Best Public High School in Houston

    This week: Our first- through fifth-place finishers

  • Film

    February 16, 2006

    The Price Is Wrong

    Freedomland turns a rich, complex book into a poor, simple movie

  • News

    March 10, 2005

    Letters

    Freedomland turns a rich, complex book into a poor, simple movie

  • Film

    December 23, 2004

    Fahrenheit 2004

    Remembering the movies that heated up cinemas this year

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    Shooting Star

    Houston’s busiest filmmaker relies on Zen calm — and guerrilla tactics

  • Film

    February 5, 2004

    Gettin' Windy in the City

    The Chicago clip crew gleefully gabs on in Barbershop 2

  • Film

    December 4, 2003

    Not the Sweetest Thing

    What a bad feeling -- and taste -- Honey leaves behind

  • Culture

    June 12, 2003

    Greek Out

    Distributors still don't honeymoon with small romantic comedies

  • Culture

    May 1, 2003

    Of Boobs and Blood

    Troma's Lloyd Kaufman has guts, all over the floor

  • Calendar

    January 9, 2003

    Snapping Rappers

    The right pals send a photographer down the right path

  • Film

    January 2, 2003

    The Year of Living Dangerously

    Cinema 2002 counterbalanced a treacherous world

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    No Free Meals?

    Plus: Movie Props, Blame the Magnets, Crossed Out

  • Dining

    January 17, 2002

    Fat City

    Vegetarian soul food? Naturally Yours serves up "buffalo things" and smothered steaklet

  • Culture

    January 10, 2002

    Come Together, Right Now

    A new show at the Museum of Fine Arts walks the disappearing line between "art" and photography

  • Calendar

    September 27, 2001

    Parks's Big Score!

    Gordon Parks paved the way for modern African-American directors

  • Music

    May 17, 2001

    George's Jungle

    Author sees women and Europe surpassing men and New York as the prime exponents of black culture

  • Culture

    August 24, 2000

    The Bit Player

    Vincent D'Onofrio may be the best actor of his generation, but who would notice?

  • Film

    April 6, 2000

    Mixmaster

    Director James Toback crosses racial, gender and class lines in the gracefully gritty Black and White

  • Film

    April 6, 2000
  • Calendar

    February 24, 2000

    Cinema of Insiders

    Emanuel Levy's "Writing About Film" seminar

  • Culture

    February 25, 1999

    Houston Hosts Parks

    DiverseWorks and IBP team up with noted playwright

  • Film

    October 29, 1998

    All in Vein

    Clichs are the real killers in the anemic action film Vampires

  • News

    September 25, 1997

    Desi Dance

    The music is called bhangra, and it's the sound of a whole new way of being Indian. Or Pakistani. Or Bangladeshi.

  • Film

    July 17, 1997

    Shtick-Up

    Robbins and Lawrence make something out of Nothing

  • News

    July 10, 1997

    Letters

    Robbins and Lawrence make something out of Nothing

  • News

    June 12, 1997

    The Art of Darkness

    Paintings of racist images have made UH alumnus Michael Ray Charles a star in the art world. Some say his Sambos and pickaninnies have a healing power. But others claim all they do is hurt.

  • Calendar

    April 24, 1997

    Press Picks

    Paintings of racist images have made UH alumnus Michael Ray Charles a star in the art world. Some say his Sambos and pickaninnies have a healing power. But others claim all they do is hurt.

  • Film

    January 16, 1997

    Manhattan Melodies

    In Woody's world, everyone erupts into show tunes

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    Alison Cook looks back at 1996: Year of the Rat

    In Woody's world, everyone erupts into show tunes

  • Film

    September 5, 1996

    The Lawman & the Weasel

    In Woody's world, everyone erupts into show tunes

  • News

    June 20, 1996

    Goal-Oriented

    Robert Rothbard wants to re-net America's basketball hoops

  • Film

    April 11, 1996

    World of Film

    Smaller, and with shorts, WorldFest/Houston cranks up its projectors

  • Film

    April 4, 1996

    Lights, Action, History

    A century ago, France's Lumiere brothers started something big -- the movies

  • Film

    March 21, 1996

    Foreign Affairs

    A century ago, France's Lumiere brothers started something big -- the movies

  • Film

    May 11, 1995

    Cat Man Dues

    Panther is a sincere, but self-defeating, exercise

  • Calendar

    February 9, 1995

    Press Picks

    Panther is a sincere, but self-defeating, exercise

  • Film

    December 22, 1994

    Low Fashion

    Robert Altman's Ready to Wear is all dressed up with nowhere to go

  • Film

    May 5, 1994

    The Second-Movie Itch

    Two black filmmakers try new territories, with mixed results

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