Sundance Film Festival

2012 Summer Guide: Summer Movie Preview

Natural Selection

Chico and Rita

MasterMinds 2012

This year's winners have art, passion and history on their side. And now they'll also each have a check for $2,000.

Sundance Film Fest USA: Bachelorette

This year's winners have art, passion and history on their side. And now they'll also each have a check for $2,000.

From Rapper To Actor, Chingo Bling Goes to The Sundance Film Festival

When you think of the big, international film festivals, Sundance is definitely one of the first that comes to mind. Held annually in Park City, Utah, the festival showcases new work from American and international independent filmmakers. Movie lovers flock to the city to catch the next Academy Awar ... More >>

The Film Issue: 10 for 2012

When you think of the big, international film festivals, Sundance is definitely one of the first that comes to mind. Held annually in Park City, Utah, the festival showcases new work from American and international independent filmmakers. Movie lovers flock to the city to catch the next Academy Awar ... More >>

The Film Issue: Team Margaret

When you think of the big, international film festivals, Sundance is definitely one of the first that comes to mind. Held annually in Park City, Utah, the festival showcases new work from American and international independent filmmakers. Movie lovers flock to the city to catch the next Academy Awar ... More >>

The Film Issue

Looking back on the year in movies, and what's coming in 2012.

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 >>

People Who Need People

The perils of communal living in Martha Marcy May Marlene.

Too Late to Succeed

Dramatizing the financial crisis, tone-deaf to the times, in Margin Call.

One Day

Life happens according to plan.

Earth Angel

Can a radiant Brit Marling glow bright enough to carry her movie?

Slamdance on the Road

Can a radiant Brit Marling glow bright enough to carry her movie?

Dark Frames: Animations from Devious and Daring Places

Can a radiant Brit Marling glow bright enough to carry her movie?

Ten Movies You Won't Get Into at Sundance

​The Sundance Film Festival kicks off this week in Park City, Utah. The venerable fest enters its 33rd year with many once again questioning the organizers' commitment to independent film. Recent incarnations have debuted underground fare from art houses like Fox Searchlight and Sony Pictures ... More >>

Karina Longworth's Top Ten Movies of 2010

​The Sundance Film Festival kicks off this week in Park City, Utah. The venerable fest enters its 33rd year with many once again questioning the organizers' commitment to independent film. Recent incarnations have debuted underground fare from art houses like Fox Searchlight and Sony Pictures ... More >>

I Love You Phillip Morris

​The Sundance Film Festival kicks off this week in Park City, Utah. The venerable fest enters its 33rd year with many once again questioning the organizers' commitment to independent film. Recent incarnations have debuted underground fare from art houses like Fox Searchlight and Sony Pictures ... More >>

Captured in Afghanistan

American soldiers, vérité-style, in Restrepo.

Blake Newman Wants To Know: Can You Play A Meyerland Stripper With A Heart Of Gold?

A young girl's strange, erotic journey from Milan to Minsk​If there's one thing everyone knows about strippers, it's that they have the ability to change people's lives. And that magic is the basis for the indie film Meyerland, whose creators have been scouring Houston to find a young actress to p ... More >>

Bad News For The Jim Carrey Movie Based On Houston Press Articles

​Bad news for former Houston Press reporter Steve McVicker, whose articles for us were turned into a book which turned into a Jim Carrey/Ewan MacGregor movie: The Los Angeles Times is reporting that release of I Love You, Phillip Morris has been delayed indefinitely. Consolidated Pictures Group, t ... More >>

A Preview Of The 2010 WorldFest, And A Chance To Win Big And See Stuff For Free

The 43rd annual WorldFest kicks off this Friday. The "fiercely independent" film festival is one of the oldest international fests in the country, and the oldest independent festival in the world. Many directors you may have heard of received their first awards here, including Steven Spielberg, Joh ... More >>

The Year SXSW Film Broke

At 17, you were going through a lot changes too.

Our Man At Sundance, Part Two: The Screening

Former Houston Press reporter Steve McVicker is reporting from the Sundance Film Festival:Well, Sunday's screening of "our" film, I Love You Phillip Morris, came and went last night, with still no official word of having been snapped up by any major distribution company for mucho dollars. However ... More >>

Our Man Reports From The Sundance Film Festival

Former Houston Press reporter Steve McVicker is reporting from the Sundance Film Festival: Despite the economy being in the crapper, and competition for A-list stars from the Obama inauguration, the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, with its film lovers, business types, and members of the press, has ... More >>

November Cinema and Media Arts Festival

Alex Rivera screens Sleep Dealer during the Houston Cinema Arts Society film fest

The Nines

Enjoy August in November — John August, that is

Five Scariest Movie Moments You Probably Haven't Seen

Enjoy August in November — John August, that is

Reel Talk: Exploring the Films of kA'RAMUU KUSH

Go one-on-one with Hollywood writer/director kA'RAMUU KUSH

Send It Back: Bottle Shock's Corked

Not Quite Ripe

Dersu Uzala

Japanese director Akira Kurosawa captures life in the Russian wilderness

Brent Green with Jeremy Gara and Howe Gelb

Aurora opens up “Media Archeology: Live and Televised” with a musical movie man

The Kids Are Not Alright

From Dakota Fanning's rape to John Cusack's daddy issues, Sundance 2007 was all about the kiddie porn.

The Music Men

Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune.

The Music Men

Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune.

Move Over, Sundance

Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune.

The Hustle

Why the biggest deal at Sundance was no big deal at all

From Major to Minor

Why the best films of 2004 look like indies but aren't

Alone, Together

Three recluses form an unlikely bond in The Station Agent

Native Storyteller

Houston holds its own in the reading world

Life's Even More Beautiful

Train beats the earlier holocaust film's humor and horror

Shades of Gay

Train beats the earlier holocaust film's humor and horror

Keeping Up With the Kennedys

So they care a lot about Camelot. So what?

Independent Heaven

So they care a lot about Camelot. So what?

Talking (and Talking) Film

So they care a lot about Camelot. So what?