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  • Film

    February 16, 2012

    Family Court

    You are the judge in the high-stakes Iranian legal drama A Separation.

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2012

    Iranian Film Festival

    You are the judge in the high-stakes Iranian legal drama A Separation.

  • Articles

    December 22, 2011

    The Film Issue: People of the Year

    You are the judge in the high-stakes Iranian legal drama A Separation.

  • Culture

    December 22, 2011

    The Film Issue

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

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Chef Chat, Part 3: Morty Parsa of Kasra Persian Grill

    Photos by Matthew DresdenThe Sultani platter at Kasra Persian Grill​After our conversation (included in Part One and Part Two of this Chef Chat), Chef Parsa brought out a few of his specialties. We started with the house-made flatbread called taftoon, a warm, slightly puffy disc the size of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Chef Chat, Part 1: Morty Parsa of Kasra Persian Grill

    Matthew DresdenMorty Parsa in the kitchen of Kasra Persian Grill ​Since chef/owner Morteza "Morty" Parsa opened Kasra Persian Grill in 1999, the Westchase restaurant has become one of Houston's best-known Persian restaurants, winning numerous accolades in the process (including a 2007 Best of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Five Disastrous Modern-Day Presidential Decisions Not Involving Iraq or Vietnam

    Ronald and Nancy Reagan face the consequences.​Making tough decisions is what being a president is all about. But sometimes those decisions backfire. Sometimes the backfire hurts only the president who made the decision; sometimes it hurts a whole lot of other people. Here are five most disas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Bin Laden Mission: Six Other Notable Raids; Three That Worked And Three That Didn't

    You don't want Chuck Bronson coming after you.​There are uncountable things that could have gone wrong in the raid that ended up with Osama Bin Laden dead; operations like this usually have the odds against them. The Bin Laden raid will join the ranks of historic missions, some famous because ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Imprisoned Iran Hikers: Mom Still Has Hope, And Obama, On Her Side

    Photos courtesy Ben FellemanShane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fatta: The three hikers​Ben Felleman is almost a typical Millennial or Gen Y young man: a 25-year-old who digs the local Houston music acts, enjoys steady employment as an SAT instructor and his own freelance work as photographer, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Persian Cats, 3-D Phish And Houston Zydeco

    ​No One Knows About Persian Cats, the pseudo-documentary about the underground music scene in Tehran that Rocks Off first told you about in January, opens in wide release today and is now screening at the Landmark River Oaks Theatre. The film was featured at the MFAH earlier this year as part of t ... More >>

  • Film

    April 29, 2010

    Forbidden Iran

    Now you know: Tehran's underground music scene in No One Knows About Persian Cats.

  • News

    January 28, 2010

    Inside the MasterMinds

    The Houston Press honors three local arts groups on the city's cutting edge.

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    MFAH Screens Film About Iranian Rock Underground Tonight

    It's a hot weekend for musical movie lovers. Tomorrow evening is the Aurora Picture Show's Soul Nite, featuring live performance reels from a bouquet of 1960s soul musicians, and tonight the Museum of Fine Arts is screening an award-winning film about the struggle of two Iranian teens trying to for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Aftermath: U2 at Reliant Stadium - One Love, We Get to Share It

    Photos by Groovehouse/ Click here for a slideshow​A day or two before U2 (and love) came to town, a friend emailed us a joke. At least we think it's a joke. It really doesn't have anything to do with U2, except that it has everything to do with U2. "I was so depressed last night thinking about the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Social Distortion: The Little Election That Could

    Note:  Feel free to sing along with John Denver at any time.  This is wholesome social media activism the whole family can enjoy! There was a land of Persians with loads and loads of hope,All gearing up to elect a new President that was not a dope,And as the polling stations began to chug ... More >>

  • Film

    May 21, 2009

    Man Drive Car

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

  • Calendar

    February 5, 2009

    Seven Blind Women Filmmakers

    Consider the title truth in advertising

  • Calendar

    April 10, 2008

    Marjane Satrapi

    Persepolis author gets her Academy Award-nominated brain picked

  • Calendar

    February 7, 2008

    Analyzing While Waiting (for Time to Pass): Contemporary Art in Tehran

    Treibsand magazine, via the Aurora Picture Show, delves into the other Iranian film scene

  • Film

    January 17, 2008

    Persepolis

    The Islamic revolution, and puberty, through the 2D eyes of Marjane Satrapi

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2007

    Judy’s Catalog Finally Available on CD

    The Islamic revolution, and puberty, through the 2D eyes of Marjane Satrapi

  • Film

    May 3, 2007

    Offside

    Banned in his home country, as usual, Iranian Jafar Panahi scores with his sports movie as social commentary

  • Music

    June 29, 2006

    Chillin' with tha Eskimoz

    We have a Whatachat with the guys behind the fast-food rap video

  • Music

    May 12, 2005

    Freshen Up, Freshen Up

    Pearland new-wave legends the Judy's reunite for a benefit show and possibly more

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Pearland new-wave legends the Judy's reunite for a benefit show and possibly more

  • Calendar

    January 8, 2004

    Silence Broken

    A smuggled film screens at the Iranian Film Festival

  • News

    March 27, 2003

    Killing the Leaders

    A smuggled film screens at the Iranian Film Festival

  • Dining

    December 13, 2001

    Under $5

    Darband Shish Kabob is as cheap as McDonald's, but that's about the only similarity

  • News

    April 22, 1999

    Letters

    Darband Shish Kabob is as cheap as McDonald's, but that's about the only similarity

  • Film

    March 18, 1999

    Allah My Children

    Thank Heaven and Iran for a solid kids film

  • Music

    August 27, 1998

    Judy's Lore

    Fans still pine for Houston's dork-pop heroes

  • Film

    June 5, 1997

    Air Disaster

    Bruckheimer's production shows all his Con-temptible traits

  • Film

    December 2, 1993

    Fatwa This

    Ayatollah you once, ayatollah you again: Abbas Headline:Kiarostami's movies just aren't that interesting

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