Ancient Cat Society’s Brand-New LP Sounds Hauntingly Familiar
The Houston indie-folk trio’s proper debut seems to exist in the past and present all at once.
Elle Fanning’s Turn as a Trans Boy Gets Lost in the Messy 3 Generations
A committed (and controversial) performance from Elle Fanning as a high school kid born Ramona — but identifying as Ray — is diced up and short-shrifted in this muddled comedy-drama. The title suggests the chief trouble: Director and co-writer Gaby Dellal’s attention is divided among three generations, with Ray’s mother…
Laura Poitras’s Risk Wrestles with the Truth of the Man with the Secrets
However you look at Julian Assange — radical hero, martyr, Trumpist sell-out, probable rapist, victim of his cult of personality — there’s something in Laura Poitras’ documentary Risk to confirm your point of view. You might not think there would be much left to say on this subject, particularly after…
The Dinner Is an Invitation to Decline
Steve Coogan is at a fancy dinner, but he’s not doing any Michael Caine impressions. Instead, he’s brooding with resentment of his workaholic congressman brother, Stan (Richard Gere), and grappling with the realization that his son might be a psychopath. It’s all supposed to be harrowing, and the British comedian…
Syria’s First Responders Brave through a City’s Tragedy in Last Men in Aleppo
Suspended in orange and crimson, the mysterious, shimmering black circle that greets us in the first shot of Last Men in Aleppo coul d be blood circling a drain, a dying star, a storm front seen from space. Instead, it’s something more mundane: the eye of a goldfish. But the…
Azazel Jacobs’s The Lovers Plumbs the Mysteries of Matrimony
A comedy, and also a tragedy, of remarriage — without couples counseling or divorce — writer-director Azazel Jacobs’ The Lovers revitalizes its genre with a piquant premise: What happens when long-wedded spouses, each with a romantic partner outside their dormant dyad, find the spark reignited — a combustion that results…
Ten Things to Do in Houston for $10 or Less (Six Free), May 11-17
Six of them are free.
First Look at Starfish
Upon first entering Starfish, a new seafood-centric but not seafood-only restaurant in the Heights, it’s evident that the owners, Cherry Pie Hospitality, have pulled some influences from those sleek tiled seafood restaurants of yore— gleaming spots of wonder like Grand Central’s oyster bar or Casamento’s in New Orleans or like…
21 Best Things to Do in Houston This Week: Dynamo Star Wars Night, Comicpalooza
The woman behind The Girl On the Train, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), and lots more.
Houston’s 5 Best Weekend Food Bets: Cinco de Mayo and Derby Celebrations
From tacos and tamales to an island-style wine and food festival, here’s a look at this weekend’s best culinary happenings: Cinco de Mayo Eats, Drinks and Fiestas Friday From a massive tequila-infused parking lot complete with tastings and tamales to all-day taco and margarita happy hour, check out our guide…
Native Gardens: When Taking to the Barricades Involves Fences and Flowers
Playwright Karen Zacarias has heard plenty of bad-neighbor stories.
Upcoming Houston Food Events: Save on BrewFest Tickets Now
Mark your calendars, because you don’t want to miss these deliciously fun culinary happenings: The sixth annual Houston Press BrewFest will be popping off later this month (Saturday, May 20, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Silver Street Station, to be exact); and now through May 14 at 11:59 p.m.,…
Reviews for the Easily Distracted: Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2
More Howard the Duck, please.
The Five Best Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Cinco de Mayo and Chance
As Chance the Rapper grows so do his venues. Once a performer at Revention Music Center, Chance now takes over the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion for an audience packed performance this Sunday.
Openings & Closings: Welcome Roostar to Uptown/Galleria
Roostar Vietnamese Grill formally opened its second location in the Uptown/Galleria area on May 1. The popular banh mi shop has expanded its menu to include beer service at the 5551 Richmond spot. The original Roostar opened as Vietnam Poblano in 2013 at 1411 Gessner near Memorial City Mall. Co-owners,…
With Serial Mom, John Waters and Kathleen Turner Sliced Open the Boxes the World Puts Us in
Serial Mom is available in a new Blu-ray edition from Shout Factory. John Waters’ response to boxes — the kind in which we tend to place others and ourselves — is to vomit on them. And then sell them, his pencil-thin mustache twisting in a good-humored smirk. Throughout his career…
Houston McDonald’s Are Giving Away These Weird-As-Hell Frorks on Friday
Back on Monday, May 1, McDonald’s revealed its newest wacky invention, the Frork, a fry-pronged fork, that the company refers to as “a quasi-utensil,” one made for scooping up sandwich spills from its new line of Signature Crafted Recipes and then eating off the fry prongs. Sounds like a lot…
The Chosen: A Multi-Layered Play About Reconciling Dreams and Heartfelt Divisions
A dramatic interpretation marks the 50th anniversary of Chaim Potok’s post-WWII novel.
Chris Rock, Netflix and Proper Comedy Etiquette
No, a stand-up show is not a rock concert. Act accordingly.
2017 NBA Playoffs: Spurs 121, Rockets 96 — 4 Winners, 4 Losers
If you’re a Houston Rockets fan, and you’re reading this on Thursday morning, with the wounds of a 121-96 thumping at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs still fresh, what I am about to say may not resonate with you, but the business trip west to San Antonio was…
Chili Peppers, Chance the Rapper, Gorillaz Top ACL Fest 2017 Lineup
More than 100 performers from all sorts of genres will converge on Zilker Park October 6-8 and 13-15.
Former Houston Inmate Sues Guard Guilty of Sexually Abusing Her
On the night Jessica says she was raped by a prison guard at the Federal Detention Center in downtown Houston, she had only four days left of her sentence before she was released. (She requested that we not use her real name.) It had been about six weeks since she…
Mr. Plow: Houston’s Best-Kept Sludge-Rock Secret
Locals Mr. Plow deliver a powerful set of heavy stoner sludge to their Bayou City neighbors.
Houston’s 10 Best Bars in Montrose
One of Houston’s most popular bar-crawl spots doesn’t lack for options.
Splice Records Won’t Give Up on the Good Times
The Houston-based label is finding success with a growing roster of “confused genre musicians.”
My Girl Called Me Daddy During Sex. Help!
What’s on your mind? What isn’t? Ask Willie D!
Suspected Aryan Brotherhood Gang Member Charged With Hate Crime
After a white man reportedly tried to stab a black man while saying the N-word, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office is charging the white man with a hate crime. James Scott Lee, who is also a suspected member of the Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist prison gang, was arrested…
Houston Deacon Sexually Assaulted at Least Two Boys, Police Say
Houston police have arrested a church deacon they say sexually assaulted two children since last year, and maybe several more. Barry Todd Durrell, 55, faces charges of super aggravated sexual assault and continuous sexual abuse of a child stemming from at least two incidents at the West Houston Seventh Day…
Sheriff Suggests Teens Shot by Police During Houston Robbery Never Fired Weapons
On April 24, four teens rolled up to a Jack-in-the-Box restaurant in Northwest Houston and held up employees at gunpoint, demanding money. Meanwhile, four law enforcement agencies, including the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, stormed the parking lot and ordered the three teens who went inside to come out and drop…
Harris County Detectives Say That Was No Lady
Harris County Sheriff’s investigators are seeking a man in a bow tie and a man dressed as a woman in connection with two robberies Tuesday. Investigators are asking the public’s help in identifying the duo, who allegedly robbed an Advanced Auto Store in northwest Harris County around 10:30 Tuesday morning, and…
The Ten Best Houston Texan “NFL Draft, Day 3” Acquisitions
The city of Houston is undoubtedly and rightfully excited about the trade its team made for future franchise quarterback Deshaun Watson last week. We should be excited! After all, the team hasn’t used a first round pick on a quarterback since their first selection ever as a franchise, David Carr…
Fun Home: When You’re Trying to Remember Your Less Than Perfect Family
The Tony-winning musical about an unusual family comes to Houston.
Spring Vegetables: 5 Tips for Using Your Garden Produce
Delicious tips for using your fresh garden vegetables
American Gods Is a TV Prayer Answered
Gaiman’s America is a fantastic place, both in the strange pockets of roadside madness and the bizarre manner in which his gods shape its existence.
World’s Biggest Space Telescope Heads to Johnson Space Center
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, slated to be launched in October 2018, is almost ready to go. Once it is launched into space, the telescope, named after NASA’s second administrator, James Webb, who oversaw the Apollo missions, will capture views of the dimmest and oldest galaxies in the universe, and…
Gird Your Loins: The 2017 Summer Movie Season Is Upon Us
Stock up on your headache meds; we’re in for a loud four months.
Taste Test: We Found the Best Breakfast Taco in the Loop
Let’s talk breakfast tacos. Putting aside the controversy surrounding the origin of the breakfast taco, I think we can all agree on the inherent satisfaction that comes from consuming the Tex-Mex creation. While breakfast tacos generally follow the same formula (tortilla, egg, filling, salsa), the quality of the taco can greatly…
Why Can’t the City Ever Get It Right With the Freedmen’s Town Bricks?
On Friday, the City of Houston held a celebration at the Freedmen’s Town site where, last fall, a construction contractor wrongly ripped up hundreds of the historic bricks laid by freed slaves and their descendants, who founded the town after the Emancipation Proclamation came down. Mayor Sylvester Turner, council members…
The Houston Press Mixtape: Pre-Meltdown Edition
Come dangle on the precipice of full-fledged Fahrenheit oblivion with us.
2017 NBA Playoffs: Rockets 126, Spurs 99 — 4 Winners, 4 Losers
With respect to a Rockets-Spurs playoff series, here are three things that feel or sound hard to believe: 1. The last time these two teams met in the postseason was during the Rockets’ improbable run to their second NBA championship (a run which you can read about in its glorious…
Comicpalooza: From Literally Nothing to Texas’s Largest Pop-Culture Shindig
It’s a long way to the George R. Brown from the lobby of the Alamo Drafthouse-Katy.
A Fresh Take: Riel Is Modern American With a Touch of Ukrainian and French-Canadian
“That looks like a potsticker,” my sister said as she tapped one of the two pierogi flanking the beautifully caramelized steak resting on a bed of haricot vert, delicate ends still intact. The flat, bronzed face of the half-moon-shaped pastry did indeed resemble an Asian dumpling, but the crisp shatter…
Houston Pension Reform Sails Through Senate
Houston is one step closer to avoiding massive cuts to its police and fire departments after the Texas Senate passed the city’s pension reform plan on Monday. In a 25-5 vote, the measure passed easily, and now only must pass through the House before landing on Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk…
Rice’s Moody Center Packs in Exhibits — and Performers — in Its New Space
The massive photographs of “Thomas Struth: Nature and Politics” are probably the best of the four.
Better Luck Tomorrow Opens Wednesday in the Heights
Better Luck Tomorrow, the highly-anticipated new bar from James Beard award winning chef Justin Yu of Oxheart and bartender Bobby Heugel of Anvil, Nightingale Room, The Pastry War and Tongue-Cut Sparrow, officially opens Wednesday, May 3, at 544 Yale in the Heights. The bar will be open daily from 3:30…
Doctor Who: “Thin Ice” for a Punchable 19th-Century Evildoer
In the age of Trump, Doctor Who has brought a Tardis to a gunfight
Hundreds of Protesters Descend on City Hall to Mark May Day
Marking International Workers’ Day, or May Day, hundreds of people in various workers’ rights and advocacy groups descended on City Hall after marching through downtown Houston. They demanded a minimum wage hike, an end to racism and an end to attacks on immigrants and LGBT people from right-wing politicians. While…
Upcoming: Ambient 3, Café Tacvba, DJ Shadow, Future Islands, The Melvins, Party On the Plaza, Trombone Shorty, etc.
A constantly updated guide to upcoming concerts in the Greater Houston area.
Smear Campaign Already Launched Against Judge Presiding Over Paxton’s Felony Trial
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will be on trial in a Harris County courtroom in September for felony charges — but the smear campaign against the judge hearing his case is apparently starting now. Paxton will face trial for felony securities fraud charges and is accused of misleading investors and…
First Look at Hamburger Mary’s
Hamburger Mary’s, a San Francisco-based LGBT-friendly restaurant known for its weekly special events, opened its doors on February 24. The Houston Press took a first look at the food, fun and fabulous-ness that is “Dining with the Divas” on Wednesday night. The evening was filled with lip-syncing and dancing by…
A Sugar Land Man Helped Pull Off the Biggest Ever Multi-State Lottery Scam
Sometime in 2015 two close friends and former business partners sat in the parking lot of Niko Niko’s Greek restaurant in Montrose, fretting over their roles in the biggest lottery scam in history. What had started with one suspect in Iowa had spread to Texas, and a Sugar Land tech…
The Weeknd is the Pop Star We Need Right Now
You need a shower after listening through a Weeknd album, which is a compliment.
Chef Hugo Ortega Wins 2017 Beard Award For Best Chef: Southwest
Tonight, the who’s who of American cuisine are gathered at the Lyric Opera of Chicago for the 2017 James Beard Award Gala, wherein the industry’s brightest talent are being honored with the Beard’s 2017 Restaurant and Chef Awards. The award— often called the Oscar of the food world— is regarded…
Your May Watchlist: All the TV to Catch This Month on Netflix, the Networks and Wherever
It’s May, and we’re all still standing! Thank you, television! I was gonna add that May is looking up, but then I noticed there’s a three-hour long Carpool Karaoke special, so instead I’ll just say that May has some growing up to do, and leave it at that. Let us…
Four Packs of BrewFest Tickets Are Super Discounted This Week
So you and your friends are huge beer nerds but you still haven’t locked down tickets to the 6th Annual Houston Press BrewFest yet? This is so your week, ladies and gents. Starting right now, we’re offering an exclusive four pack deal for all you folks who roll in posses,…
Traffic Is Still the Worst, But Houstonians Are Bullish on Jobs and Safety in Annual Rice Survey
Houstonians are less worried about crime than in the past and want more walkable neighborhoods — but traffic remains the biggest headache for residents across the city. And as the city diversifies, more residents are seeing immigration as a boost to the economy rather than a drain on public resources…
The Pixies Leave White Oak Crowd Shouting for More
The Pixies aren’t slowing down, they’re speeding up.
In NCAA First, Oklahoma Lawmakers Let Schools Sue Rogue Boosters
Let’s hear it for the state of Oklahoma. When it comes to passing laws that will be no real consequence but have plenty of symbolism, very few things top a law passed last week. This new statute states that, as of November 1, Oklahoma universities can sue the boosters or…
Egypt’s Bassem Youssef and Iceland’s Jon Gnarr Know the Power of Political Satire
“While it’s not like I was ignorant of what was happening this country, since I’ve been following the politics forever,” he says. “I was not so surprised…”
Five Amazing Viral Moments From the 2017 NFL Draft
For diehard football junkies, as excruciatingly lengthy as the approach to the NFL Draft is each year, that’s how quickly it speeds by. Three days come and go in the snap of a finger, and now we head toward training camp and the 2017 season. We will discuss in great…
Celebrate Free Comic Book Day in H-Town With Batman and Wonder Woman
Yes, yes and yes. There’s plenty to love about Free Comic Book Day, an annual event celebrated all over the country, but with a superhero-sized helping of panache here in Houston. Bedrock City Comic Company is pulling out all the stops, with appearances by cosplayers from Houston Hero Headquarters and…
Dish of the Week: Derby-Style Pie
From classic comfort foods to regional standouts and desserts, we’ll be sharing a new recipe with you each week. Find other dishes of the week here. This week, with “The Run for the Roses” around the corner, we’re sharing a recipe for Derby-Style Pie. Created in 1950 by George Kern…
Date Night Recommendations For Houston Comedy Lovers From a Sex Tips Producer
“The feedback I never tire of hearing is that our show improves people’s sex life,” he laughs. “It’s fun, a little titillating, and will make people blush a little. But it’s also a great refresher course!”
This Week in Houston Food Events: Beer Pairings and Derby Day
Here’s a look at this week’s hottest culinary happenings, from a beer and burger pairing to a Derby Day soirée: All month long Burger and Beer Pairing at the Royal Sonesta’s ARA Restaurant In honor of National Burger Month, Royal Sonesta’s ARA Restaurant, 2222 West Loop South, will be spotlighting…
The Scathing Federal Ruling Against Harris County’s Bail System Is One for the Ages
Almost exactly 13 months ago, before civil rights groups sued Harris County over its bail system, 46-year-old Patrick Brown was booked into the Harris County jail, accused of stealing a guitar. He could not afford the $3,000 bail to buy his way out. And, like for the vast majority of…
At Sharpstown High School, Students Try Sugar Goggles on for Size
It’s a good hour until the lunch bell rings, and about 50 students are seated in the library of Sharpstown High School, here to discuss nutrition— primarily how sugar affects the body and health. The media has turned out in droves today. There are camera crews from News Fix and…
Five Keys to the Rockets-Spurs Western Conference Semifinals Series
Perhaps the most memorable playoff series in Rockets history was against the Spurs in 1995 when Hakeem Olajuwon absolutely dismantled MVP David Robinson en route to the Houston’s second straight title. But, that would be at the end of a run for Houston and just the start of one for…
PJ Harvey Brings Spellbinding Talent to Houston…Finally
Sixteen years was far too long an absence.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Make It One More Time to Kill the Pain
Never slow down, never get old.
The Best Houston Restaurants for Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican Army’s unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, but in the United States, the day is widely known as a celebration Mexican-American culture. From margarita-fueled fiestas to specials on tacos, tamales and quesadillas, here’s where to eat and drink…
With Little Change After Harris County Cuts 287(g), What Was Ever the Point?
When Sheriff Ed Gonzalez announced in February that he was cutting the controversial immigration enforcement program, 287(g), immigrant advocacy groups celebrated. The move was a big deal. The voluntary program assigned ten Harris County sheriff’s deputies to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with flagging inmates suspected of being in…
Shows of the Week: Kings of Leon Enjoy a Moment Back In Radio’s Good Graces
The livest live music in the Bayou City for the first week of May 2017.
Houston’s 10 Best Concerts In May
U2, Badu, B L A C K I E, an Insect Warfare reunion and lots more.
The Abduction from the Seraglio Is a Wonderful Cap on HGO’s Outstanding Season
“Too many notes,” was the purported response from Emperor Joseph I of Austria to genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart after the premiere of The Abduction from the Seraglio (1872). Quick-silver Mozart’s purported reply was, “Just as many as necessary.” After the heady sturm und drang of Wagner’s mighty Götterdämmerung at Houston…
In Historic Decision, Federal Judge Says Harris County Bail System Is Unfair to the Poor
In a historic decision, a federal judge has found that Harris County’s bail system infringes on the rights of poor people charged with non-violent offenses, granting a preliminary injunction against the county and forcing immediate changes on the county’s bail system. U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal issued her decision…
Employee Accused of Hiding a Camera in the Women’s Room of a Missouri City Chipotle
Oft-beleaguered fast casual eatery Chipotle Mexican Grill has just released a statement announcing that it is cooperating with Missouri City police as they conduct an investigation into a former Chipotle employee who allegedly planted a camera in a restroom at the 6245 Highway 6 location. According to the release: A Chipotle…
The Other Half of You: Remembering Jonathan Demme
Not long before the surprisingly violent finale of Jonathan Demme’s Something Wild (1986), Melanie Griffith’s wild girl-turned-good-girl-turned-complicated-girl Audrey asks Charlie (Jeff Daniels), a straight-arrow-Wall-Streeter-turned-desperate-romantic-turned-man-of-action, “What are you gonna do now that you know how the other half lives?” “The other half?” he asks, confused. “The other half of you.” The…
Higher Learning: Dear White People Makes for a Thrillingly Frank and Funny Seminar
Dear White People streams on Netflix For the past half-century, college campuses have served as a primary theater of the culture wars. So it’s fitting that one of the year’s most provocative, timely, searching, intellectually prickly, and ultimately satisfying series takes place at a university. Netflix’s Dear White People, which…
Chuck Wepner, the Inspiration for Rocky, Gets His Movie Moment
Heavyweight almost-champ Chuck Wepner was a character long before he inspired Sylvester Stallone to pen Rocky. But Wepner is no Rocky Balboa. Sure, he comes from a working-class town (Bayonne, New Jersey), and when he boxed, he took a good punch, bled like a hemophiliac and dreamed of taking home…
Remembering Richard “Racehorse” Haynes’s Most Famous Cases
Richard “Racehorse” Haynes, the famed Houston criminal defense attorney who could charm a jury like nobody else and cross examine a witness so thoroughly it was just short of physical evisceration, died on Friday at age 90. Now, we’re taking a look back at the quick-witted lawyer who could and…
Senate Committee Passes Bill to Strengthen Female Genital Mutilation Law
To Texas State Senator Jane Nelson (R-Flowermound), Texas’s law prohibiting female genital mutilation simply didn’t go far enough. The practice has been common in Africa, the Middle East and Asia and is performed on girls as a way to control their sexuality, deterring them from having sex because of the…
SuicideGirls Bring Cosplay Burlesque to Houston
Ask Missy Suicide about when she saw the punk rock and tattoo aesthetic of the online community she helped create shift to comic book and pop-culture geekery and she says it was a little more than a decade ago. The SuicideGirls website, which features women posting various photos of themselves…
Climate Refugees Along the Gulf Will Flee Florida, Flock to Texas
Scientists predict sea level rise caused by climate change will submerge coastal areas of the United States — yet somehow, this could be an economic boon to Texas. That’s according to a new study in the peer-reviewed journal Nature which examines how forced migration due to rising waters could change…
A Perfect Circle Brings Melodic Tunes, Rowdy Fans to Smart Financial Centre
A Perfect Circle Smart Financial Centre April 27, 2017 It has been more than a decade since A Perfect Circle released a proper studio album. And even then, the band’s last full-length record featured only two original tracks. Released at the height of the Iraq War, 2004’s Emotive saw the…
The NCAA Tourney Is Returning, But Houston Still Isn’t a College Hoops Town
There’s a question we few reporters who cover college basketball in Houston ask ourselves: Does anybody out there really care? The arenas are generally three-quarters empty. The teams are generally mediocre and compete against equally mediocre opponents. There is no buzz. There is no excitement. Toyota Center will play host…
Bernie Pink Want You to Feel Unhinged, in a Good Way
Bernie Pink’s blood-red video for “Ahh Shit,” a track from its new EP Fiesta Elementary, premieres today in Houston Press.
Houston’s Chief Acevedo, Defiant and Introspective, Rails Against SB 4
On the morning after the Texas House passed Senate Bill 4, otherwise known as the “anti-sanctuary” cities bill, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo was on Twitter, sparring with trolls. He had been up late following the heated, emotional House debate over the bill, tweeting around 10:30, “Violent crime is on…
Chris Rockaway Goes for the Absurd With Unrealistic
Chris Rockaway is stashed away in Los Angeles, once more in his own world. You could ask the longtime Houston producer his age and he’ll probably respond with something worth pontificating. Rockaway talks in riddles every now and then but when he wants to talk music (or the Rockets), he’s…
Coheed and Cambria’s Space Drama Still Hit an Emotional Core
Coheed and Cambria, The Deer Hunter House of Blues April 27, 2K17 “You could have been all I wanted, but you weren’t honest, now get in the ground.” Were that the first line to a short story, we would talk about it as one of the great opening lines in…
Brizé’s A Woman’s Life is a Haunting Study of Class, Tragedy and Time
Stéphane Brizé’s The Measure of a Man, from 2015, showed us a modern factory worker’s soiling experience of the post-industrial economy. Now A Woman’s Life begins on the Normandy coast in the middle of the 19th century but is no less concerned with francs and debts, with how lives get…
Rupture‘s Shane Shainberg on the Wild Movie He Couldn’t Make — and the Abduction Thriller He Did
The intense, surreal new horror film Rupture, in which Noomi Rapace plays a single mother abducted and experimented upon in a mysterious complex, comes from an unlikely source: Steven Shainberg, director of the bizarrely romantic 2002 S&M comedy Secretary and the 2006 un-biopic Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus…
The Circle: The Dystopia Begins with a Visit from HR
It’s easy to giggle at The Circle, the movie, just as it’s easy giggle sometimes at Dave Eggers, whose novel is the film’s source. James Ponsoldt’s adaptation (co-written with Eggers) is, like Eggers’ books, nakedly earnest, engaged with nothing less but The State of Things Now, more smart than its…
Stop What You’re Doing and Go Get a Unicorn Concha at El Bolillo
Unicorn food madness is nothing new, but with the debut (and quick disappearance) of the mystical 410 calorie, 70+ grams of magical sugar-bedecked Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino, at least one local bakery has been majorly inspired by the trend. The beloved Mexican bake shop El Bolillo Bakery, primarily known for its…
Exxon Ordered to Pay $20 Million for Air Pollution Violations at Baytown Complex
A federal judge has fined that ExxonMobil nearly $20 million for releasing 10 million pounds of pollutants into the air from its Baytown refinery and chemical complex over the past eight years. That’s right, an oil company, one of the largest in the world, has actually been held accountable for…
Texas Sues FDA — Again — to Obtain Sketchy Execution Drugs From Overseas
Texas is not giving up on its shipment of execution drugs that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has already deemed illegal. On Wednesday, the state sued the FDA — for the second time — in attempt to get its lethal injection drugs back from the feds, who confiscated 1,000…
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Talk About Why the Vietnam War Matters Today
They say there was a time in this country when people actually talked to each other rather than at each other. That people looked for common ground instead of common insults. That we were one country united as opposed to two countries coexisting in the same cities and towns. How…
After 16 Hours of Emotional Debate, House Passes “Anti-Sanctuary Cities” Bill
On the eve of the vote on Senate Bill 4, otherwise known as the “anti-sanctuary cities bill,” more than 13,000 immigrants flooded House representatives’ offices with petitions, letters and photographs, pleading with lawmakers to vote no. In the morning, dozens gathered in protests inside and outside the state capitol, including…
Guardians of Inanity: Marvel’s Latest Has Laughs but Settles for a Dispiriting Conventionality
After The Fate of the Furious premiered, talk of that franchise’s ever slicker, more over-the-top future turned to the promise (and hope) of F&F jumping the shark right into space. But what if … it was already there? And it was named, instead, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2? In…
