Film

Five Days In the Dark

In its fifth year, Houston Cinema Arts Festival takes over movie theaters and various other…

October 6, 2013

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Art

Francis Alÿs & the Poetics of Politics

In Francis Alÿs’s video installation Rehearsal 1 (1999-2001), a red VW Beetle drives up a…

October 5, 2013

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Eerie Does It

Click. A key turns, unexpectedly. Locked in? Panic rises as the clock keeps time. Alone…

October 4, 2013

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Dance

Eyes on Texas: Performing Arts

IMAGE ABOVE: Diavolo dancers performing Trajectoire. Photo by Angela weiss. AUSTIN The Agony and…

September 1, 2013

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Pretend Prison

When Jenji Kohan's Orange is the New Black popped up on my Netflix menu, it…

August 29, 2013

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Art

Open Season

Some people say ideas are a dime a dozen. The Idea Fund says they are…

Eyes on Texas: Performing Arts (Sep 2013)

August 29, 2013

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Dance

Eyes on Texas: Performing Arts (Sep 2013)

Art show/Model Show is a multi-media, interactive, collaborative performance experiment from Kelli Bland, Meghan Adriel…

Abby + Nancy Skip Gatsby for House of Cards

July 19, 2013

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Abby + Nancy Skip Gatsby for House of Cards

A + N are back at A + C to bring you the latest on…

June 30, 2013

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Summer Screens

French Toons The French animator Jean-François Laguionie stocks his latest animated film with characters who…

June 1, 2013

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Texas Indies

For the second year lights, camera, and action is coming to south Dallas as the…

May 24, 2013

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June for Jazz

Peter Lucas on his Summer Series at the MFAH This June, the MFAH presents Jazz…

May 16, 2013

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Kon-Tiki

Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl’s 8,000-kilometer voyage across the Pacific Ocean on the balsa raft Kon-Tiki…

May 9, 2013

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Film Review: Renoir

Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, “Renoir” (based on a book,…

May 8, 2013

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Culture

Mid-Century Melancholia

Abby & Nancy Dish on Mid-Season Mad Men The Abby and Nancy Show (the one…

May 5, 2013

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The Race is On!

Local filmmaking contest at breakneck speed On Friday, May 10, as the clock approaches midnight,…

The Best & Only Palestinian Film Fest in the South

May 1, 2013

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The Best & Only Palestinian Film Fest in the South

When we first meet editor Paul Barrow, the protagonist of Molly Smith Metzler’s Close Up…

April 13, 2013

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Dance

Review: Quiver

Dance and film are joined by movement as camera and body come together. Frame Dance…

April 8, 2013

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Girls Talk Girls

The Mystery of the Lena Dunham Hoopla Revealed or Not It’s public knowledge that I’m…

April 6, 2013

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a+c @ DIFF 2013: The Union Man

Arts+Culture Magazine at the Dallas International Film Festival 2013 Shot in black and white, order…

April 6, 2013

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a+c @ DIFF 2013: Lord Montagu

Arts+Culture Magazine at the Dallas International Film Festival 2013 Appropriate for the Dallas International Film…

April 6, 2013

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a+c @ DIFF 2013: Tomlinson Hill

Arts+Culture Magazine at the Dallas International Film Festival 2013 When “Tomlinson Hill” director Lisa Kaselak,…

April 6, 2013

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a+c @ DIFF 2013: Chasing Shakespeare

Arts+Culture Magazine at the Dallas International Film Festival 2013 The most poignant line in “Chasing…

April 4, 2013

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A Titanic Career

Film executive honored by Dallas International Film Festival It has been about 15 years since…

March 15, 2013

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Expect Greatness

The Angelika Film Centers of Dallas and Plano will be screening a stunning new…

March 15, 2013

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Full Cinema Scope

The Dallas International Film Festival presented by AutoNation Volkswagen Dealers has finalized its features and…

March 4, 2013

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Review: Cocksucker Blues

Robert Frank’s Cocksucker Blues is anything but a traditional rock and roll documentary. Frank’s work…

February 28, 2013

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Dallas International Film Festival

With over 1,300 submissions this year from as many as 30 different countries and an…

Cinema Circuit: 9th Annual Houston Jewish Film Festival

February 24, 2013

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Cinema Circuit: 9th Annual Houston Jewish Film Festival

Defining “Jewish” is not terribly complicated; however, articulating Jewish identity (or any identity) can leave…

February 3, 2013

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Documenting Life

Thin Line Film Fest is Texas’ International Documentary Film Festival held annually the second week…

December 10, 2012

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Master of Macabre

No one utters the salutation “good evening” quite as chilly as Alfred Hitchcock. Those two…

November 28, 2012

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Review: Houston Cinema Arts Festival

November 8-12, 2012 Film festivals are overwhelming. I always think I’m going to pick the…

Review: Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2012

November 15, 2012

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Review: Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2012

Another Houston Cinema Arts Festival (HCAF) has come and gone, which for me meant another…

November 12, 2012

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Lone Star Film Fest

When the Lone Star Film Festival unspools in Fort Worth November 7-11, North Texans will…

November 7, 2012

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Battle Lessons

War on Film at MFAH In conjunction with its exhibit, WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict…

November 1, 2012

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The Society of Cinema

Houston Cinema Arts Festival Brings It All Together The art of film is a major…

September 20, 2012

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Review: The Artist Is Present

Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present, the new HBO…

September 6, 2012

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Video on Demand

This year marks the silver anniversary of the Dallas VideoFest which now touts itself as…

September 6, 2012

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Moving Beyond Politics

Israeli film captures the sweetness of young romance despite political obstacles The 16th Annual Jewish…

August 31, 2012

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Beyond Last Tango

MFAH’s Bertolucci Retrospective Best known for Last Tango in Paris, his 1972 psychosexual drama starring…

Film Review: ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’

July 5, 2012

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Film Review: ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’

Beasts of the Southern Wild is no doubt in my top-10 list for best films…