Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Big Things in Small Films: The Rush Process at Aurora

Joseph Wozny·October 10, 2016

On Saturday Aug 27, walking out of the second night of Rush Process, a film festival highlighting handcrafted animation, my friend said, “it was v inspo,” which in millennial poetics, means “very inspiring.”

Film

A History in Fragments: Jazz on Film at MFAH

Joseph Wozny·May 27, 2016

If there is a history of jazz, it’s forever incomplete, like archeologists finding fragments of text buried in the sand.

Film Houston Music

The Sears Effect: Kelly Sears at Aurora Picture Show

Nancy Wozny·April 25, 2016

When the lights came up after an hour of Kelly Sears' shorts I felt like an extra from The Manchurian Candidate, with a mild case of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, complete with the eyeball spinning.

Film Houston

Bold Cinema: Houston Jewish Film Festival Highlights Family, History and Comedy

Nancy Wozny·February 12, 2016

The Evelyn Rubenstein JCC of Houston presents the 12th Houston Jewish Film Festival, with 27 films over 16 days, March 5-20, 2016, at various venues, including the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC, the MFAH, Holocaust Museum Houston, Sundance Cinemas and Congregation Beth Jacob in Galveston.

Film Houston

Merging Music & Literature: A Proust Sonata at Da Camera

Tarra Gaines·February 2, 2016

Sarah Rothenberg, artistic director of Da Camera and Houston’s great maestro of performances that blend music, literature and art, believes that to encounter the works of the great French author Marcel Proust is to begin a life long relationship.

Film Music

About Space: A Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2015 Wrap Up

Nancy Wozny·January 4, 2016

Houston Cinema Arts Festival's 7th year focused on a space theme.

Film Houston

What We Loved & More: A + C Writers Look Back at 2015 and Ahead to 2016

Nancy Wozny·January 2, 2016

We asked the A + C family what performances stood out for them in 2015 and what they are most looking forward to in 2016. Enjoy their findings and recommendations.

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