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The Beautiful Game

Dynamo taking on soccer royalty: New stadium-lured Valencia is best team Houston's ever played

By David Theis

05.30.12 | 4:27 pm

For their fourth annual Charities Cup, the Houston Dynamo are stepping way up in class. They always invite a foreign team over for the match, which serves as a fundraiser ...


Time for a Designated Player

Buy it like Beckham: Dynamo need to use new stadium money to purchase a true star

By David Theis

05.25.12 | 1:53 pm

We’ve heard and read plenty about what a beautiful, intimate stadium the Houston Dynamo now have for themselves — but how good is the team that’s playing there? As ...


Latin Wave 7

Short, Bald, Fat — and universal: Colombian director Carlos Osuna seeks common truths in animated movie

By David Theis

04.29.12 | 6:00 am

At first glance, Carlos Osuna’s Gordo, Calvo y Bajito (Short, Bald and Fat) seems out of place at a Latin American film festival. Speaking for myself, I go to ...


Latin wave 7

Proust at the beach: Bonsái is a Latin American gem

By David Theis

04.27.12 | 9:33 pm

Of the three Latin Wave films I was able to preview, Christián Jiménez’s Bonsái was by far my favorite. Based on a novella by Alejandro Zambra ...


Latin Wave 7

El Estudiante explores political drama in Argentine universities — but there's lots of sex, too

By David Theis

04.26.12 | 7:30 pm

Santiago Mitre’s El Estudiante is a rather mysterious film. But please don’t think that it’s a mystery, because it’s not, at least not in the genre ...


A development worth waiting for

La vie Bohème Houston-style: How the new IAC arts complex will transform Midtown

By David Theis

01.21.12 | 4:00 pm

We’ve been waiting for a long time for a great urban project to take shape along the Main Street rail line, but with the Independent Arts Collaborative’s (IAC ...


Grit vs. Glitz

L.A. Galaxy has Beckham and big bucks, but the Dynamo has the heart of a champion

By David Theis

11.20.11 | 6:39 am

Houston sports fans could be forgiven for feeling a little bruised these days, given how we weren’t consulted, or apparently even considered, when the Astros were strong-armed into the ...


Not exactly kicking it old school

Houston at 175: It's come a long way from "most miserable place," but we could sure use party lessons

By David Theis

08.27.11 | 3:08 pm

I’m looking forward to going to Market Square Sunday evening to celebrate Houston’s 175th anniversary. I’ll probably spring for a beer at Niko Niko’s, and maybe ...


The Beautiful Game

U.S. Soccer is head over cleats for Jurgen Klinsmann, but how long can the love last?

By David Theis

08.10.11 | 6:14 pm

U.S. Soccer fans are buzzing over Wednesday night's friendly against Mexico, this despite the fact that El Tri handled the Americans rather convincingly in July’s Gold Cup ...


The Little Guays Win

Uruguay favored over "winless" Paraguay in surprising Copa America soccer championship final

By David Theis

07.23.11 | 3:45 pm

UPDATE: Uruguay shut out Paraguay 3-0 to win a record 15th Copa America soccer championship on Sunday. ------------- This has been a surprising Copa America, to say the least. For the ...


The Beautiful Game

Charity begins at Robertson: Houston Dynamo too eager to play Washington Generals role for Bolton

By David Theis

07.21.11 | 1:27 pm

So how do the Houston Dynamo, and by extension the Major League Soccer in general, measure up against teams from the English Premier League? Based on Wednesday night’s Dynamo ...


The Beautiful Game

Very Friendly: It's a Cup of love as Dynamo face English Premier League team on a Holden high

By David Theis

07.20.11 | 12:22 am

We can only hope that Wednesday night's match between the Houston Dynamo and the Bolton Wanderers of the English Premier League isn’t as friendly as Tuesday's press ...


Soccer spectacular

In Women's World Cup final, U.S. should win but Japan is sentimental favorite

By David Theis

07.16.11 | 3:07 pm

In boxing, they say that contrasting styles can make for great fights. If that applies to soccer, then the U.S.-Japan matchup in the Women’s World Cup final ...


It's been a struggle

Copa craziness: The other big soccer games this weekend are intriguing for Argentina and Brazil

By David Theis

07.16.11 | 6:00 am

This year’s version of the Copa America—the biennial South American soccer championship—has been long on drama and intrigue, and kinda short on exciting futbol. The drama comes ...


Follow-up to a perfect win

Women's World Cup Glory: Don't bet against the U.S. against dangerous France in semi-final

By David Theis

07.12.11 | 10:37 pm

Before we look forward to the U.S. – France semi-final in the Women’s World Cup on Wednesday, let’s take a fond—no, make that a besotted—look back ...


Kickin' It

Bob Bradley is U.S. soccer's version of Gary Kubiak: Keeping him makes no sense

By David Theis

07.03.11 | 5:09 pm

In the world of international soccer, the beat goes on. The Gold Cup has scarcely ended, but Copa America — the South American version of the Eurocup — is already underway this ...


Saturday Night Live

Much Adu about soccer: Can Freddy & Landon Donovan spark U.S. over Mexico in Gold Cup final?

By David Theis

06.25.11 | 8:02 am

Often criticized for being too cautious, U.S. coach Bob Bradley has made some unexpected decisions in recent Gold Cup matches. Since they’ve worked out pretty well, they’re ...


Gold Cup is hot ticket

Soccer twin bill: Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez leads Mexico while U.S. seeks redemption

By David Theis

06.21.11 | 2:39 pm

For local soccer fans, the good news is that the U.S. and Mexico are playing here in the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Wednesday night. The kind ...


At the Arthouse

Tree of Life goes past masterpiece to revelation, with Houston symbolizing life's emptiness

By David Theis

06.11.11 | 4:50 pm

What do you call a film that contains both a brilliantly realized depiction of 1950s American childhood and a visually precise account of the creation of the universe, an account ...


At the Arthouse

A 3D art movie that works: Cave of Forgotten Dreams shows that the technology can still wow

By David Theis

05.07.11 | 3:25 pm

Not every film attempts to locate the “birth[place] of the human soul,” and thinks that perhaps it’s found it. But when director Werner Herzog asks a paleontologist in ...


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