Reel Life

A foodie film festival: The meals may be even more exciting than the movies at this unique event

By Whitney Radley

03.26.13 | 6:01 pm

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents its inaugural Turkish Film Festival next weekend, showcasing contemporary cinema from April 5 through 7. Titles range from Polluting Paradise ...

Mondo Cinema

Major actress warns America about Greedy Lying Bastards: When science is bought

By Joe Leydon

03.08.13 | 10:52 am

As anyone who’s ever seen her kicking ass in Blade Runner or Kill Bill can tell you, Daryl Hannah isn’t just another pretty face. Off-screen, the Chicago-born actress-activist evide ...

Mondo Cinema

At the movies: Hungry in America, adrift in South Korea and crimebusting in Britain

By Joe Leydon

03.02.13 | 9:30 am

It may make break your heart or boil your blood, but either way, A Place at the Table (at the River Oaks 3) won't leave you unmoved. By turns fascinating and appalling, and sometimes both a ...

Indie Flicks

Inside the harmonica cult: Oft-ridiculed instrument carries a surprisingly strong hold

By Joel Luks

02.27.13 | 4:46 pm

More harmonicas are sold at toy mega chains than in specialty music stores. Is that because it takes very little effort or expertise to make them play or because some regard the aerophone  ...

Film screening: Pocket Full of Soul: The Harmonica Documentary

River Oaks Theatre

02.28.13

Pocket Full of Soul: The Harmonica Documentary, narrated by Huey Lewis of The News, provides a raw and unvarnished look at the harmonica's rich subculture, the unique relationships forged betwe

Mondo Cinema

Avoid this movie at all costs: Charlie Sheen bombs in a horrific clunker — see these flicks instead

By Joe Leydon

02.22.13 | 5:51 pm

Whatever promise Roman Coppola might have displayed as a director a few years back with CQ goes egregiously unfulfilled, if not utterly betrayed, with A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III ...

Calendar Closeup

Your weekly guide to Houston: 5 (plus) don't-miss events — escape the NBA All-Star frenzy

By Joel Luks

02.14.13 | 11:50 am

On the itinerary this week (besides the NBA All-Star frenzy) are Valentine's Day events, puppet horror shows, Academy Award film screenings, spring gardening lectures, artsy concerts and RodeoH ...

Dynamic duo

Polyester sex symbol: Forgotten '70s icon Paul Williams is alive and kicking in revealing documentary

By Joe Leydon

02.02.13 | 1:20 pm

As a chubby New York kid growing up in Queens during the 1970s, filmmaker Stephen Kessler felt a special affinity with the cherubic Paul Williams, perhaps the least likely sex symbol of the Polyest ...

Unbranded

Modern adventurers: Four Texas A&M grads set out to ride wild mustangs 3,000 miles to Canada

By Whitney Radley

01.16.13 | 12:04 pm

To hear Ben Thamer tell of it, there's nothing more natural than a twentysomething saddling up and heading out for ride through the backcountry of the American West. "A ...

Taking Charge

Beyoncé has total control of the HBO documentary about . . . Beyoncé: She's director and EP

By Whitney Radley

11.28.12 | 12:38 pm

As if Beyoncé Knowles didn't already possess more beauty and talent than imaginable for one human being, HBO's revealed that the pop star will be "the focus of an inti ...