Early in Vengeance, a New Yorker writer named Ben — played by the film’s writer-director, B.J. Novak — is stunned…
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Texas-based filmmaker Richard Linklater's humanist touch and trademark ease affords him the ability to gracefully engage with more than a…
When I learned my documentary What Happened in Vegas, about police corruption in Las Vegas, had gotten accepted to the…
For many, the idea of Houston is rooted in a combination of history and popular myth. A mountain of towering…
Commonly known as a business-heavy port city, Houston—surprisingly to some—is an ethnically diverse hub where a community of moviemakers, far…
In Dallas, autumn’s arrival means there’s one cultural event not to be missed: Dallas VideoFest, a film festival committed to…
Mat Hames is a filmmaker who is more interested in raising questions than giving answers. That much is clear from…
Making movies can be a grind. Locking down a good script, enticing investors, landing the right cast, negotiating with agents,…
“Victoria is a small town in south Texas that isn’t known for the arts, but that’s not to say that…
When François Truffaut first coined the auteur theory in 1954, chances are he had no idea the impact his critique…