Setting Fires to Save the Houston Toad
An environmental film festival spotlights a Central Texas land trust’s effort to bring back endangered species.
Film
The Western’s Long Glorification of Oppression
A quintessentially American, and Texan, film genre, the Western has mistold Texas history since its beginnings.
Liz Lambert’s New Film Offers a Shallow Portrayal of a Changing Austin
‘Through the Plexi-Glass’ inadvertently portrays the Austin-based hotelier as insensitive and voyeuristic.
Captivity Narrative
"News of the World" unsuccessfully tries to redeem the Western at its most harmful.
A New Dallas Production Company Is Bringing Queer Horror to the Fore
Brock Cravy has had a long career working on LGBTQ2+ film and television in Texas. Now, he’s making his own rules.
Pepe the Frog Mutates from a Far Right Meme Into a Lovable, Far Gone Figure in ‘Feels Good Man’
Filmmaker Giorgio Angelini, who hails from Houston, and debut director Arthur Jones teamed up for a new documentary on the internet that clarifies the current moment.
Norma McCorvey Took the Money of the Anti-Abortion Movement and Lost Herself. ‘AKA Jane Roe’ Is Her Attempt at Atonement.
In a stunning deathbed confession, the woman who made Roe v. Wade possible tried to erase years of anti-abortion activism. But the damage has already been done.
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‘The Quarry’ Tells a Dark Morality Tale in a Modern Small Texas Town
A new film from Scott Teems, king of the Southern drama, follows a violent drifter who assumes the identity of a small-town preacher.
In ‘Yellow Rose,’ the American Coming-of-Age Story Finally Includes Undocumented Youth
Set in Austin, the film tracks a Filipina teen dreaming of a country music career—and fighting to keep her family together.
‘Seadrift’ Dredges Up a Little-Known—and Deeply Disturbing—Texas Story
An electrifying new documentary captures a forgotten conflict in the sleepy coastal community of Seadrift.