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Film

Recovering Suzanne Césaire’s Legacy

A Fort Worth modern art exhibition and a new experimental film are part of a renaissance of work about an influential Caribbean writer.

by Nicky Yeager

Keep Reading

The Love and Loss of the Quintanillas

by Francesca D’Annunzio

These Librarians Won’t Let America’s Fever Hit Fahrenheit 451

by Josephine Lee

The Texas Border Is the New Frontier of Film

by Ryan Cantú

sxsw, film, homeless, youth Mar 09, 2018

‘Lean on Pete’ Sheds Light on Youth Homelessness, but Not Its Main Character

Featured at SXSW this week, the film magnificently portrays the problems faced by homeless youth — but fails to develop its protagonist in a compelling way.

by Christopher Collins

Feb 22, 2018

Oscar-Nominated Documentary Highlights the Routine Brutality of a Texas Traffic Stop

Breaion King’s arrest was quotidian to police, life-altering for her and reveals the chasm between police and the people they’re supposed to protect and serve.

by Michael Barajas

Baylor University Disgraced documentary SXSW Mar 17, 2017

‘Disgraced’ Nails the Selective Amnesia That Follows College Sports Scandals

by Jessica Luther

'The Work' Documentary Film 2017 SXSW Jairus McCleary Mar 16, 2017

At SXSW, ‘The Work’ Builds Case for Prison Program That Breaks Inmates Down

by Michael Agresta

Jeff Nichols Film "Loving" Nov 04, 2016

In ‘Loving,’ a Valentine to Marriage Equality

Jeff Nichols' new film takes a quiet, deeply personal approach to telling a political story.

by Michael Agresta

Aug 11, 2016

‘Hell or High Water,’ a Magnetic, Swift-Moving Tale for Texans

by Jordan Buckley

June 2016 TOC art, Trapped film, abortion rights protest May 25, 2016

‘Trapped’ in the Limelight

The everyday struggles of a San Antonio abortion clinic services director are at the heart of the acclaimed documentary 'Trapped.'

by Michael Agresta

In All the Way, Bryan Cranston delivers a kinder, gentler Lyndon B. Johnson. May 21, 2016

HBO’s All the Way Delivers a Kinder, Gentler LBJ

by Gregg Barrios

Nastassja Kinski and Harry Dean Stanton in Paris, Texas (1984). Apr 04, 2016

Texas’ Strange Brand of Cool

Revisiting 'Paris, Texas' — the film that made nowhere hip.

by Michael Agresta

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