Results tagged “ethanhawke”

It's baaaaack. We can't believe it's been nearly six months since the last installment of the MFA's kick arse series, "Movies Houstonians Love." How the heck did we cope for this long with out it? Must be those doses of Mixed Media that held us over. Tonight marks the return of a new slew of presentations of some of Houston's own professing their love for their favorite flix. This series includes flick pix from the... more ›

We promise that we're not Ethan Hawke groupies here at Houstonist. But don't blame you for thinking that given last week's Flick and this one. Hawke, Texan via Austin, hits the screen in a new film, The Hottest State, and a cult classic, Gattaca. He wrote the book; now Hawke is behind the camera to direct the film. Despite what you may be thinking, State deals with a young couple's romantic issues and not the... more ›

Houstonist had a thought yesterday as we were boarding our 7 AM flight to Dallas for yet another business trip, "This sucks," which got us pining for the way-too-few days sandwiched between our college graduation and our 8-to-8 gig inhabiting cubes around the country. Then a scene from Ben Stiller's 1994 release, Reality Bites, flashed through our head: Winona Ryder's character, LeLaina a.k.a. Lainey, is "show[ing] some ingenuity" by using her dad's gas card to... more ›

One of our fave local blogs is Off the Kuff, which is a longtime fixture of the Houston blog scene, having been around since 2002 (gasp!). Written by Charles Kuffner, a member of Rice's M.O.B., Astros fan, and consummate (albeit transplanted) Houstonian who used to go to school with Lucy Liu (and whaustt, after all, could be cooler than that?), it's a fantastic resource for all things Houston. In just the past week, he's... more ›

Sometimes it feels like the only films shot in Texas are shot in Austin. While it may be true that anyone who spends more than three days in that fair city ends up in the background of at least one movie, Houston is not without its share of films that show off our distinctive skyline. Houstonist has prepared a list of films that you can netflix and carry with you on extended trips to avoid... more ›