Results tagged “sundance”

::Rice University's Second Annual Asian Film Festival:: more ›

Houstonist digs foreign comedy films because we don't always get all the jokes and sometimes that is more funny than the joke itself. Tomorrow night the MFA will be presenting Drained - the second, and final, film in its short Brazilian Film Series. more ›

Lunch Films at Aurora Earlier this week, we told you about one great event happening tonight in the Heights. And here's another just down the road. Lunch Films premieres today and tomorrow at Aurora Picture Show. “By accident, I started a series of lunch shorts. I bought a filmmaker lunch because he was broke. I asked for a short film in return for the cost of the lunch and wrote rules on a napkin to... more ›

As the world holds its breath, teetering precariously on the cusp of the Super Bowl (well, at least in America), the wheels of the -ists keep on turning. Austinist was in a musical frame of mind as they listened to the new Shins album, updated the SXSW band listings and got called "punk rock" for their efforts by MTV. And an ice storm swept through the area. Bostonist said goodbye to John Kerry's plans... more ›

Even though he’s been recording for almost 30 years, most people don’t know who Daniel Johnston is. His profile was lifted a couple of years ago with the release of a tribute album, with artists like Beck, Death Cab for Cutie, Bright Eyes and Tom Waits covering his songs. The following year, a documentary of his life won an award at the Sundance festival. This year, Houston’s Infernal Bridegroom Productions created and performed a rock... more ›

Fun with Dick and Jane: Directed by Dean Parisot, starring Tea Leoni, Jim Carrey, Alec Baldwin. Open letter to Jim Carrey: Please stop making these torturing, face-contorting at weird angles, ills of suburban sprawl, silly films and return to the days of your Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Majestic brilliance. Please? Basically this 1970s remake is about a man who looses his job and fears his cushy lifestyle will disappear as well... more ›