Peter Lucas

Austin film programmer Zack Carlson and the Alamo’s upcoming screening of rarely seen mindblower, “The World’s Greatest Sinner” Everyone knows that Austin’s original Alamo Drafthouse [...]

Movie-lovers and image-makers should be extremely excited about the upcoming opportunity to see some of the best movies ever in the best way possible. In [...]

People used to gather around the “electric fireplace” at this time of year for Christmas variety shows. These boasted sing-along medleys, unlikely collaborations, corny jokes [...]

This Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston is showcasing the artistry of filmmakers Stephen and Timothy Quay with a special series [...]

OK, well, the Houston Cinema Arts Festival has begun, so its a little late for me to still be slicing up the programming. But I’ve [...]

I mentioned in my last post that arts documentaries are arguably the heart of the Cinema Arts Festival (running this evening through Sunday). These films, [...]

The Houston Cinema Arts Festival is back with an eclectic program celebrating film both as art and as art document. It opens this Wednesday and [...]

“Everything is being spoiled in this world. …Know what? When everything is being spoiled, we’ll be spoiled too!” So proclaim two teenage girls–both named Marie–before [...]

Celebrating the legendary de Menil years of the Rice Museum and Rice Media Center. The Menil Collection’s 25th anniversary this year has had me thinking [...]

The Aurora Picture Show’s 9th annual Media Archeology Festival (Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 21-23) premieres a host of unique films and live audiovisual performances that [...]

Experimental Eye and The Sounds of Silence. The next 6 weeks bring Houstonians rare opportunities to see some of the most dynamic experimental films in [...]

Robert Frank’s 1950s at the MFAH The new exhibition, American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston opens next [...]

I’ve been meaning to write something here about film scores for a while. You know, some kind of analysis of the role of music in [...]

Vital film document, Come Back, Africa screens at the MFAH. “This film was made secretly in order to portray the true conditions of life in [...]

It’s easy to remember only the sweet, cheery and teary moments of Director Frank Capra’s 1946 film, It’s A Wonderful Life, and forget that it [...]

The best movie to see alone and/or stoned this Thanksgiving weekend is Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 existential Sci-Fi oddity, The Man Who Fell To Earth. A [...]

The new Sundance Cinemas open this Wednesday, in time for the long holiday weekend. Located Downtown at Bayou Place, Sundance promises to more than fill [...]

I want to call attention to one film in the Cinema Arts Fest that, while nestled quietly and rather buzzless in the schedule between exciting [...]

This Wednesday evening, the third annual Cinema Arts Festival Houston launches five days of film screenings, multimedia performances, video installations, and artist talks in venues [...]

It. Is. On! A heated battle is brewing on the big screen as two big, new dance films come to Houston theaters. In one corner, [...]