Say it with a straight face: “alien plants plotting world domination on Earth.” Plants find it necessary to make duplicates of each human individual due to some silly, pragmatic choice, which is why it’s astonishing that this horror film succeeds. But director Philip Kaufman takes the material seriously. Kaufman’s...
Visionary filmmaker Jason Silva shares insights from his “Innovation and Thinking Differently” lecture, which will be held at 6 p.m. on Oct. 22 in the Cullen Performance Hall. Silva is the host of “Brain Games” on the National Geographic Channel, and the creator of the “Shots of Awe” Youtube channel – an archive for...
Looking for a fun event for this weekend? The ChaneyXperience promises to give you an unforgettable evening filled with an all-you-can-drink pass, free Uber rides (with promocode DJCHANEY,) an abundant variety of food trucks and a musical delivery that will excite the night to unseen levels. The ChaneyXperience...
Considering the cultural reinforcement of Shakespearian productions today, “FuenteOvejuna,” a nearly 400-year-old Spanish play by Lope De Vega, appears quite underrated. It is rare for most people to know that this relatively obscure story ever existed. So it was amazing when, on Oct. 9, UH Theatre Department’s...
From 7-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at the UH Student Center Theater, White House correspondent Tamara Keith will be giving a speech in “Evening with NPR White House Correspondent Tamara Keith” in conjunction with the UH Symposium “Collaboration: Women Re-making American Political Culture.” Tamara Keith has covered...
I told my mother I wanted to be a writer when I was 2 years old, and sixteen years later as a senior in high school I began my first novel, “Home.” From the first paragraph, I knew it was going to be my first published work. I wrote about a girl visiting her estranged father for the summer and reconnecting with her...
UH alumna Michelle Mower visited the Rice University Media Center Sept. 18-19 to coordinate the 2015 Business of Film Conference. A director and producer, she’s a champion of promoting Houston indie makers. Mower is a board member of SWAMP (Southwest Alternative Media Project), a non-profit organization designed to...
Originating from a lengthy novel, Sophie Bartes’s “Madam Bovary” (2014) suffers from a common film-adaptation affliction I call, “compressionistis.” It’s easy to trace the core problem to the idea that two hours is not adequate time to embody Gustave Flaubert’s book. But the more accurate diagnosis is that it didn’t...
Singer Alicia Hall Moran and musician Jason Moran graced the UH Moores School of Music on the evening of Sept. 16 for the annual Mitchell Art Lecture. Both bursting with character and chemistry, the duo shared insights and samples through their performance art. Jason is a jazz musician and has recently served as...
Director Julie Taymor was initially repulsed by Frida Kahlo’s gory artwork. But the producer and eventual lead actress of “Frida,” Salma Hayek, sparked Taymor’s appreciation and reverence for the artist after she approached her to navigate this unique 2002 film. But the biopic proved to be a more arduous challenge...
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