Do you ever look around your room and ask yourself: “Why is my room so basic?” Here are a few cheap and easy ways to decorate your room for the upcoming seasons. There are three main places where you can decorate your room: your window, your door and inside your room. So whether you are crafting for fall or winter,...
“A Christmas Story” (1983) Recall those incessant marathon airings of this film on Christmas Eve? Admit it —you probably swapped channels to catch those iconic moments such as the leg lamp, the bunny suit, or “you’ll shoot your eye out!” This film may be based on Jean Shephard’s own personal experiences, but you can...
In city with over a million people, Houston’s holiday season boasts everything from 5K runs to ballet performances. There are traditional events that have been going on for years, and there are a few which are just making their Houstonian holiday debut. Over the break, don’t stay cooped up when there is a plethora of...
Talk about the perfect stop-motion classic for both Halloween and Christmas . Do you recall the ghastly tales your parents told you at the bedside? Or that special children’s book in the library that you thought fondly of? That’s exactly what this movie feels like — a nostalgic, childlike lore that never expired into...
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...
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...
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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