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I had a good time talking with Brazilian actor #WagnerMoura about his role in one of the year's best films, "The Secret Agent," and about one of his favorite Brazilian bands, Chico Science. #Brazilianfilm www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Brazil's Wagner Moura lands in the Hollywood spotlight with 'The Secret Agent'
With his return to northeastern Brazil to play a role that has earned him a Golden Globe nomination, Moura disproves the notion that you can't go home again.
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December 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I had a good time talking with Brazilian actor #WagnerMoura about his role in one of the year's best films, "The Secret Agent," and about one of his favorite Brazilian bands, Chico Science. #Brazilianfilm www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
I had a good conversation with director Kleber Mendonça Filho about his film 'The Secret Agent' which was just nominated for three Golden Globes today. www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Oscar watch: Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho has Hollywood's attention
His film 'The Secret Agent,' starring Wagner Moura, was just nominated for several Golden Globes and seems to be on a glide path to Oscar glory like last year's Brazilian film, 'I'm Still Here.'
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December 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I had a good conversation with director Kleber Mendonça Filho about his film 'The Secret Agent' which was just nominated for three Golden Globes today. www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Houston's old Tower Theatre is being reborn as a jazz venue, Doc's Houston, next week.
Doc's Houston, the jazz club taking over the Tower Theatre, sets opening date
Doc Watkins, the operator of the new venue on Westheimer in Montrose, says it will be the largest jazz club in the world.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Houston's old Tower Theatre is being reborn as a jazz venue, Doc's Houston, next week.
Thirty-three years ago this month, one of my favorite action films, "Hard-Boiled," debuted in North America. I remember sitting through it twice at the Nuart Theater in LA. www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
John Woo's 'Hard-Boiled' is the best action-crime film ever made. Fight me.
The 1992 movie, with its dazzlingly choreographed bullet ballet sequences, raised the bar and paved the way for 'The Matrix' and 'John Wick.'
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September 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Thirty-three years ago this month, one of my favorite action films, "Hard-Boiled," debuted in North America. I remember sitting through it twice at the Nuart Theater in LA. www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Venezuela has been in the news lately. Yet its music scene isn't widely known. Now, Desorden Publico, Rawayana, and Akapellah are separately touring the U.S. within the next month. The music, often a pan-Caribbean cultural mix, is absolutely intoxicating. www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Popular bands Desorden Público, Rawayana, Akapellah show other side of Venezuela
Venezuela and its people, many of whom have fled to overseas destinations including Texas, are often in the news. These performers, coming to Houston, remind us of the country's rich musical...
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August 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Venezuela has been in the news lately. Yet its music scene isn't widely known. Now, Desorden Publico, Rawayana, and Akapellah are separately touring the U.S. within the next month. The music, often a pan-Caribbean cultural mix, is absolutely intoxicating. www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
For the first time in the state-incentive era of filmmaking, Texas is now competitive with its neighbors in terms of luring productions to the state. We'll see if this is the game changer that its proponents say it is.
Texas throws its cowboy hat in the ring to be Hollywood on the Gulf
Now that SB 22 is law and the Lone Star State is upping its film incentives to $150 million per year, more productions might come here. But there are still obstacles to cross.
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July 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
For the first time in the state-incentive era of filmmaking, Texas is now competitive with its neighbors in terms of luring productions to the state. We'll see if this is the game changer that its proponents say it is.
I've been studying Portuguese for the past few years. One of the joys of diving into a new culture is discovering its music. Obviously, Brazilian music is brilliant. But there's also a lot of cool stuff coming out of Portugal itself. I scribbled a few words. www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Visiting Portugal this summer? Here's some local music to check out
There is more to the country than tarts, tile and trams. If you're going or just returned, here are 25 contemporary acts, ranging from Afrobeats to indie-rock, for your personal soundtrack.
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June 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I've been studying Portuguese for the past few years. One of the joys of diving into a new culture is discovering its music. Obviously, Brazilian music is brilliant. But there's also a lot of cool stuff coming out of Portugal itself. I scribbled a few words. www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Summer means trips to the beach, road trips and playlists. Here are some of my favorite summer-themed tracks. www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
The 35 best songs of summer, from the Beach Boys to Megan Thee Stallion
Now that the hot season has arrived, here are our picks from the last six decades for your ultimate summer party and road trip playlist
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May 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Summer means trips to the beach, road trips and playlists. Here are some of my favorite summer-themed tracks. www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
One of my favorite B-movies from the late '60s is the surprisingly prescient 'Wild in the Streets' (1968), with a young Richard Pryor and Hal Holbrook. It was released 57 years ago this month. www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Happy birthday to 'Wild in the Streets,' one of the best so-bad-it's-good films
On May 29, 1968, American International, the studio behind 'Attack of the Leeches' and 'I Was A Teenage Werewolf,' released this slice of 'teensploitation'
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May 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
One of my favorite B-movies from the late '60s is the surprisingly prescient 'Wild in the Streets' (1968), with a young Richard Pryor and Hal Holbrook. It was released 57 years ago this month. www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
The U.S. tour is over but this year remains the 50th anniversary of the American release of the breakthrough "Autobahn" album. So I thought I'd post here my piece from earlier this year on the groundbreaking brilliance of #Kraftwerk. www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
50 years ago this band released an album that changed pop music
The release launched a career that influenced the likes of David Bowie, Donna Summer, U2, Coldplay, Dr. Dre, Radiohead, Billie Eilish, Daft Punk, Depeche Mode.
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May 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The U.S. tour is over but this year remains the 50th anniversary of the American release of the breakthrough "Autobahn" album. So I thought I'd post here my piece from earlier this year on the groundbreaking brilliance of #Kraftwerk. www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Ryan Coogler's amazing @sinnersmovie.bsky.social is fantastic to watch but equally entertaining to listen to. Could it stir wider interest in the blues? www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
May 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Ryan Coogler's amazing @sinnersmovie.bsky.social is fantastic to watch but equally entertaining to listen to. Could it stir wider interest in the blues? www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Texas has contributed a lot to hip-hop over the last few decades. Here are my 60 reasons why.
The Texas Hip-Hop Top 60: The acts who put the Lone Star State into the mix
In the '80s, New York and L.A. saw competition from Texas as such performers as the Geto Boys and The D.O.C. pushed their way into the spotlight
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February 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Texas has contributed a lot to hip-hop over the last few decades. Here are my 60 reasons why.
I review Taylor Sheridan's new series, 'Landman,' set and shot in Texas. It debuts Sunday on Paramount+. Gift link below. @paramountplus.bsky.social
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November 15, 2024 at 9:26 PM
I review Taylor Sheridan's new series, 'Landman,' set and shot in Texas. It debuts Sunday on Paramount+. Gift link below. @paramountplus.bsky.social
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