Texas

Every once and a while, a filmmaker comes along to flip the script and tackle themes and ideas that most are afraid to touch. Sean Baker has done this his entire career, but especially with…

Tin Cup is unique. It’s about a sport that I would wager most people find pretty uneventful. It’s a comedy, but it isn’t slapstick like Caddyshack or The Longest Yard. Most of all, our hero doesn’t win in the end;…

When you grow up in Belgium, you don’t often hear country music. In the seventies and the eighties, I did, however, become familiar with some of the biggest names in the genre. I remember Kenny…

Policing in Modern America is in a complicated place. The institution has, rightfully so, come under fire for outdated practices and negative interactions with minorities. What was at one time among the noblest professions, has…

The Allyn brothers’ biggest collaboration to date, No Man’s Land, begins with the lines, “The U.S. and Mexico share one of the world’s longest borders. In Texas, border fences often lie far north of the…

“The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever being one.” – Billy Connolly Since 1935, The American Legion has sponsored Boys State (and Girls State, which is somehow a separated…