Tag Archives: Texas

A late-summer surprise with a great cast, Hell or High Water is an exciting, character-driven antidote to the season's typical sequels and would-be blockbusters.

“Voter Technology: A Reimagined Future”, a presentation at SXSW, focused on bringing election technology into the 21st Century. The speakers included Diego Bernal, a social worker and member of the Texas House of Representatives for San Antonio, and Peter Jackson, Public Sector Strategy Lead at IDEO, a design and consulting company based in San Francisco. Their goal: Use modern technology to facilitate the registration and voting process. They covered the motivations, possibilities and issues surrounding technology and voting.

The bad boy son of a West Texas preacher, returns to his hometown to become its preacher and to keep a promise to his father. His past and a variety of bad things, including a mysterious cosmic force, an ex-girlfriend, and a psychopathic vampire complicate this for him.

“How many bills did you pass?” is the wrong question. Implicit in the tone of this article is that passing a lot of laws is a good thing and a mark of success for our representatives. I disagree. California has too many laws.

"Maze of Blood" by Marly Youmans is a visceral shot to the senses and a fine filament tugging at the imagination that examines the results of thwarted dreams and desires in the life of a young writer.

In a world of ever-increasing compartmentalized sound, Hubbard is a breath of fresh air blowing in every direction at once.

SXSW consists of over 3000 events, including 150 movies. I didn't quite make it to all of them.

Richard Linklater's 12-years-in-the-making cinematic gamble pays off in spades, delivering a unique and profoundly moving experience.

Author Richard Hacker chats with Blogcritics about his book Chain Reaction.

Historical thriller provides a picture of small town Texas life in the Sixties.