West Texas

Asylum Denied

Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

Summer Movie Preview

The Iveys

Putting a Chef Through Misery for One Great Meatloaf

Photo by Flickr user mooshee85​My sister had a business partner in her restaurant for a number of years, who, to protect his identity, I'll call him Tattoo. He was a vegetarian -- I know, I know, but you can't argue with crazy. Tattoo didn't just avoid eating meat, he was grossed out by it. Not ... More >>

Subterranean Finds

Taking a look at some recent releases that dwell deep below the surface.

Boca Private Prison Operator Feelin' Heat from West Texas

Not the riot in Pecos, but this is what one looks like. Perhaps the only thing harder to contain than a prison riot is the embarrassment that comes after a prison riot. But still. Boca Raton-based Geo Group has done a ham-handed job spinning the riot that broke out Saturday at a prison it owns ... More >>

Top 10 Reissues of 2008

It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scene ... More >>

Hottest of Them All

A Hooters extravaganza means wings, beer, family fun, and, oh yeah, hooters

Badlands

Coen Brothers transcend themselves with No Country for Old Men

Joe Ely

Happy Songs From Rattlesnake Gulch (Rack 'em)

Where the Queer and the Antelope Play

Willie Nelson goes gay (for a song).

Hell of a Catch

Friday Night Lights goes deep -- a rare route for football movies

For Love of the Game

Kevin Costner doesn't make friends. He makes movies, dang it.

On Death and Jewishness

A smart new play takes two well-explored topics to higher, provocative ground

Short Cuts