Sean Penn

I'm Still Here: Joaquin Phoenix Makes a Point About Something. Maybe.

Blown Over: Galveston and Texas Gulf Coast Struggle After Hurricane Ike

Forgotten and overlooked, Galveston residents try to put the pieces back together

What You Lookin' At? Oh, I See -- the AFI Dallas Complete Lineup.

Forgotten and overlooked, Galveston residents try to put the pieces back together

Peeping Bomb

With Hitchcock in its rear window, bland voyeur thriller does its best not to perturb(ia)

Business as Usual

With Hitchcock in its rear window, bland voyeur thriller does its best not to perturb(ia)

Scars and Bars

Bukowski gets his in a touching, terrifying documentary

Rescued, 9/11

A writer helps a New York City fireman mourn his Guys

Sand Through an Hourglass

Over time, George Sand seems less radical and even a little old-fashioned

Skate or Die

In the 1970s, the Z-Boys were hell on wheels. Today, they're shredding the big screen.

Tale of the Tapes

With headliners like Mike Judge and an impressive list of films, the Dallas Video Festival once again wins by knockout

The Offender

The Contender is a candidate for the year's most high-minded trash

Banter

Beverly May's day

A knockout

De Palma gets down and dirty with the jagged, funky Snake Eyes

Far from perfect

We don't like any of these people-- and the movie's ugly too

Cooking Up a Storm

Temperamental Dallas chef Avner Samuel is a genius in the kitchen, but he may have burned the one thing that matters most--his bridges

Letters

Temperamental Dallas chef Avner Samuel is a genius in the kitchen, but he may have burned the one thing that matters most--his bridges

Bar chords

Harry Dean Stanton sings--but then, he always has

And then there were some

A friendly, disorganized guide to what won't be checked out at your local video store

Electric blue

Jim Suhler talks about life and the local bluesman

Events for the week

Jim Suhler talks about life and the local bluesman

Contact high

As a teenage junkie in The Basketball Diaries, Leonardo DiCaprio joins an elite corps of true screen actors