New this week: Arcade Fire, 'Hatching,' Three Mile Island
This weekโs new entertainment releases include a new album from Arcade Fire, a documentary about Sheryl Crow that's described as an โintimate story of song and sacrificeโ and a four-part documentary about the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster.
SXSW plots in-person film fest with 'Atlanta,' 'Lost City'
After the pandemic forced the South by Southwest Film Festival to turn virtual the last two years, the Austin, Texas, festival is plotting a largely in-person event this March that will feature the premieres of the third season of Donald Gloverโs โAtlanta,โ the latest from Richard Linklater and the Sandra Bullock-Channing Tatum comedy โThe Lost City.โ.
Flit over to this Houston spot to gander at hundreds of butterflies -- no net required
Where: The Cockrell Butterfly Center is located at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, 5555 Hermann Park Dr, HoustonCost: Adults, $12; children 3-11, $10; children under 3, free. Yup, you guessed it -- the Cockrell Butterfly Center. 2) When the Cockrell Butterfly Center opened in July 1994, it was one of only a few such centers in the country. The spectacular, three-story structure has a 50-foot waterfall, several trees, tropical flowers, leafy bushes, a pool, some tortoises and even an iguana named Charro -- oh, and obviously, hundreds and hundreds of butterflies. AdWhile undoubtedly its most lively attraction, the Cockrell Butterfly Center is by no means the museumโs only offering of note.
Itโd be a lot cooler if you read 'Alright, alright, alright: An oral history of Richard Linklaterโs Dazed and Confusedโ
This fall marks the 27th anniversary of the release of Richard Linklaterโs iconic, coming-of-age movie, Dazed and Confused. Tapping into the most famous line of dialogue in the movie, Alright, Alright, Alright: An Oral History of Richard Linklaterโs Dazed and Confused by Melissa Maerz unpacks everything a dedicated viewer would want to know about this timeless classic. I had just started my first year of high school, and I remember identifying with Mitch. Early on, Iโd used Alright, Alright, Alright as a placeholder title in my book proposal. But everyone convinced me to keep Alright, Alright, Alright because itโs so iconic.
The power of Richard Linklaterโs nostalgia
โRemember to stay in your lane,โ Linklater tells the boys. Growing up in Houston during those years felt like living in a real-life science fiction movie, Linklater tells me. โThis is the last thing that the whole world thought was good,โ Linklater tells me. Scene after scene, Linklater is behind the camera or talking with actors or producers. โItโs fun to dial in on those details to try to get them right,โ Linklater tells me.