The actress journeyed from Texarkana to Hollywood, eventually becoming a real estate mogul, a best-selling author, and one of the world’s richest women.

Texas Monthly

18.11.2024

‘Landman’ Premiere Recap: A Campy, Fiery First Day in the Oil Patch

Fifty-six minutes stuffed with action, family drama, sex, and enough pickup trucks to start a dealership.

Texas Monthly

18.11.2024

‘Landman’ Episode Two Recap: It’s a Boss-Off, Y’all – Texas Monthly

Jon Hamm is cussing at a mansion; Billy Bob Thornton is cussing at a bar called the Patch Cafe. Whose lead are you following?

Texas Monthly

05.11.2024

LBJ's Pop Culture Afterlife Offers a Lesson for Our Divided Time

President Lyndon B. Johnson’s portrayal in movies such as ‘The Early Years’ and ’All the Way’ offers a lesson for our divided time.

Texas Monthly

26.10.2024

‘Shōgun‘ Season 2 Is Halfway Written, Rachel Kondo Says

The Austin Film Festival honoree talks about collaborating on FX’s record-breaking historical drama with her husband Justin Marks.

Texas Monthly

23.10.2024

Forty Years After ‘Fandango,’ This West Texas Rock Is Still a Star

Known as Dom Rock, the unassuming boulder, located between Lajitas and Presidio, played a big role in one of Kevin Costner's first films.

Texas Monthly

17.10.2024

M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Caddo Lake’ Is Worth Watching for the Setting

It would be hard to mess up a supernatural thriller filmed amid dark water and ancient cypress trees.

Texas Monthly

17.10.2024

Can an Arthouse Cinema Succeed in Cattle Country? – Texas Monthly

In the middle of small town Central Texas, the members of the Bosque Film Society have created a place to screen experimental and independent movies.

Texas Monthly

17.10.2024

'Landman' Star Billy Bob Thornton Isn't From Texas. Don't Tell Hollywood.

Two decades after the "Friday Night Lights" movie, the actor returns to West Texas to play an oil-patch patriarch in Taylor Sheridan’s series.

Texas Monthly

11.10.2024

M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Caddo Lake’ Is Worth Watching for the Setting

It would be hard to mess up a supernatural thriller filmed amid dark water and ancient cypress trees.

Texas Monthly

08.10.2024

‘Chasing the Tide’ Tracks a 370-Mile Hike Across the Texas Coast

The absorbing documentary series is a love letter to the Gulf Coast—and a sobering account of how it’s imperiled by climate change.

Texas Monthly

21.09.2024

A Cup o’ Joe in the Walmart Parking Lot With ‘Yellowstone’ Star Cole Hauser

The man behind Rip Wheeler promoted his coffee company, Free Rein, in Fort Worth. Dozens of his adoring fans showed up before sunrise for a taste.

Texas Monthly

14.09.2024

Connie Britton Plays a Texas Mom Again in a Reality Winner Biopic

“To play so many unique moms and show how completely individual they are feels like a great privilege,” says the Winner star.

Texas Monthly

22.08.2024

How the Lead in 'The Twisters' Became the Queen of Knock-off Blockbusters

Kayla Fields shares how she went from small-town Texas to starring as the token "smart girl" in "mockbusters" such as 'The Exorcists' and 'DC Down.'

Texas Monthly

22.08.2024

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ at Fifty Is Not as Scary as You Remember

For the golden anniversary, Leatherface and his creators are currently being fêted at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Texas Monthly

30.07.2024

It’s a Glenomenon: Why the Internet Is Crushing on Glen Powell

The 'Twisters' star’s online fans are really into his Texas swagger.

Texas Monthly

27.07.2024

Don’t Blink, or You’ll Miss Matthew McConaughey’s Marvel Debut

It finally happened: Matthew McConaughey makes a (brief) cameo in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’ in theaters now.

Texas Monthly

26.07.2024

Let's Heal America With a ‘Twisters—Fast and Furious‘ Crossover

You’re welcome, Hollywood.

Texas Monthly

19.07.2024

A Real Storm Chaser Fact-checks ‘Twisters’

Fire tornadoes: yes. Flying cows: also yes.

Texas Monthly

19.07.2024

"Hummingbirds" Is the Best Movie I've Seen About Growing Up A Border Kid

Two best friends cover a summer meandering around Laredo, cracking jokes and talking deportation.

Texas Monthly

13.07.2024

’MaXXXine’ Considers What Happens When a Final Girl Leaves Texas

Mia Goth plays a character whose desire for stardom takes her to Hollywood in the third film of Ti West’s horror trilogy.

Texas Monthly

12.07.2024

Shelley Duvall Found Fame in Hollywood and Peace in Texas

The Fort Worth–born star of ‘The Shining’ and ‘Popeye’ retreated to the Lone Star State after a decades-long career in film and television.

Texas Monthly

06.07.2024

Meet the Fan Who Befriended Shelley Duvall in Johnson City

Sarah Lukowski runs the internet’s Shelley Duvall Archive and visits the reclusive star at her Hill Country home.

Texas Monthly

02.07.2024

Two Texas Pitmasters Compete on Netflix’s Barbecue Showdown

Kareem El-Ghayesh and Sloan Rinaldi show off their skills on season 3 of "Barbecue Showdown" on Netflix in hopes of winning $50,000.

Texas Monthly

27.06.2024

Why Are So Many Texas Movies About the Desire to Leave It?

Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 belongs to a lineage of films about coming of age in a state that exerts both a push and a pull on young people.

Texas Monthly

22.06.2024

‘Making the Team’ Turned These Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Into Reality Stars

The new Netflix series ‘America’s Sweethearts’ shines the TV spotlight—once again—on the women vying for a spot on the NFL’s most celebrated cheer squad.

Texas Monthly

22.06.2024

How ‘Bikeriders’ Director Jeff Nichols Turned Biker-Gang Violence Into Art

The Austin filmmaker isn’t afraid of a little blood—but don’t compare him to Scorsese.

Texas Monthly

21.06.2024

Netflix House Is Coming to the Dallas Galleria. Here’s What We Want From It.

Our favorite intellectual properties, all there for us to engage with!

Texas Monthly

15.06.2024

Jake Allyn’s New Movie, ‘Ride,’ Is the ‘Friday Night Lights’ of Rodeo

The Dallas-raised actor and director talks about saddling up and riding bulls to film a drama set in the “cowboy capital of the world.”

Texas Monthly

14.06.2024

Everything We Know About Richard Linklater's 'Merrily We Roll Along'

It's gonna be a while—nearly 20 years—before we can actually see the dang movie. But thanks to the Broadway revival, fans can at least get a preview.

Texas Monthly

13.06.2024

Yen Tan Couldn't Find a Movie About Pet Grief. So He Made One.

‘Marley & Me’ just wasn't hitting the spot.

Texas Monthly

08.06.2024

Ten Years On, ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Is More Urgent Than Ever – Texas Monthly

An uncynical show about tech founders might seem like a relic. Its creators disagree.

Texas Monthly

24.05.2024

Coen Brothers’ ‘Blood Simple’ Offered a Dark Motto for Texas 40 Years Ago

“Down here, you’re on your own,” the late M. Emmet Walsh’s character proclaims in the first moments of the film that turns forty this year.

Texas Monthly

23.05.2024

The Story: A Houston Man’s Double Life That Became the Film ‘Hit Man’

Skip Hollandsworth revisits his 2001 feature about a Houston investigator who posed as a killer and is the basis for Richard Linklater’s new film.

Texas Monthly

19.05.2024

Dabney Coleman, Hollywood’s Funniest Mean Boss, Never Lost His Texas Drawl – Texas Monthly

The ’9 to 5‘ star was a struggling law student at the University of Texas when he met Zachary Scott and became “smitten with becoming an actor.”

Texas Monthly

16.05.2024

‘Gus Plus Us’ Offers a Glimpse of Texas Filmmaking’s Conservative Future

The blue puppet on a wholesome kids’ show seems quite at home in a red state. Welcome to the anti-Hollywood.

Texas Monthly

16.05.2024

Richard Linklater Wants You to See ‘Hit Man’ in a Theater – Texas Monthly

The Austin filmmaker knows you’ll probably wait for his twenty-third feature to show up on Netflix a couple weeks after it hits the big screen. Still, he can dream.

Texas Monthly

08.05.2024

Ethan Hawke’s ‘Wildcat’ Proves a Good Film Is Hard to Find

The director-screenwriter’s love letter to Flannery O’Connor attempts to invigorate the biopic, to mixed results.

Texas Monthly

12.04.2024

Jeff Hiller Is Living His Best Gay Christian Life – Texas Monthly

How the San Antonio native and ’Somebody Somewhere’ star became a middle-aged ingenue.

Texas Monthly

02.04.2024

A Q&A With Actor Jensen Ackles’s Biggest Fan: My Mom – Texas Monthly

The Dallas-born star of the shows ‘Supernatural’ and ‘The Boys’ has a rabid online fandom. Why? “He’s a very positive person,” my mom says.

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M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Caddo Lake’ Is Worth Watching for the Setting

‘Chasing the Tide’ Tracks a 370-Mile Hike Across the Texas Coast

A Cup o’ Joe in the Walmart Parking Lot With ‘Yellowstone’ Star Cole Hauser

Connie Britton Plays a Texas Mom Again in a Reality Winner Biopic

How the Lead in 'The Twisters' Became the Queen of Knock-off Blockbusters

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ at Fifty Is Not as Scary as You Remember

It’s a Glenomenon: Why the Internet Is Crushing on Glen Powell

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Everything We Know About Richard Linklater's 'Merrily We Roll Along'

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Ten Years On, ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Is More Urgent Than Ever – Texas Monthly

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The Story: A Houston Man’s Double Life That Became the Film ‘Hit Man’

Dabney Coleman, Hollywood’s Funniest Mean Boss, Never Lost His Texas Drawl – Texas Monthly

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Ethan Hawke’s ‘Wildcat’ Proves a Good Film Is Hard to Find

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A Q&A With Actor Jensen Ackles’s Biggest Fan: My Mom – Texas Monthly

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