GISH AT THE MOVIES | august 2010

SCREEN DANCING
I’ve been fascinated by the life of former Houston Ballet dancer Li Cunxin ever since I heard him speak when touting his bestselling autobiography, Mao’s Last Dancer, a few years back. Lucky for us, that book inspired a movie of the same title, opening August 20 at Landmark River Oaks Theatre (www.landmarktheatres.com). It’s the [...]

GISH AT THE MOVIES | july 2010

REEL INDIE FILMS
Hello, July!  Reel Films (www.reelfilms.org) is presenting Living with the Trinity (7/10, 7pm) with director Rob Tranchin in attendance. The Trinity River is the star of this story that explores the conflict that developed in the early 1970s over plans to transform its entire length into a barge canal linking Dallas and Fort [...]

GISH AT THE MOVIES | june 2010

OPERA AND SPACE FEATURED THIS MONTH
Rave Yorktown 15 (www.ravemotionpictures.com) continues their opera series this month with Falstaff screening 6/17, 7pm and 6/20, 1pm. You won’t care if the Hubble telescope ever had problems after watching the fascinating IMAX® film Hubble 3D, on view this month at the Houston Museum of Natural Science (www.hmns.org). Watching it, [...]