Billy Bob Thornton

SXSW 2013: Critically Important Questions Raised By This Year's Event

Editor: We have so many questions here in Austin. Here are 50 of them. 1. Will I like the pedicab costumed as The Hulk if he gets angry? 2. Are we all really just in New York? 3. Is this t-shirt rad? 4. Do you want to get some 'za, which is now absolutely the slang for pizza? 5. How far can yo ... More >>

The legendary metal singer Lemmy shows surprising, different sides in a new documentary

Ten Best Things To Do This Weekend in St. Louis: January 14 to 16

​Have cabin fever yet? If you don't, I'd be surprised. Thankfully, this weekend will be a little respite from the cold. Go check out some of the shows listed here. Or explore the events below. Friday STL Loud EP Release @ Off Broadway The first EP in the STL Loud series is being released toni ... More >>

Tony La Russa's ARF Stars to the Rescue Event Returns, While Conan O'Brien Finally Comes to Town

​This event has been a little under the radar this year, but it is happening: Tony La Russa's annual Animal Rescue Foundation's (ARF) Stars to the Rescue benefit is at the Fabulous Fox on Saturday, January 15. This year's entertainment includes Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters, country si ... More >>

The 2010 St. Louis International Film Festival was to have been a triumphant homecoming for George Hickenlooper. Instead, it'll be a wake.

Interview Outtakes: Black Crowes Drummer Steve Gorman on Ringo Starr, Working with Warren Zevon and Avoiding Grunge's Pitfalls

Josh Cheuse​The Black Crowes is playing at the Pageant tomorrow night as part of its "Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys" tour. (Remember, don't bring a camera.) Drummer Steve Gorman chatted with the RFT this week; read on below for outtakes, including a touching recollection of working with Warren ... More >>

Foul Territory: Unreal goes outside the lines during All-Star Week

Ashanti, Chingy, Ginuwine, Nelly and Other Celebs with Two Names Set for All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball

On Sunday afternoon, July 12, celebrities and baseball legends will gather on the field at Busch Stadium for the Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game. Musicians scheduled to play include Backstreet Boys member Brian Littrell, Nelly, Chingy, Ashanti and Ginuwine. (No word yet on if th ... More >>

I Miss Julian Tavarez Sooo Much

I'm usually pretty easygoing when it comes to players' comings and goings from the Cardinals, you know? Hey, it's a business; sometimes a guy just doesn't fit into a ball club's plans.But there is one player the Cardinals have let walk in the last couple of years that I just flat out can't get over; ... More >>

GuitARF Hero: Cardinals manager Tony La Russa rocks out for animal welfare — and talks tunes with RFT

James Intveld

9 p.m. Tuesday, January 20. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Meet our first MasterMinds: The RFT rewards four outstanding young St. Louis-based artists in the categories of film/video, visual arts, literary arts and performing arts

Man in the Box: Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters channels the British Invasion and classic country on its self-titled album

Film Openings

Week of February 22, 2007

Fly me to the moon: The Polish brothers dare to dream.

The Astronaut Farmer

Film Openings

Week of September 28, 2006

A Star Is Born

B-Sides explores whether actors can really sing, downloads some Pixies goodness and has some devilish words for Bleeding Through

Common Cold

Harold Ramis' Ice Harvest is just a reheated Christmas caper

Breaking the Waves (1996)

A searing indictment of every bedrock world institution imaginable

Blade Run

"It's easier to get your genitals pierced than to get a good shave in St. Louis"

Excess Hollywood

In the season of sequels and Happy Meal toys, 05 may be a pleasant surprise.

Dead Man (1995)

Jim Jarmusch at his most subtle

Not Rockne

A worthy actor rides the bench in the listless Coach Carter

Two Tickets to Paradise

We chat with Eddie Money, get all Punjabi on you and fatwa all over Robert Downey Jr.

Hell of a Catch

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

Best Appearance on a Hollywood Soundtrack

Bunnygrunt

Celluloid Dreams

The St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase puts local talents on the big screen

With Friends Like These

Who needs cable?

Messin' with Texas

The Alamo gets what it always needed -- a happy ending!

The Hard Sell

Dallas filmmaker Shane Carruth won Sundance's top honor. So...now what?

A Second Opinion

The flicks that the best-of list overlooked

Black Christmas

A St. Louis band is up on the rooftop with Bad Santa

The "S" Word

Bad Santa is crude and rude and the jolliest Christmas movie ever

A Ball, Screwed

The Coens make a '40s comedy with a Cary named Clooney

Sounds Around Town

Week of August 13, 2003

Film Openings

Week of May 14, 2003

Film Openings

Week of October 23, 2002

Fight Club

When it comes to producing movies, it's a fine art (or Art Linson)

Banging Bigotry

A racist Billy Bob gets funky in Monster's Ball

Shut Up and Watch!

If you didn't like this year's movies, you didn't look hard enough. The RFT's film critics weigh in on their faves of the year.

Cain and Very Able

Billy Bob doesn't say much, but he's the perfect Man for the Coens' con job

Hairy Situation

Bandits holds out for a hero and gets two: Willis and Thornton

Feel His Pain

Billy Bob has a simple plan: to sing about life and lovin' his wife

Lost in the Swamp

Sam Raimi does what he can with familiar material in The Gift

Mexican Jumping Scenes

Oh for the good old mythic cowboy life!

PRINCESS MONONOKE

Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki

THE ROAD TO WELLES-VILLE

St. Louis native George Hickenlooper takes another step on his Hollywood career path with the Orson Welles adaptation The Big Brass Ring -- but a happy ending's still not in sight.

GHOSTS OF MISSOURI

Former St. Louisan George Hickenlooper collaborates posthumously with Orson Welles in The Big Brass Ring, now appearing on Showtime

It's All in the Game

Money Changes Everything