The name “James Dean” brings an image immediately to mind: the loner with perfect hair, smoking a cigarette coolly, squinting at the other young punks around him, unafraid of anything—bad to the bone. He doesn’t need much of an introduction, and neither does Rebel Without A Cause, playing at the Henry Ransom Center tonight as part of their “Rebel Classics” Film Series....

[This post comes from Anna Hanks, who'll soon be joining the Austinist staff!] Oh how we love our brooding bad-boys, full of emotional conflicts and divided loyalties. From James Dean to Marlon Brando, we just adore our theatrical time-bombs ticking down to an eventual emotional explosion. Black outfits only accentuate their outlaw charms. Biblical bad-boy Judas Iscariot — beautifully and brilliantly portrayed by John Pointer in Zachary Scott Theatre Center’s new bilingual production of Jesus......

Did we forget anything? Let us know. M O N D A Y music · American Analog Set at Club DeVille. Free! Two sets, 8pm and 9:30pm [mp3: American Analog Set - New Equation (Live)] film · KOOP Radio's Monthly Movie Night screening of "Soy Cuba" at MonkeyWrench Books. Suggested donation of $5 8pm film · Martin Sheen narrates "James Dean: Forever Young", a documentary on the original hipster at the Drafthouse South Lamar. 7pm......

Despite being a traitor to his commie friends (remember Nick Nolte's refusal to give a standing ovation at the Oscars a few years back? Hilarious!), Elia Kazan is one hell of an awesome director (Splendor in the Grass is one of our all time favorite films). And most of us know, too, that despite his brief career, James Dean is one hell of an awesome actor. Add to that the fact that the Paramount......