Houston Matters

“I Dream Too Much” — A Movie About Women, for Women and By Women

Posted on · Director Katie Cokinos is no stranger to the Texas film scene, even though she's now in New York's Hudson Valley raising her family. She ran SWAMP — that's Southwest Alternate Media Project — in the late 80s and was managing director of the Austin Film Society in 1990. Those years in Austin film meant she […]

Good, Bad and Ugly

HERO Trial, Student Records and Houston at the Oscars: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Houston News

Posted on · A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to our rotating panel of non-experts to parse The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of it all. Today: Aurora Losada of La Voz […]

Houston Matters

How Do You Convince Film Producers to Shoot in Houston?

Posted on · When film producers decide to shoot a movie in a certain location, it can be a boon for that area’s economy. The production team needs crew members, hotels, food, office equipment — you name it. So how do you convince movie makers to shoot their films in Greater Houston? We discuss efforts to attract film […]

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The Night Shift & Richard Linklater: Houston Matters for July 18, 2014

Posted on · When most of us think about our lives and times here in Houston, we're thinking about working or going to school during the day, then caring for, shuttling around, or – ideally –simply spending time with loved ones while we decompress in the evening. Then, we typically sleep through the night before we do it […]