Results tagged “filmcommission”

A couple of weeks ago, Houstonist was downtown and noticed a film crew setting up lights, cameras — and, presumably, action — at the corner of Louisiana and Rusk. We wondered in passing what was going on, but we figured it was just Time Warner shooting another of its asinine commercials with a guy in a space suit or a businessman who says "Click! Boom!" for half an hour. In reality, though, what we... more ›

The Houston Film Commission is celebrating Halloween a little early this year. If you don’t have a weak stomach, you can join them tonight at Film First Thursday’s at Dean’s downtown. This month’s selections will feature short horror and gory films from Texas filmmakers. more ›

When you hear that the movie version of Dallas is probably going to be filmed in Canada, you get the vague feeling that something might be wrong with Texas' movie industry. Apparently, other people think so, too: Texas film professionals are gearing up to lure more filming to the Lone Star state through a statewide movie alliance that would work not only to lure outside projects, but also to promote in-state moviemaking. The Texas Motion... more ›