Bayou City Film News

Many people regard 1974's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Tobe Hooper's feature debut. Not so. In 1969, native Texan Hooper gathered a ramshackle crew and a young cast to make Eggshells, a surreal, psychedelic drama about undergraduates sharing a house in Austin. The previously thought 'lost' cult masterpiece has been restored and is getting its first public screenings in forty years. Co-sponsored by TIFN, MFAH & SWAMP Eggshells A Film By Tobe Hooper Friday, March 4th @ 7PM Museum of Fine Arts - Houston, Brown Auditorium Tickets $7 - General Public $6 - MFAH Members, SWAMP Members & Students

Bradley Jackson joins Reggie, Andrew, Janet, Michael, Tito, Peter, Bo, Jesse, Randy, Mahalia and Shoeless Joe as a Jackson to watch for big things in the future. He and his film posse are devoted to making films that make you laugh and make you feel. They will put your money where their mouth is when it comes to making a movie. Bank'em and thank'em for being associated with a success story.

Award winning filmmaker/photography Kerry Beyer release new information on his upcoming feature "Code of Evil". Beyer, the man behind "Spirit Camp" will soon be casting for the new film. Here is the pre-production trailer for the film. For more information visit the website http://www.codeofevil.com/

Meet IndieGoGo.com Founder Danae Ringelmann Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Rice University Media Center University Blvd. @ Stockton St. Rice Entrance #8 Houston, TX 6:30pm - Presentation with Danae Ringelmann 8:30pm - Mix & Mingle @ The Fairview   Cost: $5 - General Public Free - SWAMP Members & Students (MUST present member id or valid student id)

SXSW Film can finally reveal both screening and panel dates and times; click below to see the full schedule now! We're also pleased to announce significant additions to our film conference program: Come and enjoy "A Conversation With Paul Reubens", best known around the world as the iconic Pee-Wee Herman, soon to hit TV again in HBO's special broadcast of “The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway.” Reubens will discuss his unusual career, life and unique approach to humor. Elvis Mitchell (KCRW) will conduct "A Conversation With Todd Phillips", the creative mind behind films that explore and eviscerate the absurdity of maleness like Old School, Starsky and Hutch and the hilarious (and soon to receive a sequel) The Hangover. Duncan Jones and his principal cast, including Jake Gyllenhaal, will reveal secrets "Straight From the Source (Code)", about our opening night world premiere, while "SUPER-Talented: A Conversation with James Gunn, Ellen ...

The Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival is now accepting early bird entries! We are currently running half off entry fee for all works of DVD and Script/Screenplays from February 1st to February 28th. Please get your entry in early to beat the rush. This year's Film Festival will be held September 23rd through 25th. Check our website for more details: http://www.gulfcoastfilmfest.com/

Just had the opportunity to screen Houston photograper/filmmaker Kerry Beyer feature "Spirit Camp". The film, billed as "Friday The 13th meets Bring It On" follows a cheerleading squad as they head of to camp supposedly to train for competition but unfortunately none of them make it. From the very beginning they are quickly disposed of by a mysterious serial killer. Spirit Camp is currently available for purchase thru it's website @ http://www.spiritcampmovie.com/ . I find out from Beyer recently that he is currently in negotiations with cable, itunes, netflix as well as hulu. Beyer is also gearing up for Splatterfest, The Ulitimate Horror Film Festival, which will be hosting this years Comicpalooza, May 27th thru 29th at Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center. For more informationn on that you can visit http://splatterfest.com/Home.html  Below is the Splatterfest trailer from October of 2010

TXMPA is pleased to announce that this year's Lobby Day is set for Wednesday, March 9 at the Texas Capitol in Austin. Please mark your calendars and join us in representing our industries. We'll announce more details soon, as your TXMPA Board members are hard at work with our advocacy firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP and Lawrence Collins to navigate this especially challenging, high-stakes legislative session under the cloud of a $27 billion state budget deficit. As you may have heard, HB1 (the House version of the state budget bill) was filed this week, and includes a drastic proposed reduction to our industries' crucial and successful incentives program. Our incentives may be cut from $60 million to just $10 million for the coming biennium (2012-2013), which would be a devastating blow to film, tv, commercial and video game production and professionals in Texas. Yet in the face of that, we have a great story to tell - our incentive program has generated over $610 million d...

Here is the trailer for Dave Cebrero's "Captives of Hope" I hope you enjoy it

This was one of the short films screened at Houston Film Commissions First Thursday's. Once a month on the first Thursday of every month the Houston Film Commission screens short films made by Texas filmmakers. "Delmer Builds a Machine" was one of two films screened this month along with "Hijo de mi Madre" by Luis Mireles. Jorge Diaz, the star of the film was in the audience. Alfred Cervantes talked with both filmmakers via Skype and also let members of the audience ask questions of the filmmakers. The crowd was a little smaller due to the weather, but they seemed to enjoy the films screened.

I guess you can say I'm a serious Jimmy Kimmel fan. Last night he interviewed "Fairly Legal" actress Sarah Shahi. Shahi a native of Euless, Texas and also a former Dallas Cowboy's Cheerleader. She talks about her work on the show as well as what is was like working as a professional cheerleader.

Spring Texas actor Matt Bomer talks to Jimmy Kimmel on Monday night. The Texas native started his career here in Texas at the Alley Theatre and then worked on a couple of soaps before landing of his current show "White Collar" on the USA Network.

Tuned into Jimmy Kimmel Monday night while he was interviewing Spring Texas' Matt Bomer. Bomer currently stars in USA networks series "White Collar." Matt also workes at Houston's Alley Theatre. Check out the trailer from the show.