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Throughout the year, keep up with the Festivals and circuits with our Artistic Director Richard Herskowitz and guest bloggers.

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2013 Was a Good Year for Films About the Arts!

May 16, 2016

Hello everyone. 2013 was a great year with Festival films AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, ERNEST & CELESTINE, NEBRASKA, PHILOMENA, CUTIE AND THE BOXER all up for Oscar nominations. So many great …

Cinema Treasures from HCAF 2014

April 15, 2016

Last month I started a quest to share where to find the films from HCAF 2015. This month we step back one more year to 2014. If you find yourself with …

Remembrance of HCAF Past 2015

March 14, 2016

Whew! I haven’t written a blog since last August. My only excuse is that there is almost as much to do after every Festival as there is before and during, …

YOU NEVER CAN TELL directed by Sir Peter Hall with costumes by Trish Rigdon. Theatre Royal, London West End, 2005.

Behind the Scenes Peek at HCAS is Colorful!

August 31, 2015

Take a look through both the Society and Festival websites, if you haven’t seen them in a while, and you will notice that we have a new color scheme. The Society …

It All Starts With A Pencil

August 3, 2015

I have often welcomed volunteers to Houston Cinema Arts Society with this statement, “It all starts with a pencil.” It’s my way of letting them know that all volunteer tasks …

A Midsummer Night with HCAS

June 30, 2015

Summer is in full swing and that has me thinking about our next big event – JULYDOSCOPE on Saturday, July 18, at Discovery Green. It is hard to believe that this …

HCAS HITS THE ROAD

May 29, 2015

School may be out for the summer but students are very much on my mind these days. Houston Cinema Arts Society launched a new education outreach initiative this spring, which …

Back To Toronto

September 4, 2014

I am on my way to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). This is the 30th anniversary of my first visit there (and also of my marriage, since the 1984 …

James Blue: From Oregon to Houston

July 15, 2014

I’ll take a break now from blogging about the festivals I’ve been attending, to tell you about a recent curatorial project that has become the most fulfilling of my career. For the past year, I’ve been working on the films and materials of James Blue, arguably the most important and influential artist to have practiced and taught film in Houston.

True/False Film Festival Report

June 5, 2014

I attended the True/False film festival in Columbia, Missouri a short while ago, and I’m afraid that I’ve been captured by its cult. Almost nobody manages to attend this festival without rhapsodizing about its brilliance. I, too, will succumb.