A new independent publication
Third Coast Cinema covers the productions, the crews, and the people building Houston film.
Read our opening statement →Now on the Third Coast
A working front page for the stories we are following now: productions, policy, people, and the stubborn case for making movies in Houston.
On the set of Inertia, the frame belongs to the camera operator, boom team, performers, grips, and every pair of hands just outside it. This is the Houston film story we want to tell.
See the making-of archive ↗The city wants more productions, stronger training, and a working soundstage by 2030. The ambition is real. So is the distance between a plan and an industry.
Read the source report ↗Photo: Erika Ubias / Midnight High
A Houston production with a full press archive gives us a better starting point than hype: the work, the faces, and the image-makers who shaped it.
Visit the press room ↗Photo: Tasha Gorel / Rice University
Michael Robinson came up through a Rice projection booth. Now he is shaping the Houston Cinema Arts Festival's curatorial voice.
Read the Rice profile ↗Photo: Stryde Studios / Inertia
A working set is choreography: lens, light, sound, performance, and a dozen quiet corrections. We want to name the people making those corrections.
Go behind the scenes ↗Occasional field notes from Finding Jazz, centered on the craftspeople, locations, and practical decisions behind an independent production.
Notebook coming soon →Preview edition: images are shown with source and photographer credits for editorial review. Publication permissions will be confirmed before public launch. Third Coast Cinema originals are marked as forthcoming.
Opening Statement
Houston has the films, the crews, and the stories. It is time the city had a film press that treats them like an industry.
Continue reading →The Editorial Desk
In Production
Shoot coverage, set visits, production diaries, and dispatches from the people making films across the Gulf Coast.
Read the desk →Profiles
Directors, grips, critics, editors, actors, and craftspeople in conversations that go deeper than the press kit.
Meet the people →The Case for Houston
Essays and arguments about what Houston has, what it needs, and why the industry should pay attention.
Make the case →ABOUT TCC
No red carpet required
Third Coast Cinema covers the productions, crews, and people the rest of the press ignores. Based in Houston, it is built for readers who care how the picture gets made—and who makes it possible.
Houston film, from the inside.
The Third Coast Dispatch