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    2016 Houston Cinema Arts Festival

    Bold women, Texas icons, outer space odysseys and Oscar faves highlight Houston Cinema Arts Festival

    Tarra Gaines
    Oct 25, 2016 | 6:00 pm

    Less than a week before Halloween and the Houston Cinema Arts Society has announced the full lineup for its November 10-17 film festival. Coincidence? I don’t think so because, while there’s no horror flicks on the schedule, this eight-day monster of a cinema festival is set to devour all of Houston.

    With 11 venues — including new-to-the-fest Houston Museum of Natural Science — there will be no place to hide from all the Oscar contenders, art films about art, Texas stories and live performances. Plus, the invasion of stars, directors and producers coming to the Bayou City might transform us all into cinephiles.

    While it could take a day or two just to peruse the schedule of over 50 feature films, special programs and events, unveiled by HCAF artistic director Richard Herskowitz at launch party at The Alley Theater on Tuesday night, some definite trends and themes have emerged.

    So here’s a quick overview to help plan those cinematic days and nights that will soon be upon us.

    Oscar-Ready

    HCAF gives Houston premieres to several critic and film fest circuit darlings. If you want to get into the Oscar pool early, there’s plenty of movies making Houston premieres that might be competing early in 2017 for a naked gold guy. See and then maybe place a bet on: Jackie, the Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy drama starring Natalie Portman; La La Land a 21st century take on the old fashion musical starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone (it's the early Oscar favorite for Best Picture), and Lion based on based on Saroo Brierley’s memoir of his childhood in Calcutta starring Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman.

    A Woman’s Perspective

    The 2016 HCAF boasts approximately as many women directed and co-directed films as films directed by men, and many of these women will accompany their creations to Houston and participate in panel discussion or workshops while here. Actress/writer/director Amber Tamblyn presents Paint It Black based on Janet Fitch’s novel of the same name. Another actress-turned-director, Good Wife and True Blood star Carrie Preston, comes to Houston to screen her documentary Happy Lucky Golden Tofu Panda Dragon Good Time Fun Fun Show, which has got to at least win an award for best title this or any year.

    Look also for films by women about innovative and boundary-breaking woman. New York No Wave underground filmmaker Beth B offers two film portraits, one of her mother, painter Ida Applebroog in Call Her Applebroog, and another of burlesque stars in Exposed. Director Leslie Iwerks dishes the savory story of Brennan’s and Commander's Palace founder Ella Brennan in Ella Brennan: Commanding The Table.

    Blast Off

    2016 marks the second year of HCAF collaborating with NASA to bring CineSpace, the short film fest inside the larger fest. Last year they received more than 200 entries from around the world but this year they’ll more than double that. See the finally 15 with all the right stuff at the Houston Museum of Natural Science and then wins this year’s competition as chosen by Academy Award-nominated Texan director Richard Linklater.

    Paired with this interstellar event will be an intriguing selection of art shorts, titled Fulldome Dance and Animation, all created for immersive viewing and screened inside the HMNS’s planetarium. Those wanting to dive even deeper into immersive cinema should get to The Brandon at Brasil for the VR Gallery, which will include an Oculus Rift VR experience and a video installation by visiting Netherlands-based artist Maarten Isaak de Heer.

    The Eyes of Texas Are Upon Texas

    As always, the fest brings to town an impressive collection of Texas films by Texas filmmakers. HCAF opens with the documentary Honky Tonk Heaven: Legend of the Broken Spoke from Houston born filmmaker Sam Wainwright Douglas and Brenda Mitchell. Country artist, and Broken Spoke regular, Dale Watson caps off the night with a live performance.

    Even while its showcasing national and international films, the HCAF remains ever grounded in the Lone Star State with a Texas Filmmakers’s Showcase, a selection of artists portraits from the 14 Pews Film Academy and a tribute to Wharton native Horton Foote on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Script supervisor Anne Rapp will introduce Tender Mercies, which Foote wrote the screenplay for, and will present an excerpt from her upcoming documentary on Foote.

    The “false crime” documentary films Until Proven Innocent and Booger Red, both based on Texas Monthly articles, depict cases of wrongful conviction and the investigative journalism that helped exonerate them. A panel discussion on this genre of documentary at the University of Houston Downtown will feature Until Proven Innocent filmmakers Anthony and Jenna Jackson, Booger Red filmmaker Berndt Mader, exonerated prisoner Anthony Graves, Houston defense attorney John Raley, Houston Innocence Network founder David R. Dow, Texas Monthly senior editor David Mann, and former Texas Monthly contributor and filmmaker Al Reinert.

    Arts of Every Medium

    Staying true to its founding ideals to celebrate films that celebrate the visual, performing, and literary arts, HCAF 2016 offers films on everything from literature (Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise) to dance and music (Argentina) to even fiber arts (Yarn). There’s an art form chronicled on film for everyone.

    And legendary cinematographer Frederick Elmes, known for his work with directors David Lynch, Ang Lee and Jim Jarmusch, will be honored. In what is sure to be festival highlight, there will be a 30th anniversary screening of the Lynch classic, Blue Velvet, in which Elmes was a close collaborator, and afterwards, Elmes will be interviewed by Houston rap star and passionate cinephile Bun B. Elmes will also present a master class on cinematography at The Brandon Gallery in Café Brasil.

    For more information about the 2016 Houston Cinema Arts Festival, visit the festival's website.

    Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone will dance the night away in La La Land at HCAF 2016.

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    Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone will dance the night away in La La Land at HCAF 2016.
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    Start Me Up

    Immersive Houston art venue rocks out with new Rolling Stone experience

    Holly Beretto
    May 15, 2025 | 2:30 pm
    ​“Rolling Stone Presents: Amplified, The Immersive Rock Experience!”
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    “Rolling Stone Presents: Amplified, The Immersive Rock Experience!” opens at Artechouse in May.

    A new art exhibit puts viewers into the heart of rock and roll. Rolling Stone Presents: Amplified, The Immersive Rock Experience opens this Thursday, May 15 at Artechouse, the immersive art venue that opened last year in the Heights. With its 270-degree, floor-to-ceiling digital canvases in 18K-resolution and state-of-the-art surround sound, viewers will feel they’ve stepped into some of music’s most iconic moments.

    Narrated by Kevin Bacon, Amplified includes 1,000 photographs, 200 videos, 1,300 Rolling Stone covers, and features more than 300 artists whose music changed the world. Using sight, sound, and motion, this dynamic exhibit makes music history approachable and immediate for viewers. Here's a sneak peek:


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    Houstonians know our city has its own deep connections to genre-shaking music history. From The Beatles at the Sam Houston Coliseum, to Elvis at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Bob Dylan’s “Night of the Hurricane” in 1976, and being the hometown of Beyoncé, Bun B, ZZ Top, Megan Thee Stallion, and many more, Houston has cultivated and welcomed artists with choruses of boisterous cheers and applause.

    "Given Houston’s deep connection to the evolution of rock and pop music over the decades, we were thrilled to partner with Rolling Stone to bring Amplified to Houstonians and continue the city’s tradition of supporting and celebrating musical acts from around the world," says Sandro Kereselidze, co-founder of Artechouse. "This exhibit aligns perfectly with our mission to connect the public with cultural and artistic storytelling through cutting-edge technology. We’re excited for guests of all ages to experience the history of rock ‘n’ roll like never before."

    The show was originally produced by Illuminarium Experiences and created by Brand New World Studios in partnership with Rolling Stone. Viewers who attend the Artechouse experience can keep their immersive experience going at the venue’s Reality (XR) Bar, serving cocktails and mocktails that dovetail with the exhibit. Blending cutting-edge XR technology with craft mixology, drinks come to life through exclusive XR activations, which are accessible via Artechouse’s XR mobile app. Guests can downtown the app from the App Store or Google Play.

    “Music imagery is about experiences,” said Jodi Peckman, executive producer and former creative director of Rolling Stone. “It’s about the unbridled joy of concerts and our connection to our favorite artists. Every picture tells a story and Rolling Stone Presents: AMPLIFIED has hundreds of stories to tell.”

    Timed tickets are available online and at the venue, and advanced reservations are strongly encouraged. Admission starts at $39 plus fees for adults and $29 plus fees for children, ages 17 and under. Tickets are currently available through August 31.

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