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Summer Screens: San Antonio-tied actors and creators showing off movies and TV series this season

These projects are worth checking out if you're interested in supporting San Antonio natives in their cinematic and small-screen endeavors.

By Kiko Martinez

Jun 17, 2022

Summer is well underway, and with it comes plenty of blockbuster movies and high-profile TV series. Here are a few projects worth checking out if you're interested in supporting San Antonio natives in their cinematic and small-screen endeavors...

The screenplay for new horror movie The Black Phone was written by San Antonio-born C. Robert Cargill.

Pitch Perfect's Anna Kendrick linked to movie about San Antonio-born 'Dating Game Killer'

The Dating Game is a true-crime thriller about late San Antonio-born serial killer Rodney Alcala and a woman named Cheryl Bradshaw.

By Kiko Martinez
May 20, 2022
Drunken Master: Danny Trejo plays a tipsy martial artist in South Texas-rooted superhero flick Green Ghost

Green Ghost and the Masters of the Stone opened at local theaters April 29.

By Kiko Martinez
May 6, 2022
Did San Antonio's shuttered arthouse theater the Bijou do enough to keep the lights on?

The Santikos chain never seemed motivated to expand the theater's core base.

By Kiko Martinez
Apr 22, 2022
Gut Feeling: San Antonio resident Michael Druck follows instinct to flourish as casting director

"Some actors may think casting directors are out to get them, but we're really their biggest cheerleaders," Druck says.

By Kiko Martinez
Apr 8, 2022
Oscar Buzz: San Antonio actor Jesse Borrego reveals his favorite films, performances of last year

Borrego is a first-year Academy member in 2022.

By Kiko Martinez
Mar 25, 2022
Students of Cinema: San Antonio high schoolers screening shorts at 2022 SXSW Film Festival

By Kiko Martinez
Mar 10, 2022
San Antonio native Joe Castro helps drive resurgence of old-school special effects in Hollywood

By Kiko Martinez
Feb 25, 2022
Netflix’s new Texas Chainsaw Massacre doesn’t make the cut

By Sean M. Peters, CityBeat Cincinnati
Feb 22, 2022
Family Affair: Haim sisters explain why Licorice Pizza is the ‘craziest left turn’ they’ve taken

By Kiko Martinez
Feb 11, 2022
San Antonio native April Maxey is Sundance-bound with her intimate short film Work

By Kiko Martinez
Jan 27, 2022
True Grit: Actress Isabelle Fuhrman taps into her own ambition, drive to play obsessed rower in The Novice

By Kiko Martinez
Jan 14, 2022
Screen Gems: 2021 didn’t bring us back to the theaters, but it brought an avalanche of quality films

By Kiko Martinez
Dec 29, 2021
Watching in a Winter Movieland: There are plenty of films to choose from this 2021 holiday season

By Kiko Martinez
Dec 17, 2021
San Antonio-shot biopic Selena, a South Texas favorite, added to the National Film Registry

By Sanford Nowlin
Dec 14, 2021
Zeros and Ones writer-director Abel Ferrara discusses storytelling, making a film during pandemic

By Kiko Martinez
Dec 2, 2021
Mi Familia: Encanto’s top-tier stars chat about superpowers, favorite tíos and family reputations

By Kiko Martinez
Nov 19, 2021
San Antonio native Marcella Ochoa penned the screenplay for horror film Madres, now streaming

By Kiko Martinez
Oct 8, 2021
San Antonio native Steve Acevedo makes directorial feature debut with sports rom-com Love and Baseball

By Kiko Martinez
Sep 24, 2021
San Antonio author’s debut horror film We Need to Do Something hits TV and movie screens

By Kiko Martinez
Sep 10, 2021
Fast and furious filmmakers will screen movies Wednesday at San Antonio’s 48-Hour Film Fest

By Kiko Martinez
Aug 11, 2021