It was a good year for small films with Texas connections.
Cary Darling December 21, 2020Updated: January 4, 2021, 10:08 am
Jake Horowitz and Sierra McCormick in The Vast of Night Photo: Amazon Studios
It has been a good year for films with Texas ties either shot here or by Texas directors elsewhere with several strong releases that made it to either theaters or streaming sites. Here are some of the best.
Amber Havard and Rob Morgan in the movie Bull directed by Annie Silverstein Photo: Burt Marcus Film
1. ‘Bull’: Though technically a 2019 release, Annie Silverstein’s heartfelt, Houston-shot drama, about the sometimes fraught friendship between an aging rodeo rider and his teenage neighbor, wasn’t widely available until April when it was screened digitally through the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston before going to video-on-demand in May. The central performances from Rob Morgan and Amber Havard are pitch-perfect and made all the more immediate by being set