Charles Horak III
On Film HostSince 2004, Charles Horak has been the host of the long-running radio program, On Film, creating more than 1,000 programs dedicated to film reviews, filmmaker interviews and discussions of cinema history and industry advancement. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Association and board member of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image.
In the world of film preservation Horak has been an advisor to the Permanencia Voluntaria Film Archive (located in Tepotzlán, Mexico) and producer for the archive’s restorations of numerous Mexican films and he is a member of the Association of Moving Image Archivists. Horak is the co-founder and former artistic director of one of the largest classic film festivals in the world, the Plaza Classic Film Festival in El Paso, Texas and is a current advisor to the El Paso Film Festival.
In 2016, Horak built the film collective, Rio Bravo Outpost, a collaborative creative hub specializing in film production and post-production work in West Texas where he consults on numerous film projects. In the last few years, he has been a producer on a number of feature films, including Wim Wenders Desperado (2020 Cannes, as Associate Producer), Kevin Ford’s documentary The Pushback (2020 SXSW), the romantic comedy crime spree film First Date (2021 Sundance), and more recently Zach Passero’s hand-animated feature The Weird Kidz and a new feature length documentary with poet and author Tim Z. Hernandez, titled All They Will Call You (completion Fall 2026).
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Join this edition of On Film with host Charles Horak in the company of all three of Tower Productions’ original co-founders, Austin Young, Eric Sanchez, and Carlos De La Torre. -
Guest host Carlos De La Torre welcomes back host Charles Horak to review two new films. From director Steven Spielberg, Disclosure Day, and the new Netflix comedy-drama starring Diego Luna, Mexico 86. -
Join this edition of On Film with host Charles Horak and special guest, Jeffrey Everett art Director of the new book Luchadores vs. Everything. -
Drew Mayer-Oakes served as film commissioner at the El Paso, Texas Film & Creative Industries Commission, after eleven years as director at the San Antonio Film Commission. -
This past week the first major film award program named "The Best Films and Performances of 2025" and El Paso got its close-up in the best picture winner. -
The Film Salon, has been sharing classic films in film history with audiences for over two decades and kicks off the year with a series honoring a legend, Robert Redford, with a standout legacy. -
Amongst the many we've lost this year who brought cinephiles joy is the late great Rob Reiner. Join this edition of On Film with guest host Carlos de la Torre and special guest, Michael De La O, to discuss Reiner's career and impact in film. -
The world celebrated this week the 250th Anniversary of Jane Austen's birth and its a good time to discuss just what has sustained Austen's popularity in culture and cinema. -
Jaqueline Baylon's documentary, Until He Is Back, was short-listed for a nomination for last year's academy awards in the Best Documentary Short-Film category. Now, Baylon is in town after screening her film both in El Paso and in Ciudad Juárez on behalf of the United Nations via the International Organization for Migration. -
Carlos De La Torre and Charles Horak review TRON: Ares. Hear their thoughts on the movie’s story, cast, visual effects, action, themes, and how it compares to the films that came before in the TRON's franchise.
