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On Film
On Film

The Film Salon - Robert Redford

By Carlos M. De la Torre,
Charles Horak III, Sam Cassiano
Published January 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM MST
Left: This Property is Condemmed (1966), Distributor: Paramount Pictures | Middle: Barefoot In The Park (1967) Distributor: Paramount Pictures| Right: Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969) Distributor: 20th Century-Fox

The borderland's longest running film series kicks off a new year in a series devoted to a film Maverick we lost in 2025. 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. Welcome the new year with this edition of On Film with guest host Carlos de la Torre and long-time host and founder of the Film Saloon, Charles Horak, to discuss what's on the horizon for this year's Film Saloon lineup.

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This program originally aired on January 3, 2026.

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Carlos M. De la Torre
Carlos M. De La Torre is a Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Co-Founder, and Chairman of Tower Productions, formed in 2016. He graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2018 with a Double Bachelor's Degree in Digital Media Production and History. Some of the films he's Written and Directed include the award-winning short films, “So, Who Was It This Time?”, "You Know What's Funny" , “The Tram”, and feature film, "Depth of Field".
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Charles Horak III
Since 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.
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Sam Cassiano
Sam Cassiano is a native Californian who spent his formative years in the Bay Area. An army brat, his family toured Germany and Japan before settling in El Paso in 1973. Initially a Communications Major at UTEP, a radio internship at KPAS-FM 94, the PASS launched his broadcasting career. He can be heard as the morning news anchor on KTEP during NPR's Morning Edition, and Friday evenings at 10 pm as the host of Friday Night Blues.
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