Luis Rendon

Dec 1, 2024 | texasmonthly.com | Luis Rendon

Find our ongoing coverage of the first season of Landmanhere. Drinks are half off and there’s no cover to get in—that’s right, it’s ladies’ night on Landman. Last week Tommy got to play the big man: killing rattlesnakes, throwing his ex-wife into the country club pool. This week, the boot is on the other foot, and we get to spend more time with the women of West Texas.

Nov 24, 2024 | texasmonthly.com | Luis Rendon

Find our ongoing coverage of the first season of Landman here. Howdy Landmanimals—that is, Landman diehards. We’ve made it to episode three, a decidedly less heavy outing after last week’s emotional pile-on. Though lighter, the screws continue to turn on Tommy and the gang this go-around as they settle into the delightful equation of high drama plus high camp, all multiplied by the power of oil.

Nov 17, 2024 | texasmonthly.com | Luis Rendon

Find our ongoing coverage of the first season of Landman here. Texan occupations have been mined for television gold since at least 1949, when the Lone Ranger first buddied up with Tonto. For better or worse, The Lone Ranger created a blueprint for TV shows that want to explore the great Texas mythos of people making change against all odds.

Nov 17, 2024 | texasmonthly.com | Luis Rendon

Find our ongoing coverage of the first season of Landman here. After the literally explosive ending to the pilot, I am quaking in my Crocs and ready for some questions to be answered. Luckily, “Dreamers and Losers” is a deep dive into the dramatic lives of these oil bros and what makes them frack tick. There’s still a sprinkle of camp here, but this installment is more focused on world- and character-building, which is helpful after we spent the previous hour meeting so many denizens of West Texas.

Jul 18, 2024 | texasmonthly.com | Luis Rendon

Laredoans Silvia del Carmen Castaños and Estefania “Beba” Contreras Solis were slacker, queerdo, artist types with a complicated relationship to the border (to put it mildly), and little film experience, when the cameras began to roll on their film Hummingbirds in 2019. “When we got the Sundance grant to help make the film, I didn’t even know what the f— Sundance was,” Castaños says as Solis laughs on our three-way phone call. “Like, I seriously thought, ¿que es eso? You know what I mean?” I do.