Cinapse

Cinapse was a film criticism site run from Austin by its co-founders, editor in chief Ed Travis and managing editor David Delgado. Its 2016 staff page said Travis had moved from Maryland to Austin to try to make a living watching movies and that Delgado lived in Austin. The site was online by May 2013, when an archived home page showed a summer movie preview and reviews of Star Trek Into Darkness. By January 2014 it had a Fantastic Fest 2013 category, an in-depth review of Butt-Numb-A-Thon 15, and a recurring feature called Two Cents.

The site's mission statement put criticism, discussion and analysis first and said breaking news was for other sites. Its 2016 staff list ran to more than 15 names, including editors Sharon Mineo, Liam O'Donnell and Austin Vashaw, TV manager Jon Partridge, and Austin contributors Frank Calvillo, Wilson Smith and Elizabeth Stoddard. When Slackerwood closed in May 2015, its editor Jette Kernion wrote that Stoddard and Calvillo would move to Cinapse, where Stoddard hoped to keep up columns like Lone Star Cinema with Travis.

As of 2023, Cinapse did not pay its writers: its About page said neither staff nor contributors were compensated for "this passion project" and that contributors published through Medium. The site added coverage of the New York Asian Film Festival and the Chattanooga Film Festival, kept up home video and Criterion reviews, and in January 2025 posted the Austin Film Critics Association's 2024 awards.

Archive captures show the site still publishing in early 2026; its newest post in a May 4, 2026 capture was dated March 2, 2026. By June 26, 2026, cinapse.co showed an unrelated entertainment and lifestyle site, which was still there in October 2026. No announcement of a closure or new home was found.