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The Austin Chronic – New to the Texas Medical Market: RSO Products and Delicious Chocolate
Texas Original expands with full-spectrum edibles
"...the first product in Texas’ medical market that uses RSO. Unlike a lot of three-letter acronyms in cannabis, RSO..."

March 1, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

Things Are What You Make of Them
The deliciously cracked comedies of Bob Byington
"...to be released in two years, following last year's RSO: Registered Sex Offender. RSO was billed as "a story..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Somebody Up There Likes Bob Byington
The writer-director talks about his fifth feature
"...of this production versus recent ones of yours, like RSO [Registered Sex Offender] and Harmony and Me?..."

April 5, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Private Parts in Public Places
Bob Byington lifts the lid on Registered Sex Offender
"...but I get an Andy Warhol vibe – in person and in his output – from Bob Byington. He..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Bob Byington and Kaley Wheless Go to Nebraska in Frances Ferguson
Small-town sins follow an unlikeable person in this likable film
"...Frances Ferguson is a likable film about an unlikeable person, and if any phrase can be used to describe..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

7 Chinese Brothers
Jason Schwartzman stars in this comedy from droll Austin auteur Bob Byington
"...the feeling of watching a loose follow-up to Wes Anderson’s 1998 film Rushmore, which also stars Schwartzman appearing in..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Somebody Up There Likes Me
Bob Byington's filmed-in-Austin, indie comedy takes place over decades as a guy wanders through life with (scene-stealing) coaching from his best friend, played by Nick Offerman.
"...they are not. The Austin-based director's two previous films, RSO (Registered Sex Offender) (2008) and Harmony and Me (2009),..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Poker Face
The life cycle of man as deadpan farce in 'Somebody Up There Likes Me'
"...how striking it looks. While Harmony and Me and RSO were modest, handheld affairs, Somebody bursts with light and..."

March 9, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Austin Chronic: Legit THC Seltzers Are on Shelves in Austin. How Many Should I Drink?
Sampling three Texas-made cannabis bubbly waters in one day
"...I squeezed a big ol’ dollop of highly potent RSO oil under my tongue and prepared to enter a..."

May 3, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

At Wit’s End: Bob Byington on His Dry New Comedy, Lousy Carter
“My career puzzles people, including myself”
"...Carter’s about is what if you suddenly became a person living in a world where everything you’re doing, you’re..."

March 27, 2024 Screens Post by Shawn Badgley

Now Streaming in Austin: Frances Ferguson
Bob Byington's oddball redemption story is online now
"...The SXSW standout from the director of RSO [Registered Sex Offender], 7 Chinese Brothers, and Somebody Up..."

March 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

An Evening With Kevin Corrigan
Just two old friends sharing stories and laughs
"...pair have collaborated on a number of films including, RSO [Registered Sex Offender] and Somebody Up There Likes Me,..."

June 24, 2014 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

Byington's Back
Local writer/director to shoot Jason Schwartzman feature in town this spring
"...a handful of fellow University of Texas alum Wes Anderson's features. (Their latest collaboration, The Grand Budapest Hotel, is..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Crossroads 3
I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees
"...Rock and Roll Blvd.: Downstairs, past Motown motor James Jamerson's upright bass and Elvis Presley's Smith & Wesson, a..."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Making Good in Michigan
Ben Steinbauer and Bob Byington nab prizes at the Traverse City Film Festival
"...each into comic theater. A similar impulse underlined Byington’s RSO, which screens here tonight and tomorrow. “I couldn’t believe..."

Aug. 4, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Keep on Growing
Derek's main Domino Bobby Whitlock settles in his legend in Austin
"...Main Street, albeit uncredited. A prime component of Dominos precursor Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, Whitlock has had his..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

A Better Tomorrow
For years, the city of Austin's arts funding process has been mired in perpetual gloom, but with the city reviewing its Cultural Contracts Program, artists and arts companies talking with each other about collaborations and a shared vision of what the arts mean to Austin, there are glimmers of light on the city's arts funding horizon.
"...loss they suffered on somebody else. But even a cursory examination of the whole process reveals plenty of blame..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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