In Memory of Richard Dorsett

Beloved local left his mark on Austin

"...Richard Dorsett – bookseller, film buff, music fanatic, writer, collector,..."

Nov. 14, 2012 Books Post by Michael Hall

Richard III

"...Directed by: Richard Loncraine. Starring: Ian Mckellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Looking for Richard

"...Al Pacino is looking to better understand William Shakespeare's Richard III. And he's looking everywhere. Throughout the course of..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The French View of Richard Linklater

Pompidou curator explains new tribute to the Austin filmmaker

"...In Austin, Richard Linklater is a defining Austinite, having both defined the..."

Dec. 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Little Richard: I Am Everything

The architect of rock & roll gets a detailed but thin biography

"...How did Richard Penniman, the third of 12 children born to a..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Kickstart Your Weekend With James Benning and Richard Linklater

Two visionary filmmakers, one documentary

"...a small-time local guy … you might've heard of. Richard Linklater? Yeah, dude is busy...."

May 24, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Sundance 2023 Review: Little Richard: I Am Everything

The architect of rock & roll gets his flowers in new documentary

"...How did Richard Penniman, the third of 12 children born to a..."

Jan. 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Richard Linklater: dream is destiny

Doc on local filmmaker is a thoughtful portrait

"...It’s been a quarter-century since Austin-based filmmaker Richard Linklater released Slacker, a sublime and crafty-cool, ultra-low-budget masterpiece..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott's Road to the Stars

This film is a behind-the-scenes document of Richard Garriott's quest to be the first second-generation astronaut in space and the actual journey.

"...In fact, that’s Austin’s own impresario of the eccentric Richard Garriott, whom Austin's Beef & Pie Productions followed as..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Richard Linklater: In Defense of Animation

The Apollo 10 1/2 director show it's not just for kids

"...kids, every animator groaned at the stereotyping. That includes Richard Linklater. He said, "It frustrating/insulting to animators and storytelling..."

April 9, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Richard Jewell

Eastwood's latest assault on the establishment mangles its own history

"...as Absolute Power, Changeling, and J. Edgar, and now Richard Jewell, which depicts the FBI and Fourth Estate as..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Pompidou Centre to Honor Richard Linklater

Paris gallery hosting celebration of the Austin director and AFS

"...With Richard Linklater so synonymous with Austin, it's easy to forget..."

Sept. 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Richard Stanley Sees the Color Out of Space

How his mother's love and death shaped his Lovecraft adaptation

"...not place people on some pedestal. That's a narrative Richard Stanley applied in making Color Out of Space...."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Richard Stanley, Cinema's Lost Soul

Director on new documentary about the Dr. Moreau disaster

"...filmmaker whether they regret hiring a warlock. But then, Richard Stanley isn't most filmmakers...."

Feb. 25, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2014: Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau

Hollywood studios are the real monsters in this warts and all doc

"...it was initially the vision of South African auteur Richard Stanley, who was hand-chosen to helm by New Line..."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Richard Attenborough: Tougher Than The Rest

Recalling a 2000 meeting with the late, great director

"...of cinema. The one time I met him, Lord Richard Attenborough was one tough bastard, puckish and funny...."

Aug. 26, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hallo, Spaceboy! 'Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission' Returns to Earth

Local doc with stellar ambitions opens at Alamo

"...distribution-wise, for Austin-based Beef and Pie Productions' out-of-this-world documentary Richard Garriott: Man On a Mission, but the countdown is..."

Jan. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Fantasia Interview: A Vision Quest With Richard Bates Jr. in King Knight

Coven comedy where the witches are just like us. Dorks.

"...like the grisly Excision and violent social satire Tone-Deaf, Richard Bates Jr. has a reputation as a provocateur. But..."

Aug. 8, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

21 Years: Richard Linklater

A subject as worthy of a documentary as this one is deserves a more thoughtful approach than this star-studded tribute.

"...There’s enough commentary from a variety of speakers about Richard Linklater’s artistic voice in this documentary that even those..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

First-time director Niels Mueller tells "the mad story of a true man" in this tragic portrait of Sam Bicke, who tried to fly an airplane into the White House in 1974.

"...director Niels Mueller bills his debut, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, "the mad story of a true man." It’s..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

First Trailer: Richard Linklater's Hit Man

See Glen Powell in action as an assassin with a secret

"...Hit Man, the new true crime romantic comedy from Richard Linklater and starring rising Austin star Glen Powell as..."

Jan. 22, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Richard Linklater Shooting 20-Year Stephen Sondheim Musical

Merrily We Roll Along his most ambitious project yet

"...Richard Linklater is going to the theatre. Sort of. This..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: 'Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater'

Two cinematic masters of the medium swap notes

"...fly-on-the-wall documentary spies in on two longtime friends, Austin's Richard Linklater and the experimental landscape/human portraitist James Benning, as..."

March 9, 2014 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

The Devotion + Doubt of Richard Buckner

A man of few words gets intimate

"...As evidenced in this interview last week, Richard Buckner is a man of few words, yet even..."

May 12, 2009 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Little Richard: I Am Everything

Biography of the architect of rock & roll is built on shaky foundations

"...How did Richard Penniman, the third of 12 children born to a..."

April 28, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

King Richard

And dad makes three in this Williams family tennis biopic

"...artist’s hand is an oft used parenting metaphor. But Richard Williams, father to tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams,..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Booth's Richard III by the Hidden Room Theatre

Beth Burns and company unearths a fascinating theatrical time capsule with this version of Shakespeare's tragedy

"...Shakespeare's plays feature spectral apparitions – appearing earliest in Richard III...."

June 22, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Richard III

Last Act Theatre's all-female production takes this drama from the doldrums to dynamite for Women Who Act

"...It cannot be argued that Shakespeare's Richard III hasn't been historically one of those plays for..."

July 21, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Richard Rodgers: These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things

Three artists from Austin Musical Theatre's production of The Sound of Music share some of their personal observations about Richard Rodgers and his musical legacy.

"...With Richard Rodgers having had a career that spanned more than..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Richard Overton Gets a Heartfelt Send-off

Austin's oldest man, America's oldest World War II vet laid to rest at Texas State Cemetery

"...as Austin, Texas, the nation, and the world sent Richard Overton on ahead. The East Austin icon, America's oldest..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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