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The Chronicle's token Englishman, and a graduate of the universities of York, Stirling, and Texas, Richard's multitude of beats include education, the legislature, and film news. He has also been covering roller derby since 2007, the longest run for any mainstream journalist.
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Into the Woods With Fede Alvarez
Director talks rebuilding Lisbeth Salander as a fairy tale
Screens Daily, Nov. 8, 2018 7:00 AM
Outlaw King
Chris Pine aptly fills the crown of Robert the Bruce
Film Review, Nov. 8, 2018
Overlord
How do you make killing Nazi zombies this dull?
Film Review, Nov. 8, 2018
Steven Yeun Sets the Screen on Fire in Burning
Playing the outsider in working-class Korea
Screens Feature, Nov. 8, 2018
ATX Film News
Bill Hicks, vampires, and slime
Screens Column, Nov. 8, 2018
Now Streaming in Austin: RT Extra Life
Rooster Teeth Extra Life does it for the kids
Screens Column, Nov. 8, 2018
The Right to be Offensive
Joseph Kahn on his new battle rap social satire Bodied
Screens Daily, Nov. 6, 2018 10:30 AM
Watch Run Like the Devil for Free Now
Before you vote, remind yourself what you’re voting for
Screens Daily, Nov. 6, 2018 9:32 AM
Austin Film Festival Review: Empathy, Inc.
Mind-bending identity SF thriller disturbs and intrigues
Screens Daily, Nov. 2, 2018 12:24 PM
Rooster Teeth Finds Some Common Ground
New documentary takes the politics out of the border
Screens Daily, Nov. 2, 2018 10:30 AM
Austin Film Festival: 10 Things We Learned From the Writers of Infinity War
Marvel scribes Markus and McFeely stay spoiler-free
Screens Daily, Nov. 1, 2018 6:10 PM
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Peter Bogdanovich sketches the outlines of the life of Buster Keaton
Film Review, Nov. 1, 2018
Liz and the Blue Bird
High school anime is a bittersweet symphony
Film Review, Nov. 1, 2018
MFKZ
Franco-Japanese anime spoofs rap culture clumsily
Film Review, Nov. 1, 2018
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen was one of the greatest rock bands ever. A band touched by such peerless genius that their worst album, 1982’s Hot Space, closes...
Film Review, Nov. 1, 2018
Summoning Darkness With Suspiria
David Kajganich and Jessica Harper on terror and dance
Screens Daily, Nov. 1, 2018 12:00 AM
Austin Film Festival Review: The Black String
Frankie Muniz melts down – literally – in this psychodrama
Screens Daily, Oct. 31, 2018 4:34 PM
Austin Film Festival Review: Undercliffe
British mystery probes the identity of a man and a town
Screens Daily, Oct. 28, 2018 10:45 PM
Austin Film Festival Review: The Dark Red
Psychic powers and powerful delusions in this bloody thriller
Screens Daily, Oct. 27, 2018 8:00 AM
Zane Holtz is a Hunter Killer
Austin transplant on going Hollywood and AFF in the same week
Screens Daily, Oct. 26, 2018 2:00 PM
Beautiful Boy
Steve Carell soars above this overly-earnest addiction biography
Film Review, Oct. 25, 2018
Border
Swedish coming out drama has a mythological bent
Film Review, Oct. 25, 2018
Small-Town Drama, Small-Town Hospitality
Austin director Tyler Russell gets help picking some Texas Cotton
Screens Feature, Oct. 25, 2018
Iron Orchard Gets Its Day on Screen
Austin Film Festival shows the film adaptation of the classic Texas novel
Screens Feature, Oct. 25, 2018
Paul and "Molly & Ann"
Former UT RTF director chronicles the impact of two Texas icons
Screens Daily, Oct. 25, 2018 12:10 AM
Jonah Hill Goes Back to the Mid90s
Director's debut is a film he can stand by
Screens Daily, Oct. 24, 2018 12:52 PM
Other Worlds Austin Hits The Dead Center
Sci-fi and horror film fest adds centerpiece film and more
Screens Daily, Oct. 20, 2018 10:30 AM
Into the Night With Joe Taslim and Timo Tjahjanto
Indonesian action flick The Night Comes For Us pulls no punches
Screens Daily, Oct. 19, 2018 8:00 AM
Aiming for the Big Kill
Scott Martin on the inaccurate West in his new gunslinger flick
Screens Daily, Oct. 18, 2018 11:30 AM
The Guilty
Single-location thriller travels deep into a killer mystery
Film Review, Oct. 18, 2018
Halloween
The night he came home again (for the first time)
Film Review, Oct. 18, 2018
UT Grad Brings Politics Back to the Multiplex With The Oath
Producer Ray Mansfield and star/first-time filmmaker Ike Barinholtz on their timely satire
Screens Feature, Oct. 18, 2018
Putting the Austin in Austin Film Festival
What ATX and Lone Star titles are screening at next week's fest?
Screens Daily, Oct. 17, 2018 8:00 PM
Solving a Mystery That Should Stay Unsolved in Doe
Other Worlds Austin screens amnesia thriller with a twist
Screens Daily, Oct. 16, 2018 1:25 PM
Happy Anniversary, Marvel Cinematic Universe
Mondo Gallery celebrates a decade of heroes
Screens Daily, Oct. 12, 2018 11:30 AM
First Man
Gosling and Chazelle's moon man biopic soars
Film Review, Oct. 11, 2018
Passion Project
Jim Cummings is supercharging self-distribution with Thunder Road
Screens Feature, Oct. 11, 2018
ATX Film News
Emmys, gen:LOCK cast, plus a good omen for film incentives
Screens Feature, Oct. 11, 2018
Is Ted Cruz Really Texas Tough?
New TV spot by Richard Linklater attacks senator's Lone Star cred
Screens Daily, Oct. 9, 2018 3:25 PM
Knuckleball
Southern Gothic in in the Canadian heartland
