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

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

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

Patty & Jerry & Ian & Richard

All aboard the record roundup

"...country radio. That means you have to dig a little to keep up with what she (and like-minded artists..."

Sept. 17, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

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

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

The Education of Little Tree

"...Directed by: Richard Friedenberg. Starring: James Cromwell, Tantoo Cardinal, Joseph Ashton and..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Richard Linklater: In Defense of Animation

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

"...When animation was belittled by this year's Academy Awards hosts – not once,..."

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

The Little Mermaid

"...John Musker and Ron Clements. Forget Don Bluth. Forget Richard Williams. Forget Ralph Bakshi. The only name to remember,..."

Nov. 24, 1989 Movie Review by Warren Spector

If You Have Ghosts: The Haunting of The Little Stranger

Director Lenny Abrahamson talks post-war Gothic

"...we with us. That's the tragic message of The Little Stranger, Lenny Abrahamson's tale of unsettled souls in the..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Little Children

A modern Emma Bovary and her should-have-been Mr. Right discover that while their suburban American lives may yet have a second act, it could well end up as a tragedy.

"...all too well that her marriage to finance whiz Richard (Edelman) was one big mistake, and not just because..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Whatever Happened to Richard Buckner?

One-time local singer-songwriter superman returns, all too human.

"...Lately, several people have asked me, “Whatever happened to Richard Buckner?” If the name doesn’t ring any bells, he’s..."

May 6, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Richard Jenkins Wields a Bone Tomahawk

Old Western horror with the Six Feet Under star

"...the man he is without his back-up deputy Chicory (Richard Jenkins)...."

Oct. 23, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Best Little Arthouse in Texas

The Austin Film Society expands and asks you to help

"...what you want: In this case, it's the best little arthouse in Texas. When it reopens in the spring,..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Little Vampire

"...Directed by: Uli Edel. Starring: Jonathan Lipnicki, Richard E. Grant, Jim Carter, Alice Krige, Rollo Weeks, John..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Now Streaming in Austin: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Join us tonight for our live-tweet of the Dolly Parton classic

"...national treasure, came to Austin to make The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas...."

April 30, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

sxswf: Little Deaths

British sex-and-horror anthology reviewed

"...from the Crypt? That was a long time ago. Little Deaths breeds nightmares...."

March 16, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

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

The Man Who Loved Little Girls

"...whose life revolved around the entertainment and portrayal of little girls tends, therefore, to make people nervous. At the..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Saint Teresa: Richard Linklater and John Pierson on the Icon of Slacker

The director of Slacker and the film's sales agent discuss the creative importance of actor and musician Teresa Taylor

"...Richard Linklater: Teresa Taylor, ICON. It was amazing to see..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature

Richard Linklater Constructs a Frustrated Architect in Where’d You Go, Bernadette

Cate Blanchett's character is the opposite of Frank Lloyd Wright, but no less complicated

"...Richard Linklater has a secret. When he's not making films,..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Richard Linklater on His New Film Last Flag Flying

Cranston, Carell, and Fishburne star in the director’s most mature film to date

"...comes to how we prop up our worldviews, writer/director Richard Linklater said, "The truth is a blunt instrument."..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry

Forget the details, relish the intimacy of this music documentary

"...similar to her music, Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry isn’t just surface level fluff. It’s packed with..."

March 5, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Behind the Scenes at the Centre Pompidou's Tribute to Richard Linklater

An American in Paris

"...doppelgänger installed in the Centre Pom­pi­dou as part of "Richard Linklater: Le cinéma, matière-temps" ("Filming Time as Material") –..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Playhouse's A Little Night Music

Wonderful musical numbers, strong voices highlight Austin Playhouse's A Little Night Music

"...Stephen Sondheim, I worried how to approach reviewing A Little Night Music. As it turns out, one needn't be..."

June 24, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

'The Austin Chronicle' and Richard Linklater

The beginning of a beautiful friendship

"...many times filmmaker and Austin Film Society Artistic Director Richard Linklater has been on the cover of The Austin..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Richard Linklater's Memories of the Moon in Apollo 10½

The filmmaker's childhood in space race-era Houston recalled through Austin-made animation

"...moon? Well, first, you have to decide to go. Richard Linklater may be best known for his ambitious and..."

March 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Richard Linklater's Diamonds in the Rough

The legendary Austin filmmaker provides a guided tour through three years of a formative decade

"...in the Wasteland: A Trip Through Eighties Cinema With Richard Linklater – is telling. Not the part about Linklater..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Do a Little 'Dance

Austinites past and present converge on Park City

"...which a new print was struck. Writer and director Richard Linklater, producer Anne Walker-McBay, and many past and present..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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