Vesper

Enthralling eco-fable rewrites Snow White as a young Galileo

"...Samper. Starring: Raffiella Chapman, Eddie Marsan, Rosy McEwen and Richard Brake...."

Sept. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Vesper

Eco-horror melds with fairytales in this remarkable SF parable

"...mummified body of her mother and her paralyzed father (Richard Brake, a frozen mass of keening desperation) who has..."

Sept. 26, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Barbarian

Buried secrets make for the year's smartest, scariest horror

"...Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, Justin Long, Matthew Patrick Davis and Richard Brake...."

Sept. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Offseason

Coastal cosmic horror in the eerie latest from Mickey Keating

"...Mickey Keating. Starring: Jocelin Donahue, Joe Swanberg, Melora Walters, Richard Brake and Jeremy Gardner...."

March 11, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: When a Bingo Hall Becomes Bingo Hell

Granny get yer gun

"...When Mr. Big (Richard Brake) acquires the barrio of Oak Springs' beloved bingo..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

The Virtuoso

Murder for hire and betrayal for fun

"...Directed by: Nick Stagliano. Starring: Anson Mount, Anthony Hopkins, Richard Brake, Abbie Cornish and Diora Baird...."

April 30, 2021 Movie Review

SXSW Film Review: Offseason

Mickey Keating goes to the coast for cosmic horror

"...on their already friction-and-sparks relationship. With new genre mainstays Richard Brake and Jeremy Gardner leading the mob of increasingly,..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...nightmare. Cast List: Joe Swanberg, Jocelin Donahue, Melora Walters, Richard Brake, Jeremy Gardner (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Rhythm Section

Blake Lively doesn't live up to her name in this flat spy romp

"...Jude Law, Sterling K. Brown, Max Casella, Daniel Mays, Richard Brake, Jade Anouka and Raza Jaffrey...."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Feedback

Trouble in the radio booth

"...C. Alonso. Starring: Eddie Marsan, Paul Anderson, Ivana Baquero, Richard Brake and Alexis Rodney...."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review

Rob Zombie Resurrects the Firefly Family for 3 From Hell

Here to do the devil's work: Director talks how being cool is no excuse

"...Foxworth Coltrane, aka Foxy, played by British character actor Richard Brake. He's the lost half-brother of the family come..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mandy

Nicolas Cage is stunning in this hallucinogenic revenger

"...Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Ned Dennehy, Olwen Fouéré and Richard Brake...."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bitter Harvest

In 1930s Ukraine, young lovers fight Stalin and forced starvation

"...Pepper, Lucy Brown, Gary Oliver, Aneurin Barnard, Tom Austen, Richard Brake, Nicholas Aaron, William Beck and Tamer Hassan...."

Feb. 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: C is for Clown

Rampant coulrophobia on DVD and VOD

"...to elicit an amused response," intones psychopathic murderer Doomhead (Richard Brake, Game of Thrones' Night King), unblinking in an..."

Oct. 8, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top Gear: Seasons 11 and 12

There's a joyous skin-of-their-teeth incompetency any time Top Gear's hapless hosts get near a steering wheel

"...There's the bossy one (Jeremy Clarkson), the small one (Richard "The Hamster" Hammond), and Captain Slow (James May, a..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Screens Review by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...new shop is equipped for minor repairs like replacing brake cables, fixing flats, and greasing bearings, says YBP.ÊComplete overhauls..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature

Hannibal Rising

Who would have thought mass murder and cannibalism could be so dull?

"...Lia Tachovska, Dominic West, Aaron Thomas, Kevin McKidd and Richard Brake. Writer Thomas Harris, creator of legendary Hollywood sociopath..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Visions Holy and Damned, Innocent and Experienced

The documentary 'The Devil and Daniel Johnston' – as well as this story – are just the latest attempts to make sense of his life and art

"...fast food traveller, swinging low, swinging sweet romantic." – Richard Dorsett, Louis Black, "Recommended," May 31, 1985;..."

May 5, 2006 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Doom

Doom is not so much a film as a marketing tie-in, albeit one with some exceptional production values.

"...Urban, Rosamund Pike, Deobia Oparei, Ben Daniels, Razaaq Adoti, Richard Brake, Al Weaver and Dexter Fletcher. Let’s just cut..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Democrats an edge in the Senate to put a brake on Republican "compassionate conservatism."..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Column

Safety in Words

If there is drama in Laura Furman's stories, Robin Bradford writes, it is not usually the life and death kind. It is the daily, wearing, ineffable drama of living as a human island among others who invariably seem more attractive, more connected, or simply more "normal."

"...easy to see why safety is an issue. Parking brake secured, I knock at the door. Greeting me, Furman..."

April 20, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Second Hand: A Novel

"...junk-as-life etude on all things second-hand. Zadoorian's protagonist, über-"junker" Richard, owns Satori Junk outside Detroit, and is the part..."

May 12, 2000 Books Review by Marie Black

Postmarks

Losing Our Lunch

"...growths it lists possible side effects: "higher than normal brake pad replacement, lining the pockets of alignment shops, excess..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

Out of Sight

Soderbergh adapts Elmore Leonard in this caper movie that features great performances, gritty milieus, and clever creative flourishes.

"...(Rhames), Foley ditches Karen (but not before some serious brake-light rapport is established between the pair) and moves forward..."

June 26, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

The Xicanindio Poet

"...they must slow down (actually moving foot over to brake) until safe passing is possible. To "buzz" a cyclist..."

April 11, 1997 Column

The Soul of ConjuntoI

Flaco Jimenez and the Conjunto Dream Team

"...his own conjunto; strings virtuoso Chucho Perales, and drummer Richard Herrera. These are Jimenez's friends, the "Conjunto Dream Team,"..."

July 5, 1996 Music Feature by Abel Salas

Work Stops on Ghost Town

Meadows Housing Project Shuts Down

"...84 Lumber; Paradigm owes the materials supplier nearly $373,000. Richard Brake, the manager of the 84 Lumber store on..."

June 21, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Nicholson, David Morse, Anjelica Huston, Robin Wright, Piper Laurie, Richard Bradford, David Baerwald, Robbie Robertson, John Savage. (R, 117..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature