Richard Whittaker’s Top 10 Films of 2018

"...the agony of "I don't want to go, Mr. Stark." 4) Won't You Be My Neighbor?..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Payback

"...cash flow. Based on the Donald Westlake (writing as Richard Stark) novel The Hunter (which was also made into..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

No Prozac for the Wicked

The Cool Capers of Donald Westlake

"...the least surprised by Westlake's deft handling of Thompson's stark, hellish world view. After all, Stark was practically Donald..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Nobody Runs Forever

No. 26 in Richard Stark's, aka Donald Westlake's, Parker series finds the master thief taking us on a thrill ride among armored cars and badass female bounty hunters

"...by Richard Stark..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Books Review by Jesse Sublett

Firebreak

"...Firebreakby Richard Stark..."

May 10, 2002 Books Review by Jesse Sublett

Dirty Money

Richard Stark's professional thief is back in action

"...Dirty Moneyby Richard Stark Grand Central Publishing, 288 pp., $23.99..."

May 9, 2008 Books Review by Jesse Sublett

It's a Mystery to Me

"...protagonist that Donald Westlake writes about under the pseudonym Richard Stark. Parker (no relation to Robert B.) is his..."

April 23, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Atonement, Etc. -- Top 10-plus, Special 2002 bonus edition

Books for which we confess our true feelings, reconsider our disdain, or finally find room: top 10-plus, 2002 edition …

"...at the April Texas Monthly Book Club; capering with Richard Stark in his boffo Breakout (Mysterious Press); communing with..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Books Feature

La Strada

This Academy Award-winner sealed Fellini's reputation as a director of international renown. La Strada represents a fertile cross-pollination of Fellini's noted tendencies toward both stark neorealism and symbolic expressionism. It stars Masina in one of her most memorable roles as the simple naïf, who is bought for a bowl of food by a roadshow strongman (Quinn) who treats her brutishly. An overwhelming humanism underscores the whole film and leaves its ultimate meaning up to interpretation.

"...by: Federico Fellini. Starring: Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn and Richard Basehart. The deaths this past year of both director..."

May 13, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Slack Where We Started

Richard Linklater and John Pierson Ponder 'Slacker' and Its Aftermath

"...During the summer of 1989, Richard Linklater and a merry band of Austin filmmakers shot..."

June 29, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Do We Really Need More Superhero Movies?

We asked local artists if we're approaching Peak Cape anytime soon

"...So here comes Infinity War, as reviewed here by Richard Whittaker, and, after more than a dozen big-screen spectacles,..."

April 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

DVD Watch: 'Jodorowsky's Dune'

Documentary about a film that never was heads this week's releases

"...like Nicolas Refn Winding (Drive, Only God Forgives) and Richard Stanley (who went through familiar struggles with his South..."

July 8, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Outfit

"...Robert Ryan, Karen Black, Joe Don Baker, Timothy Carey, Richard Jaeckel, Sheree North, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook Jr., Bill..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Crimes That Paid

In Jesse Sublett's top reads of 2014, wherever the protagonists go, trouble follows

"...Darwyn Cooke's graphic novel adaptation of the novel by Richard Stark (Donald Westlake)...."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

DVD Watch: My Neighbor Totoro

Hayao Miyazaki's sweet and monstrous classic arrives on Blu-ray

"...Jason Statham hitting things in an adaptation of a Richard Stark novel. Is it as good as the graphic..."

May 21, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Before 'Before Midnight'

Thoughts from the line outside the Paramount

"...when my mind wanders back to my introduction to Richard Linklater's Before film series: Before Sunset at the Magnolia..."

March 10, 2013 SXSW Post by Joey Keeton

Best Books of 2006

"...and, my favorite, Ask the Parrot (Mysterious Press) by Richard Stark, who, 40 years after his debut, The Hunter,..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Naked City

A tape disappears from George W. Bush's campaign office and lands on an Al Gore supporter's desk. No one knows who did it, but fingers are pointing at two Bush advisors.

"...News that Lozano's situation was akin to that of Richard Jewell, the man who was wrongly made a suspect..."

Sept. 29, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...Billy the Kid by Frederick Nolan 3. Comeback by Richard Stark 4. Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature

Point Blank

"...(from a novel by Donald Westlake under the name Richard Stark) and turns it into a movie that is..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Postmodern P.I.

"...AC:And Richard Stark?..."

June 11, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As Captain America enters a Brave New World, every MCU film reviewed

"...in the series reviewed, phase by phase, from Tony Stark's first martini through to this new riff on the..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Record Reviews

"...Down Again/Street Hassle." In between, there are elegant, sometimes stark versions of set staples such as the Jagger/Richards classic..."

March 20, 1998 Music Review

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...Cast: Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni, Richard E. Grant, Anthony Carrigan, Sunita Mani, Jessica Hynes (World..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

‘Game of Thrones’ Gets a Dowager Countess

And other non-spoilery bits about Sunday’s season 3 premiere

"...With so many houses to keep straight – Lannister, Stark, Baratheon, Targaryen, Tyrell – you might be best off..."

March 29, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Proposition

The Western is alive and well in the Australian outback, as this gritty film with a screenplay and score by musician Nick Cave demonstrates.

"...Starring: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, Danny Huston, Richard Wilson, John Hurt, David Wenham, Noah Taylor and David..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Deep in the Art

How In the West Became Deep in the Heart (of Texas)

"...the American West, a photo exhibition of Westerners by Richard Avedon. Big State director Jim Fritzler was of the..."

May 8, 1998 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...with Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Vince Vaughn, Arliss Howard, Richard Schiff, Pete Postlethwaite, Peter Stormare, Richard Attenborough...."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sxsw

"...& Vicious' self-titled debut, you're half expecting to hear Richard Butler sing. Surprise. That would have to be Mrs...."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...Pong Summer; Drafthouse Films' The Dog; and, of course, Richard Linklater's much-anticipated Boyhood...."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

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