Getting Behind The Tender Bar With Lily Rabe and Tye Sheridan

The challenges of authenticity (and George Clooney's acting class)

"...Like the brown cord jacket that aspiring writer J.R. (Tye Sheridan) wears - the uniform of the freelance reporter,..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A War on Passivity: Rick Alverson and Tye Sheridan Climb The Mountain

The confrontational director challenges audiences to work once again

"...film, The Mountain, employs A-list headliners (Jeff Goldblum and Tye Sheridan) to shake them from their passive stupor..."

Aug. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Mountain

Tye Sheridan and Jeff Goldblum in an engrossing experiment in form

"...Directed by: Rick Alverson. Starring: Tye Sheridan, Jeff Goldblum, Hannah Gross, Denis Lavant and Udo..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Yellow Birds

Iraq War veteran's novel gets a sadly uninspiring adaptation

"...Directed by: Alexandre Moors. Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Tye Sheridan, Toni Collette, Jason Patric, Jack Huston, Jennifer Aniston..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Joe

Nic Cage and David Gordon Green are at the top of their games in this Larry Brown story, while young Tye Sheridan is an actor who's already achieved greatness.

"...Directed by: David Gordon Green. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Gary Poulter, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Adriene Mishler, Brian..."

April 11, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mud

Hypermasculine yet soulfully romantic, this coming of age story with thriller elements stars Matthew McConaughey.

"...Directed by: Jeff Nichols. Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Paulson, Ray McKinnon,..."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ready Player One

Video gaming and Eighties culture get the Spielberg treatment

"...Directed by: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Letitia Wright, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe,..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Stanford Prison Experiment

Dramatization of the famous psychology experiment

"...Michael Angarano, Olivia Thirlby, Thomas Mann, James Wolk and Tye Sheridan...."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jeff Nichols Enters Texas Film Hall of Fame

Loving director, Hector Galán, and Tye Sheridan honored

"...enter the Texas Film Hall of Fame, while actor Tye Sheridan is the recipient of this year's Rising Star..."

Nov. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film: Ready Player One Red Carpet and World Premiere

"...Tye Sheridan (l) and Ben Mendelsohn on the red carpet..."

March 12, 2018 Photo Gallery

Ernest Cline: Kings of the Nerds

Austin author adapts his Spielberg homage Ready Player One with Spielberg himself

"...what the characters of Art3mis [Olivia Cooke] and Wade [Tye Sheridan] do. In the book, which is entirely first-person..."

March 30, 2018 Screens Feature by Moisés Chiullán

Hellion

Austin filmmaker Kat Candler explores the sins of the father in this dark drama starring Aaron Paul.

"...the 13-year-old Jacob (Wiggins, in a memorable debut matching Tye Sheridan’s superb sophomore performance in last year’s Mud) and..."

June 27, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Greener Pastures

David Gordon Green reflects on a full career before his induction into the Texas Film Hall of Fame

"...good in it – as is the young actor Tye Sheridan, who previously starred in Mud – but Green also..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Steve Davis' Top 10 List

"...(Dallas Buyers Club), Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave), Tye Sheridan (Mud), Emile Hirsch (Prince Avalanche)..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

The Kings of Summer

This Sundance favorite is a perfect yet offbeat summer movie about teens who ditch their families and try to live like men in a ground-level treehouse in the woods.

"...of Joe that sticks in your mind. He and Tye Sheridan from Mud are the summer’s real finds: young..."

June 7, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Get the Green Light

Producer Sarah Green is a rare breed

"...Jessica Chastain in Take Shelter and gifted child actor Tye Sheridan in Mud. Both were cast members she had..."

April 26, 2013 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Tender Bar

Affleck gives life to this listless coming-of-age drama

"...Directed by: George Clooney. Starring: Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Lily Rabe, Christopher Lloyd, Daniel Ranieri and Max..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

The Card Counter

Oscar Isaac takes the biggest gamble of his life

"...Directed by: Paul Schrader. Starring: Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe and Joel Michaely...."

Sept. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Voyagers

SF snoozer never exceeds its "Lord of the Flies in space" pitch

"...Directed by: Neil Burger. Starring: Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp, Colin Farrell, Fionn Whitehead, Chanté Adams,..."

April 9, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Dark Phoenix

The X-Men finally leave the silver screen with a story they already told

"...Turner, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan and Jessica Chastain...."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Last Days in the Desert

Ewan McGregor plays both Jesus and the devil in this secular imagining

"...Directed by: Rodrigo García. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Tye Sheridan, Ciarán Hinds and Ayelet Zurer...."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film News

Locals at SXSW, plus RSVP for a Maybe Shower

"...Better Angels with Friday's Child, starring rising Elkhart native Tye Sheridan. Speaking of Sheridan, the young actor and Mud..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Texas Film Awards Announces Presenters

Michael Shannon, Nick Kroll, Henry Cisneros join lineup

"...Gyllenhaal – will present the Rising Star Award to Tye Sheridan. Green directed Sheridan in 2013’s Joe and was..."

March 1, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Adds Iron Man, Captain Kirk, New Order to Speaker List

Robert Downey Jr., William Shatner, Deepak Chopra headed to Austin

"...actor, producer, and co-founder and President of Wonder Dynamics Tye Sheridan, filmmaker, VFX supervisor, entrepreneur, and co-founder and CEO..."

Feb. 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Jonathan Majors, Janet and John Pierson, Michael De Luca Honored by the Texas Film Awards

Marvel’s Kang, indie champs and Oscar-nominated producer head to Luck

"...Rising Star winners that includes Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart, Unbelievable), Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One, Mud), and Jesse Plemons (Fargo,..."

Jan. 10, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lizzo, Beck Announced as SXSW Keynotes

Festival also adds cyberpunk pioneer Neil Stephenson

"...actor, producer and co-founder and President of Wonder Dynamics Tye Sheridan and award-winning filmmaker, visual effects supervisor, entrepreneur, and..."

Feb. 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Booksmart's Kaitlyn Dever for Texas Film Awards

Parker Posey to MC, Adrian Quesada of Black Pumas performing

"...Decker. Robert Rodriguez. Amber Heard. John Hawkes. Jesse Plemmons. Tye Sheridan. The list of winners of the Texas Film..."

Feb. 4, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Colombia's Child Soldiers Captured in Monos

Alejandro Landes on breaking the feelgood narrative of youth

"...AC: You mention not having to really like every..."

Sept. 29, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...mid-century hospitals, advocating for a new controversial procedure. Cast: Tye Sheridan, Jeff Goldblum, Hannah Gross, Denis Lavant, Udo Kier...."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Brooklyn Decker to be Honored at Texas Film Awards

Support the Girls star to take home Rising Star Award

"...include Amber Heard (Friday Night Lights, Pineapple Express, Aquaman), Tye Sheridan (Mud, Joe), Jesse Plemons (Friday Night Lights, Fargo),..."

Dec. 18, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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