Richard Whittaker
@rmwhittaker.bsky.social
Award-winning reporter and film critic.
Veep, Austin Film Critics Association.
Bylines at Austin Chronicle. The Times, Birth.Movies.Death.
Heard on One of Us, Overhated, Certified Forgotten.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/richard-whittaker/movies
Veep, Austin Film Critics Association.
Bylines at Austin Chronicle. The Times, Birth.Movies.Death.
Heard on One of Us, Overhated, Certified Forgotten.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/richard-whittaker/movies
Pinned
a man in a suit and tie is saying i can do this all day .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying i can do this all day .
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The morning after the elections in Marvel gifs:
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Here’s a thought, how about just make another James Bond film and do whatever because it’s all made up?
November 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Here’s a thought, how about just make another James Bond film and do whatever because it’s all made up?
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WTF?
This is like the Transylvanians from Rocky Horror, here.
This is like the Transylvanians from Rocky Horror, here.
There's an exclusive, closed-to-media MAHA summit tomorrow. Here's the full agenda I was leaked
In attendance will be JD Vance, RFK Jr, Bhattacharya, Makary, actor Russell Brand (who is facing rape and sexual assault charges), and dozens of other MAHA influencers and people in Trump's orbit
In attendance will be JD Vance, RFK Jr, Bhattacharya, Makary, actor Russell Brand (who is facing rape and sexual assault charges), and dozens of other MAHA influencers and people in Trump's orbit
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
WTF?
This is like the Transylvanians from Rocky Horror, here.
This is like the Transylvanians from Rocky Horror, here.
Public domain may have been a mistake.
The public domain wave continues, with Betty Boop the latest cartoon classic to get her own bloody horror movie.
Betty Boop Is The Next Cartoon Classic To Get Her Own Horror Movie
The public domain wave continues, with Betty Boop the latest cartoon classic to get her own bloody horror movie.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Public domain may have been a mistake.
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It was harder getting endorsements for Zohran Mamdani from Democrats than them caving to Republicans to mutually strip us of healthcare
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It was harder getting endorsements for Zohran Mamdani from Democrats than them caving to Republicans to mutually strip us of healthcare
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every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
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Predator: Badlands is Dan Trachtenberg realizing that he wasn't going to be able to make a gorier, smarter Predator film than Prey and so doing exactly the opposite. www.austinchronicle.com/screens/film...
Predator: Badlands Review: How to Keep a Long Franchise Fresh? Play It for Laughs. • The Austin Chronicle
In season 6, episode 24 of The Simpsons, “Lemon of Troy,” bully Nelson Muntz begrudgingly rescues nerd Martin Prince from an ass-kicking, and Martin insists they are now friends, much to Nelson’s chag...
www.austinchronicle.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Predator: Badlands is Dan Trachtenberg realizing that he wasn't going to be able to make a gorier, smarter Predator film than Prey and so doing exactly the opposite. www.austinchronicle.com/screens/film...
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SENTIMENTAL VALUE initially seems like another
Renate Reinsve vehicle from Joachim Trier, but it's much more of an ensemble piece.
Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning have a great, pointed subplot about the creative process, and
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas is phenomenal.
Renate Reinsve vehicle from Joachim Trier, but it's much more of an ensemble piece.
Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning have a great, pointed subplot about the creative process, and
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas is phenomenal.
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 AM
SENTIMENTAL VALUE initially seems like another
Renate Reinsve vehicle from Joachim Trier, but it's much more of an ensemble piece.
Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning have a great, pointed subplot about the creative process, and
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas is phenomenal.
Renate Reinsve vehicle from Joachim Trier, but it's much more of an ensemble piece.
Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning have a great, pointed subplot about the creative process, and
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas is phenomenal.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
SENTIMENTAL VALUE initially seems like another
Renate Reinsve vehicle from Joachim Trier, but it's much more of an ensemble piece.
Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning have a great, pointed subplot about the creative process, and
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas is phenomenal.
Renate Reinsve vehicle from Joachim Trier, but it's much more of an ensemble piece.
Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning have a great, pointed subplot about the creative process, and
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas is phenomenal.
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 AM
SENTIMENTAL VALUE initially seems like another
Renate Reinsve vehicle from Joachim Trier, but it's much more of an ensemble piece.
Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning have a great, pointed subplot about the creative process, and
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas is phenomenal.
Renate Reinsve vehicle from Joachim Trier, but it's much more of an ensemble piece.
Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning have a great, pointed subplot about the creative process, and
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas is phenomenal.
Predator: Badlands is Dan Trachtenberg realizing that he wasn't going to be able to make a gorier, smarter Predator film than Prey and so doing exactly the opposite. www.austinchronicle.com/screens/film...
Predator: Badlands Review: How to Keep a Long Franchise Fresh? Play It for Laughs. • The Austin Chronicle
In season 6, episode 24 of The Simpsons, “Lemon of Troy,” bully Nelson Muntz begrudgingly rescues nerd Martin Prince from an ass-kicking, and Martin insists they are now friends, much to Nelson’s chag...
www.austinchronicle.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Predator: Badlands is Dan Trachtenberg realizing that he wasn't going to be able to make a gorier, smarter Predator film than Prey and so doing exactly the opposite. www.austinchronicle.com/screens/film...
He's right, you know.
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
He's right, you know.
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DOJ Deputy Chief Joseph Schnitt admitted that the government will "redact every republican" and "leave all the liberal, democratic people” on the Epstein client list.
He also said Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum securithy prison as "a benefit to keep her mouth shut."
He also said Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum securithy prison as "a benefit to keep her mouth shut."
September 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
DOJ Deputy Chief Joseph Schnitt admitted that the government will "redact every republican" and "leave all the liberal, democratic people” on the Epstein client list.
He also said Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum securithy prison as "a benefit to keep her mouth shut."
He also said Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum securithy prison as "a benefit to keep her mouth shut."
SANDWICHES ALL ROUND.
November 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
SANDWICHES ALL ROUND.
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Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
The incredible testimony to the excellence of Aimee Mann is that I love every track on this list of her 20 best songs and I do not believe that most of them should be on the list. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
A voice that still carries: Aimee Mann’s greatest songs – ranked!
Thirty years on from the release of her acclaimed album I’m With Stupid, we count down the sucker-punching best tracks by the US singer-songwriter
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November 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The incredible testimony to the excellence of Aimee Mann is that I love every track on this list of her 20 best songs and I do not believe that most of them should be on the list. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
First teaser for the Michael Jackson biopic dropped. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtf8...
I'm getting the word...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
First teaser for the Michael Jackson biopic dropped. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtf8...
A piece of industrial music history debuts this weekend in Austin as the full original score for underground horror Mask of Sarnath screens with the full lost score from Throbbing Gristle. www.austinchronicle.com/screens/new-...
New Version of Seminal Austin Horror Brings a Lost Throbbing Gristle Soundtrack to Light • The Austin Chronicle
An infamous gem of Austin’s 1980s underground film scene gets a special screening this weekend, but that’s not what’s getting director Neil Ruttenberg excited. It’s that the screening of “Mask of Sarn...
www.austinchronicle.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A piece of industrial music history debuts this weekend in Austin as the full original score for underground horror Mask of Sarnath screens with the full lost score from Throbbing Gristle. www.austinchronicle.com/screens/new-...
Bryan Bertino's Vicious (now on Paramount+) continues his obsession with the terror of ambiguity. Had time to chat with him during Fantastic Fest about why Gen-X doesn't need answers in its horror. www.austinchronicle.com/screens/whos...
Who’s There? Bryan Bertino on the Horror of Ambiguity • The Austin Chronicle
That terror is at the heart of the former Austinite’s latest film, Vicious, which premiered at this year’s Fantastic Fest ahead of streaming on Paramount+. Bringing the film to the city that helped fo...
www.austinchronicle.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Bryan Bertino's Vicious (now on Paramount+) continues his obsession with the terror of ambiguity. Had time to chat with him during Fantastic Fest about why Gen-X doesn't need answers in its horror. www.austinchronicle.com/screens/whos...
If you ever want to understand how coke-addled the 1980s were, just watch the video for Party All The Time, in which people stand around and pretend to be enthused about Eddie Murphy's singing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWa-...
Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time (Official Video)
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November 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
If you ever want to understand how coke-addled the 1980s were, just watch the video for Party All The Time, in which people stand around and pretend to be enthused about Eddie Murphy's singing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWa-...
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Joining the cause: For the first 10 people to reply here with a verification that you donated at least $20 to a food bank, I’ll write a feature-length review of the movie of your choosing (presuming I have access to it; back-up choices may be necessary) to be completed before year end.
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Joining the cause: For the first 10 people to reply here with a verification that you donated at least $20 to a food bank, I’ll write a feature-length review of the movie of your choosing (presuming I have access to it; back-up choices may be necessary) to be completed before year end.
Of interest to @joegross.bsky.social among others. www.austinchronicle.com/screens/new-...
New Version of Seminal Austin Horror Brings a Lost Throbbing Gristle Soundtrack to Light • The Austin Chronicle
An infamous gem of Austin’s 1980s underground film scene gets a special screening this weekend, but that’s not what’s getting director Neil Ruttenberg excited. It’s that the screening of “Mask of Sarn...
www.austinchronicle.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Of interest to @joegross.bsky.social among others. www.austinchronicle.com/screens/new-...
Big men, beating up a woman.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Big men, beating up a woman.
Recently rewatched Larry Fessenden's The Last Winter, and as the temperature in Austin returns to the 90s in November I can't help but feel that we deserve nature's revenge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY_B...
The Last Winter Trailer (2006)
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November 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Recently rewatched Larry Fessenden's The Last Winter, and as the temperature in Austin returns to the 90s in November I can't help but feel that we deserve nature's revenge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY_B...
It's astonishing to see the GOP wage war on the poor who can't afford food and the middle class who can afford air fares, all in one weekend. Either way, looks like no one is getting turkey this Thanksgiving.
BREAKING: The FAA will cut air traffic by 10% at 40 airports across the country starting Friday if shutdown continues. https://cnn.it/3Xfbhzs
November 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
It's astonishing to see the GOP wage war on the poor who can't afford food and the middle class who can afford air fares, all in one weekend. Either way, looks like no one is getting turkey this Thanksgiving.
Tim Dunn has done more to drag the Texas GOP to the right than anyone else, throwing money at the worst candidates and the worst think tanks. His fingerprints are all over the pushing of every Republican of conscience - from Joe Straus to Jerry Patterson and dozens more - out of office.
WOAH. Texas GOP Executive Director Jen Hall and another top party official just resigned. In her letter to party Chair Abraham George, Hall said she "cannot in good conscience continue to work this way" but doesn't elaborate. Hall and George are both longtime Tim Dunn allies. This is...interesting.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Tim Dunn has done more to drag the Texas GOP to the right than anyone else, throwing money at the worst candidates and the worst think tanks. His fingerprints are all over the pushing of every Republican of conscience - from Joe Straus to Jerry Patterson and dozens more - out of office.