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
It's also a sequel to his earlier book, Gentleman Jim, which was a thinly-veiled and loving portrait of his parents, so the lovely old couple in WTWB are his mum and dad.
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
It's also a sequel to his earlier book, Gentleman Jim, which was a thinly-veiled and loving portrait of his parents, so the lovely old couple in WTWB are his mum and dad.
The back story on When The Wind Blows is amazing. It adapts the graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, most famous prior to that for kids books like Father Christmas, The Snowman, and Fungus the Bogeyman (which Shrek ripped off horribly).
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The back story on When The Wind Blows is amazing. It adapts the graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, most famous prior to that for kids books like Father Christmas, The Snowman, and Fungus the Bogeyman (which Shrek ripped off horribly).
This pope was in a Split Enz cover band.
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This pope was in a Split Enz cover band.
Roberto Benigni's The Day The Clown Cried.
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Roberto Benigni's The Day The Clown Cried.
Less Baileys, more Potters.
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Less Baileys, more Potters.
It. Is. Nuts. Big Mouse Hunt energy.
November 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It. Is. Nuts. Big Mouse Hunt energy.
Every cut should come with a Daniel Pearl commentary in which he loses his mind about the color correction, or Larry Carroll just losing his mind.
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Every cut should come with a Daniel Pearl commentary in which he loses his mind about the color correction, or Larry Carroll just losing his mind.
Where's my "8th generation bootleg from a Belgian rental copy" cut?
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Where's my "8th generation bootleg from a Belgian rental copy" cut?
I'm also wondering what AMAN has on him now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I'm also wondering what AMAN has on him now.
Just call 'em interns.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Just call 'em interns.
Was Billy Mitchell busy?
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Was Billy Mitchell busy?
Arguably the greatest film about WWII.
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Arguably the greatest film about WWII.
The only screening in Austin - where Greg Kwedar lives - was a festival screening, and Netflix refused to send screeners in time for the theatrical release, only the streaming date.
November 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The only screening in Austin - where Greg Kwedar lives - was a festival screening, and Netflix refused to send screeners in time for the theatrical release, only the streaming date.
I really like Last Night in Soho - much more than Baby Driver, which is some cool scenes but not a movie. LNIS is a love letter to a very specific era of British history, and Matt Smith can do no wrong.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I really like Last Night in Soho - much more than Baby Driver, which is some cool scenes but not a movie. LNIS is a love letter to a very specific era of British history, and Matt Smith can do no wrong.
Yuuup, but you'd never know.
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Yuuup, but you'd never know.
Audiences whenever studio execs start worrying about Bond continuity:
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November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Audiences whenever studio execs start worrying about Bond continuity:
For there to be TCSM continuity would require there to be other films AND THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
For there to be TCSM continuity would require there to be other films AND THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Defunctland
The Tape Library
Wrestling Observer Radio
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