Richard Whittaker

@rmwhittaker.bsky.social

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Award-winning reporter and film critic. Vice-president of the Austin Film Critics Association. Wrestling announcer. Good with dogs.

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"It is an editorial choice to center the stories about Biden almost entirely on the (agreed: abysmal) 90-minute debate rather than the record of an exceptionally effective administration with solid accomplishments from foreign policy to the economy to climate and the environment."

"It is an editorial choice to speculate on what Biden’s health will be like in four years rather than what the health of the country will be if he and Harris do not win four months from now." lithub.com/rebecca-s...

Rebecca Solnit: It’s the Pundits Who Have Turned on Biden, Not the Partylithub.com The biggest story this weekend is that one presidential candidate’s ear got grazed by a bullet from a shooter who also killed a bystander before he was shot down himself. But the biggest stor…

I mean, just growing a tiny Hitler moustache would be too on-the-nose.

Arizona delegate Joe Neglia hopes to inspire a new fashion trend at the convention: the white piece of paper he taped to his ear to mimic Trump’s bandage from the shooting on Saturday. “I’m breaking new fashion ground,” the 63-year-old said. Follow our live coverage: wapo.st/3WpXI0v

I don't know why so many reporters have joined the chorus of voices trying to kneecap Biden rather than pointing out the fascists trying to undo the Enlightenment. Maybe it's just that years of treating everything like a horse race has given them brain worms.

Reminder that, in 2011, I walked into then-Governor Rick Perry's press office, and the receptionist quickly tried to hide the book she was reading. It was about Nazi propaganda techniques. The GOP hasn't changed. It's just not hiding the reading list any more.

Something something Ron Howard something something J.D. Vance something something Hillbilly Elegy something something Richie Cunningham sure jumped that shark.

I loved Dandelion, a wonderful film about musicians, motivation, definitions of success, and bad audiences (plus the director told me it was partly inspired by @tedleo.bsky.social). Out now. www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screen...

How Nicole Riegel Got in Tune With Dandelionwww.austinchronicle.com Filmmaker on working with the National, Ted Leo's worst gig

Osgood Perkins literally described Longlegs to me as a club sandwich of all the best things in horror.

How director Osgood Perkins channeled Silence of the Lambs for his horror club sandwich Longlegs.

Everything Evil: How Longlegs is Osgood Perkins’ Popcorn Moviewww.austinchronicle.com Channeling Silence of the Lambs for his horror club sandwich

Americans mocking anyone's food as bland is the black hole calling the kettle black. www.epicurious.com/expert-advic...

Why Your Food Will Taste Better in 2035www.epicurious.com In the future, flavor will come from food. Because it actually doesn't right now.

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This is a subtweet about Frankenstein because I don't want to be a dick, but I also want some facts out there. 1. Most novels at the time were anonymous. We can't make definite judgements about why Mary Shelley's name wasn't on it. It was common practice. The novel was barely respectable. 1/?

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just so everybody knows what's happening here, this is Jack Posobiec—who spent the past week as a featured guest on InfoWars—speaking to the MAGA group of the wife of a Supreme Court justice

Yikes.

The Inside Out characters in my head.

The Inside Out characters in my head

Because, as we all know, PEOPLE WHO STAY HOME ON ELECTION DAY ENABLE FASCISTS.

*in numbers not seen in decades*

The pizza-eating scene is one of the funniest moments in modern American cinema. Jacques Tati level.

I’m telling you that this movie has literally changed my life. I was here and now I’m here. (Ok, I realize you couldn’t see my hands just then. But picture where my hands might’ve been.)

People who stay home this November are fellow travellers for fascists.

I know the latest NZ election outcome was less than good, but jesus.

Always a pleasure to chat with @monagle.bsky.social and @donatobomb.bsky.social about ... well, anything, but particularly overlooked movies. Bonus: hear our takes on Sony buying the Alamo, and I explain why I'm excited about Hellboy: The Crooked Man.

Landlocked is such a fascinating mixture of ghost story and home videos. Thank you to @rmwhittaker.bsky.social for being our guest on this week’s episode of the @certifiedforgot.bsky.social podcast.

Podcast: Richard Whittaker on 'Landlocked' | Certified Forgottencertifiedforgotten.com Richard Whittaker joins the Certified Forgotten podcast for a discussion about Paul Owens's 'Landlocked,' a one-of-a-kind ghost story.

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Thieves target Austin film studios and rental firms, stealing high-end gear.

Thieves Target Austin Film Studios and Rental Firmswww.austinchronicle.com Local companies beefing up security as high-end gear stolen

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Austin filmmaker brings Hellboy back to the big screen.

First Trailer: Brian Taylor's Hellboy: The Crooked Manwww.austinchronicle.com Austin filmmaker brings the demon hunter back to big screen

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Austin animated smash RWBY finds new home at Viz.

Austin Animated Smash RWBY Finds New Home at Vizwww.austinchronicle.com Former Rooster Teeth show joins anime and manga giant

Imagine being Gen X and being raised on what the British considered kids' literature. "Congrats, you are eight. Here's Watership Down, The Lord of the Rings, The Man Who Would Be King, and Gerald Durrell warning you about the fragility of eco-systems."

Once again, in case you’re wondering why Gen Xers are “like this,” watch any Disney movie between Walt’s death & The Little Mermaid, the shit we were raised on. Tried to rewatch The Rescuers last night and it is utterly Bananapants that a single soul thought this was acceptable kids’ fare

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Yo yo yo MAKE POPULAR MOVIES hit Tubi

I have been saying for yeeeears. People do not understand how deeply Republican leaders got brainworms from Watergate. They're still angry they lost Nixon. Not because they loved Nixon, but because they hate accountability. That's what this SCOTUS ruling is about.

If you stay home this November, or "protest vote," I will find you in whatever internment camp we're both in and ask, politely, how that worked out for you.

Janet Planet is probably wonderful if you grew up around Massachusets art hippies in the '90s, but there are slender pleasures here beyond that targeted nostalgia (even if Julianne Nicholson is intriguing as the titular Janet). www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/...

Movie Review: Janet Planetwww.austinchronicle.com An 11-year-old is besotted with her single mom in 1991 rural Massachusetts

Daddio is a reminder how great Sean Penn is with wonderful dialog, and he's counterbalanced by a career-best Dakota Johnson. Out now from Sony Classics. www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/...

Movie Review: Daddiowww.austinchronicle.com Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson star in this two-hander about a cabbie and his passenger

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Recently, I was peer reviewing a paper, and it cited one of my papers. Except... it wasn't anything I had written. The title sounds like something I'd write. It included coauthors I work with, and was in a journal I've published in. But it wasn't real. AI is not good for science.

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If Biden literally shat himself during one of the debates, his opponent would still be the guy openly vowing to send federal troops to take over cities, set up mass detention camps, and imprison his critics. The only sane position would still be Team Pants Shitter.

Also, with both candidates being elderly, one becomes more concerned about the people they hire to run the country. Biden’s people will be at worst, to riff on P.J. O’Rourke, wrong within normal parameters, while Trump’s people will be historically sociopathic. Not a close call.

Lot of people tonight dancing around the fact that Kinky Friedman's idiotic gubernatorial campaign helped keep Rick Perry as governor. You want to argue with me? I was there, covering that election.

Homicide: Life on the Streets The Twilight Zone Perry Mason (the Raymond Burr version) Hill Street Blues James Burke's Connections Doctor Who The X-Files Legend of Robin Hood Harry's Game It's a Knockout

Doctor Who The West Wing Midnight Caller SeaQuest DSV Homicide: Life on the Street Scrubs Nightingales Community The Lenny Henry Show Northern Exposure

ChatGPT has arguably already reached PhD level, if the doctorate holders in question are two of my friends, one of whom thought you were supposed to leave the styrofoam on a frozen pizza in the oven, the other who mounted the engine in his boat backwards.

Rewatching the Prequel Trilogy on the big screen at the Drafthouse and it becomes abundantly clear that George Lucas is better than your favorite director.