Richard Whittaker

The story of the unjust imprisonment of James Harry Reyos goes back to 1983, when he was convicted of the 1981 murder Father Patrick Ryan, a gay priest who had sexually assaulted Reyos. It’s a story laid out in Night in West Texas, the new documentary fro... See more

The history of Texas isn’t just in books. It’s in your home movie collection, and the Texas Archive of the Moving Image needs your help to keep that history on the screen. The 501(c)3 nonprofit ended the year just over $13,000 short of its fundraising tar... See more

What responsibility does a filmmaker owe to the past? It’s a complicated question, balancing historical accuracy with the needs of narrative. Recently, Hamnet played against what little we truly know about the Shakespeares and got a big pass because 16th ... See more

When people talk about lost media, they normally mean an out-of-print album, a vintage TV show whose tapes got wiped, or a movie from the silent era whose last nitrate print self-combusted decades ago. But what about those films that haven’t had a chance ... See more

It’s been said that a film is merely a dream captured in celluloid, and if so then the nighttime visions that dance through the head of Chinese filmmaker Bi Gan must be too vibrant to contain within one man. They have spilled out into the worlds of Resurr... See more