Richard Linklater
1) Slacker
Series
Criterion collection volume 247
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Richard Linklater's Slacker presents a day in the life of a subculture of marginal, eccentric, and overeducated citizens in and around the University of Texas; a prescient look at an emerging generation of aggressive nonparticipants.
2) Boyhood
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a boy named Mason, who ages from six to eighteen years old on screen.
3) Slacker
Series
Criterion collection volume 247
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Directed by Richard Linklater, presents a day in the life of a loose-knit Austin, Texas, subculture populated by eccentric and overeducated young people. Shooting on sixteen mm for a mere $3,000, writer-producer-director Linklater and his crew of friends threw out any idea of a traditional plot, choosing instead to create a tapestry of over a hundred characters, each as compelling as the last.
4) Blaze
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by the life of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw music movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. The film weaves together three different periods of time, braiding re-imagined versions of Blaze's past, present, and future. The different strands explore his love affair with Sybil Rosen; his last, dark night on earth; and the impact of his songs and his death had on his fans, friends, and...
Series
Criterion collection volume 858
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Nine years ago, two strangers met by chance, spent a night together in Vienna, and parted before sunrise. Now, they're about to cross paths again--in Paris--where they will get the chance we all wish we had.
Series
Criterion collection volume 858
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Nine years ago, two strangers met by chance, spent a night together in Vienna, and parted before sunrise. Now, they're about to cross paths again--in Paris--where they will get the chance we all wish we had.
7) Boyhood
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Filmed over twelve years with the same cast, Richard Linklater's acclaimed smash hit is a groundbreaking celebration of life. Stars Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette.
Series
Criterion collection volume 857
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When a young American and a French beauty meet on the Eurail, he convinces her to spend time with him before he has to go back to the U.S. in the morning.
10) Before midnight
Series
Criterion collection volume 859
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In the conclusion of The Before Trilogy, we again meet Jesse and Celine, this time on vacation in Greece. It's been nine years since their reunion in Paris, and almost two decades after their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna. Now the couple have a steady relationship with twin daughters, but long-simmering problems come to a boil.
12) Last flag flying
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry "Doc" Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.
Series
Criterion collection volume 336
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The high school students in a small Texas town celebrate the end of the 1976 school year, and the incoming senior class initiates the incoming freshman students.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bernadette Fox, a loving mom, becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Bernadette's leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery.
16) School of rock
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When his band votes him out due to his embarrasing musical antics, Dewey has to make the rent somehow. After intercepting a call for his substitute-teacher roomie Ned, Dewey finds himself in front of a class of elite elementary school students. Dewey decides to take on the music program and makes it his goal to teach them the gospel of rock and roll. His ulterior motive is to get them to compete against his former band for a cash prize.
17) Bernie
Publisher
Millennium Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In Carthage, TX, assistant funeral director Bernie Tiede is one of the town's most beloved residents. He sings in the church choir and is always willing to lend a helping hand. He befriends an affluent widow, and she soon becomes dependent on Bernie. Later it is reported that Marjorie Nugent has been dead for some time, and Bernie Tiede is charged with the murder.
18) Before sunrise
Series
Criterion collection volume 856
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When a young American and a French beauty meet on the Eurail, he convinces her to spend time with him before he has to go back to the U.S. in the morning.
Series
Criterion collection volume 414
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The Driver and The Mechanic roam the country in a tricked-out 1955 Chevy, drag racing for money and thrills. While stopped at a diner, The Girl climbs into their car and plants herself in the backseat. Drifting across the Southwest, they keep being buzzed by a snazzy 1970 Pontiac. GTO chats up a storm, bending the ears of the hitchhikers he regularly picks up off the side of the road. Like modern day cowboys, they just keep moving--no roots, no responsibilities--the...