Richard Linklater

Deep in the Heart of Texas with Richard Linklater's Bernie.

It's No Conspiracy as Dallas's Official Archivist, John Slate, Reprises His Slacker Role

John Slate in Richard Linklater's original Slacker, released in 1991, and 20 years later​Most Friends of Unfair Park know John Slate as Dallas's Official City Archivist working out of the City Secretary's Office in City Hall. The man's a treasure. But, of course, he's a movie star too, by which I ... More >>

Offering Something for Everyone, The Dallas Video Festival Returns For Its 24th Year

Bart Weiss​Tonight at the Texas Theatre, the Dallas Video Festival kicks off its five-day run at the Texas and Angelika with screenings of Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialisme ("filled with sensuous pleasures," insists our J. Hoberman) and Slacker 2011, wherein 24 Austin-based filmmakers pay homage t ... More >>

Tiptoe Through This Sneak Peek at Big Bucks Burnett's Eight-Track Doc Featuring Tiny Tim

The Dallas Video Festival, now in its 24th year, makes it bow September 21 with a screening of Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialisme at the Texas Theatre, which will be immediately followed by a sequel of sorts to Richard Linklater's Slacker. The full schedule's here, and, of course, we'll have more in ... More >>

They Stay The Same Age

The Dallas Video Festival, now in its 24th year, makes it bow September 21 with a screening of Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialisme at the Texas Theatre, which will be immediately followed by a sequel of sorts to Richard Linklater's Slacker. The full schedule's here, and, of course, we'll have more in ... More >>

Keanu And RDJ Get Animated

The Dallas Video Festival, now in its 24th year, makes it bow September 21 with a screening of Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialisme at the Texas Theatre, which will be immediately followed by a sequel of sorts to Richard Linklater's Slacker. The full schedule's here, and, of course, we'll have more in ... More >>

Parking Lot Nights

The Dallas Video Festival, now in its 24th year, makes it bow September 21 with a screening of Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialisme at the Texas Theatre, which will be immediately followed by a sequel of sorts to Richard Linklater's Slacker. The full schedule's here, and, of course, we'll have more in ... More >>

Me and Orson Welles

The Dallas Video Festival, now in its 24th year, makes it bow September 21 with a screening of Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialisme at the Texas Theatre, which will be immediately followed by a sequel of sorts to Richard Linklater's Slacker. The full schedule's here, and, of course, we'll have more in ... More >>

When Did Governor Rick Perry Start Sounding Like Matthew McConaughey?

Last night, Governor Rick Perry served as moderator for a most special event at the Special Events Center in Garland: a conservative three-way during which radio chat-show hosts Michael Medved, Hugh Hewitt and Mike Gallagher rated and debated Obama's First 100. (High marks and high fives all 'round, ... More >>

Keven McAlester Rolls the Dice With AFI Dallas Festival Offering The Dungeon Masters

Our AFI Dallas International Film Festival sneak peek runs in the paper version of Unfair Park tomorrow, and, admittedly, it's woefully incomplete: so little space, so many movies worth recommending from an impressively strong roster of offerings this third go-round. So over the course of the fest's ... More >>

Green Memories

"All right. All right. All right."

The End's Finally Here for The New Year's New Old Video

"All right. All right. All right."

A Doc About Texas' Juvenile Prison

"All right. All right. All right."

Dreamy Delpy

"All right. All right. All right."

After Sunrise

The long walk over, Julie Delpy explores what comes next (i.e., the hard part)

Weird and Wonderful

The long walk over, Julie Delpy explores what comes next (i.e., the hard part)

The Dark Side of Nokia

See some lasers in Grand Prairie

Invincible Czars, Golden Arm Trio Christmas Show

Friday, December 15, at Double Wide

There's the Beef

Richard Linklater's ensemble polemic may just turn you off burgers for good

Black Helicopters!

Alex Jones brings his conspiracies to Dallas

Party at the Moontower

The Inwood gets really stoned

Truly, Madly, Darkly

Richard Linklater's Scanner is a rotoscoped feast for freaks

Ford Tough

Richard Linklater's Scanner is a rotoscoped feast for freaks

Oh Grow Up

Failure is McConaughey's perfect movie and a pretty good one for us

Swearing In

Year of the R-Rated Comedy

Bad News

One more awful remake strikes out

Soup's Up

One more awful remake strikes out

Reefer Sadness

Dazed and Confused has a flashback

Hell of a Catch

Friday Night Lights goes deep, rare for a movie about football

Black on Black

Why Jables is a "cross between a lightning bolt and James Dean"

Black Thing

The teacher, not the teaching, makes this School of Rock

Do the Wrong Thing

Former friends reckon with reality in Linklater's Tape

Wide Awake in America

Richard Linklater seeks meaning in Waking Life

Fest Intentions

Despite a lack of big names, the Fort Worth Film Festival has plenty of hard hitters

Reel challenge

Twenty-eight years after its creation, the once-proud USA Film Festival has lost its focus. Can, and will, two new area film fests fill the void?

Lights,Camera, No Action

Austin is now the undisputed movie capital of Texas, but Dallas filmmakers insist there's no reason to panic

Glorious losers

Austin is now the undisputed movie capital of Texas, but Dallas filmmakers insist there's no reason to panic

That sinking feeling

The USA Film Festival resembles the highest grossing movie ever. It's been leaking like Titanic for a while, but the 28th Annual schedule suggests it may be going down fast.

Phony folksy

Linklater tries to break out of the slacker doldrums, but misfires

Dazed, not confused

How Richard Linklater and the Bad Livers bucked the trend of soundtraxploitation

Dopes

Half Baked sinks like a stoner

Out There

Half Baked sinks like a stoner

Don't waste your life

With subUrbia, the director of Slacker has finally become one

Events for the week

With subUrbia, the director of Slacker has finally become one

The lost generation

Kevin Smith's Mall Rats is a derivative retread of Clerks

Lone Star Rising

How obscure Texas actor Matthew McConaughey won the lead in Grisham's next big Hollywood thriller, A Time to Kill

Rushes

How obscure Texas actor Matthew McConaughey won the lead in Grisham's next big Hollywood thriller, A Time to Kill

Whole lotta nothing

How Linklater lost his way in Vienna

Slack time

Clunky and dull, Before Sunrise is gifted Texas filmmaker Richard Linklater's first failure

Rough cut

NEA cuts send Texas filmmakers reeling