Catching Up With... Richard Linklater
Few modern directors have displayed the sheer range and adoration of filmmaking as that of arthouse luminary Richard Linklater. After spending the last decade offering fare as diverse as rotoscoped sci-fi dirge A Scanner Darkly, yellow-journalism parable Fast Food Nation, a remake of nostalgic kids’ romp Bad News Bears and Jack Black comedy School of Rock, Linklater’s latest, Orson Welles And Me, is just as captivating and surprising as should be expected. In the period piece, Zac Efron plays an aspiring actor thrust into the world of egomaniacal showman Orson Welles, who, at 22, was directing and starring in “Julius... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesRichard Linklater Gets Long-Awaited Release Date for Orson Welles Biopic
Pushing through multiple delays, a filmmaker finally manages to get a release date for his film about another filmmaker directing a Shakespeare play on Broadway. It rarely gets more convoluted or meta than that. Small wonder, then, that it took nearly a year for said film to get that release date in the U.S.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsBarack Obama's Inauguration Inspires Richard Linklater's Romantic Comedy
It's a Barack Romantic Obamedy! Phew, sorry, but certainly some snazzy nickname will arise for Richard Linklater's upcoming romantic comedy, set at President Barack Obama's historic inauguration earlier this year. ... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSXSW 2009 film line-up announced
The 2009 South By Southwest film line-up has been announced for the festival that will go down March 13-21 in Austin, Texas. ... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsToronto International Film Festival 2008
The Toronto International Film Festival, which wrapped up its 10-day run this past weekend, is arguably the most important film festival in North America. But to the average moviegoer it's not as well known as Sundance, in part because TIFF samples the most promising new film from around the world while Sundance emphasizes home-grown movies, for better or worse. But TIFF showcases its share of English-language films, too -- often with star-studded red-carpet premieres -- and this year some of the festival's best movies were among them:Rachel Getting MarriedI'll have to admit that the new film from Jonathan Demme (Silence... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusDazed and Confused: Flashback Edition
Austin, Texas, auteur Richard Linklater is an unashamed purveyor of ideas, from the cerebrally sublime to the addle-brained ridiculous... read more
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