Directed by Richard Linklater • 1998 • United States
Starring Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke
Though it marked Richard Linklater’s first foray into big-budget filmmaking, THE NEWTON BOYS favors relaxed human interplay over sweeping spectacle. Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Skeet Ulrich, and Vincent D’Onofrio star in this engaging true-life chronicle of the Newton Gang, four brothers from 1920s Texas who became arguably the most prolific bank robbers in American history—a feat they accomplished without killing. When the boys undertake a $3 million heist of a mail train—the biggest haul ever for such a robbery—their “crowning achievement” may also prove to be their downfall.
Directed by Richard Linklater • 2001 • United States
Starring Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Uma Thurman
Filmed on digital video within the confines of a motel room with a cast of just three actors, Richard Linklater’s TAPE turns stylistic limitations into gripping psychodrama. In a cheap hot...
Directed by Richard Linklater • 2006 • United States
Starring Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson
In a not-too-distant future where America has lost its “war” on drugs, Fred (Keanu Reeves), an undercover cop, is one of many people hooked on the popular drug Substance D, which causes its ...
Directed by Richard Linklater • 2008 • United States
Starring Augie Garrido, Cathy Clark, Roger Clemens
Richard Linklater’s profile of legendary University of Texas baseball coach Augie Garrido, until 2018 the winningest coach in the history of college baseball, goes beyond his remarkable achiev...
