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Slacker
1990 • Drama • Comedy
Austin, Texas, is an Eden for the young and unambitious, from the enthusiastically eccentric to the dangerously apathetic. Here, the nobly lazy can eschew responsibility in favo…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016 • Documentary
Highlighting one of the most innovative American directors, this film reveals the path traveled by the auteur from his small-town Texas roots to his warm reception on the awards…
Matched on: Linklater
It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
1988 • Drama
A nameless young man travels the country by bus and train, visiting friends and making new ones, having banal conversations, and dedicating his existence to mundane activities.
Why matched: genres Drama
Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015 • Documentary
Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and published in 1966.
Why matched: genres Documentary
The Underneath
1995 • Drama • Thriller • Crime
A recovering gambling addict attempts to reconcile with his family and friends but finds trouble and temptation when caught between feelings for his ex-wife and her dangerous ho…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Side by Side
2012 • Documentary
Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a…
Why matched: genres Documentary
Spy Kids
2001 • Science Fiction • Adventure • Comedy
Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from their respective countries. The…
Why matched: genres Science Fiction, Adventure
Blaze
2018 • Music • Drama • History
Inspired by the life of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw country movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. The film weave…
Why matched: genres Music, Drama
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996 • Music • Adventure • Crime
Slacker duo Beavis and Butt-Head wake to discover their TV has been stolen. Their search for a new one takes them on a clueless adventure across America, during which they manag…
Why matched: genres Music, Adventure
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014 • Documentary
A journey through the professional life of innovative film director Richard Linklater: 21 years creating films, carving his signature in pop culture; an analysis of his style an…
Matched on: Linklater
Chelsea Walls
2001 • Drama
This movie tells five stories set in a single day at the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City, involving an ensemble cast of some 30-35 characters.
Why matched: genres Drama
Before Sunrise
1995 • Drama • Romance
An unexpected meeting on a train leads two travelers to spend an evening wandering through Vienna. As the night unfolds, they share stories and conversations about life and love…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 • Documentary
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and ra…
Why matched: genres Documentary
Waking Life
2001 • Drama • Animation • Fantasy
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discus…
Why matched: genres Drama, Animation
Bernie
2012 • Drama • Crime • Comedy
In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes…
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime