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 circuit. Long before he directed Boyhood, Richard Linklater’s intense desire to create fueled his work outside the Hollywood system. Rather than leave Texas, he chose to collaborate with like-minded artists crafting modest, low-budget films in a DIY style. His ability to showcase realistic characters and tell honest stories was evident from his films, and others soon took notice of his raw talent.

After hitting emotional and financial rock bottom, best friends Ben and Jordan come up with a scheme to spend an entire year living “rent free” with the help of friends, family and strangers alike in a rapidly changing Austin.

A comedy that follows a group of friends as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.

A strange group of misfits are left to run the Wonder World park of San Marcos, Texas when Buddy, the owner, suddenly dies in a tragic accident.

Jim McNeely thrust into the vibrant and brutal West Texas oilfields in 1939 and works his way through the ranks to ultimately become a formidable wildcatter.

A neurotic novelist can’t tell if his biggest problem is the blank page, his Southern family —or his best friend’s off the rails political campaign.

Flame-out writer Eddy O’Neill battles a looming deadline, a murky criminal conspiracy, and a questionable understanding of the investigatory benefits of alcohol, while tracking a kidnapped lover through the streets of Austin. After an encounter with the enigmatic figure of Daisy Kowalsky leads to witnessing a double murder, his search for a story then spirals into a surreal, deadly game of cat and mouse.

Ray Mueller is a lovable slacker who lives and works at the city’s historic municipal golf course — aka Muny — whose world is turned upside down when a no-nonsense consultant arrives to decide whether the course deserves to survive. As Ray and his band of misfit staff scramble to prove Muny’s value, they find themselves up against greedy tech bros, unscrupulous city officials, and the relentless pressures of Austin’s high cost of living.