Richard Linklater
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Richard Linklater Doesn’t Believe In Hit Men September 25, 2024
It was way back in 2001 that Richard Linklater read a Texas Monthly article about a supposed contract killer in Houston who was actually working with law enforcement. He was fascinated by the story, but he couldn’t crack the script for years—until he...
Believe the Glen Powell Hype June 11, 2024
Hit Man, a fall film-festival standout starring and cowritten by the meteorically-rising Glen Powell and directed by Richard Linklater, premieres on Netflix today after a brief theatrical run. Here are three reasons you need to watch it immediately....
The Deceptive Dark Side of Richard Linklater June 10, 2024
Few directors can match the buoyancy of Richard Linklater at his best: His shaggy hangout comedies and twilit coming-of-age fables glide by on waves of empathy and exhilaration, the feeling of smooth sailing through untroubled waters. (Think of the g...
The Sexy Mind Games of “Hit Man” June 03, 2024
Years before Hannah Arendt coined, in the pages of this magazine, the phrase “the banality of evil,” popular films and fiction were embodying that idea in the character of the hit man. In classic crime movies such as “This Gun for Hire” (1942) and “M...
‘Hit Man’ Was Made for Movie Theaters April 25, 2024
Early on in Richard Linklater’s Hit Man, Gary Johnson (played by Glen Powell, who cowrote the film with Linklater) informs us that in real life, hit men don’t exist—who would even consider killing people as a job and risk years in jail, or worse? ...
