This is an enjoyable and insightful, albeit light-touch, dive into the work of a fascinating individual.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 14, 2019

What makes filmmaker Richard Linklater stand out as a subject is his own ambivalence to anything approaching being called a "Master."

| Sep 1, 2017

Black and Linklater share a personal history and a philosophy of cinema, and this makes the conversations both intimate and insightful.

| Sep 1, 2017

At the very least, this will make you want to revisit his back catalogue. It may even prompt you to pick up a camera and make your own film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 6, 2016

Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny will fascinate fans of the director of Boyhood and the Before Sunrise trilogy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 4, 2016

What Black offers, simply but appreciably, is a celebration of one of American cinema's good guys, whose progress we've been lucky indeed to witness.

| Nov 4, 2016

Poorly made, riding on hyperbole rather than insight.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 4, 2016

It's the on-set footage that brings Linklater alive, showing him in complete, Orson Welles-like control while breezily accessible and open.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 3, 2016

This documentary responds intelligently to this most intelligent of film-makers.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 3, 2016

An inspiring rallying cry for small-town dreamers everywhere.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 2, 2016

This documentary is in keeping with its subject. It is low key, amiable and informative.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 2, 2016

An affable, detail-light trundle through Linklater's career.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 2, 2016

Linklater's reverence for the everyday and the eloquence of his execution have made him a filmmaker for the ages, so this celebration of his achievements is welcome, even if it doesn't really do him justice.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 31, 2016

A nuanced, thoughtful portrait of the artist as a youngish man (at 56, he retains the philosophically questing mind of a writer-director half his age).

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 25, 2016

Considering its subject often enjoys the simple wonder inherent in characters who look into the distance, "Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny" does an extra-fine job of looking back with similarly rich and appreciative curiosity.

| Aug 18, 2016

I enjoyed it immensely.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 18, 2016

Dream is Destiny is unlikely to convert anyone who isn't already interested in Linklater, but fans of his work will find it a comprehensive and engaging overview of his career and philosophy.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 15, 2016

Richard Linklater's dreams are reflected on, in an examination of a singular filmmaker as independent as he is commercial.

| Aug 7, 2016

An enlightening documentary about a modern film master who is a serious cartographer of the human adventure.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 5, 2016

While not an earth-shaker, this documentary is an amiable, informative look at a guy who is shaping up to be, yes, one of the major American directors of the last fifty years.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 5, 2016