M. Leary

Bernie (Linklater, 2011)

The Texas Monthly article on the death of Marjorie Nugent at the hands of Bernie Tiede remains one of my favorite longreads (Midnight in the Garden of East Texas). The balance it strikes between affectionate regionalism, sexual oppression, bible belt charity, and cold-blooded murder is straight out of a Flannery O’Connor short. Linklater’s take on […]

M. Leary

Slacker (Linklater, 1991)

(Ed. Note: Originally published at Film-Think.)   I have always been troubled by Slacker, as it is been the only Linklater I haven’t been able to enjoy immediately. It is an hour and a half of disconnected dialogue, each scene focused on a conversation or monologue that ends as the character from the upcoming scene appears […]