If cinema is the art of time, Linklater is one of its most thoughtful and engaged directors. Unlike other filmmakers identified as auteurs, Linklater’s distinction is not found on the surface of his films, in a visual style or signature shot, but rather in their DNA, as ongoing conversations with cinema, which is to say, with time itself. A visual essay produced by Sight and Sound.

Jodorowsky's Dune
2013
7.8/10

Cameraperson
2016
6.7/10

A Decade Under the Influence
2003
7.9/10

Room 237
2012
6.1/10

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
6.9/10

In the Realms of the Unreal
2004
7.2/10

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021
6.0/10

The Director and the Jedi
2018
7.2/10

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
7.0/10

The Skywalker Legacy
2020
7.8/10

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
7.1/10

Corman's World
2011
7.0/10

Being James Bond
2021
7.8/10

Side by Side
2012
7.3/10

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
6.8/10

Directed by John Ford
1971
7.0/10

Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
2026
8.7/10

Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
7.1/10

Love, Antosha
2019
7.4/10

Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
6.9/10
Aphasic correspondences
2026
0/10