Richard Robichaux

In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.

Dir. Richard Linklater · With Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey

When architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica, her 15-year-old daughter, Bee, goes on a quest with Bernadette's husband to find her.

Dir. Richard Linklater · With Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Kristen Wiig

After tragedy strikes Henry and Penny, he befriends a tenacious young girl and discovers she is constructing a raft to sail across the Atlantic to find her lost father. Together, along with some unlikely friends, they set forth to construct the vessel and subsequently rebuild their lives.

Dir. Bill Purple · With Jason Sudeikis, Maisie Williams, Jessica Biel