Now Playing — Nouvelle Vague
Richard Linklater crafts a great film about filmmaking Continue reading Now Playing — Nouvelle Vague
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Now Playing — Blue Moon
Richard Linklater is in his zone with a tart, talky feature Continue reading Now Playing — Blue Moon
Then Playing — A Place in the Sun; Party Girl; Slacker
Reviews of films directed by George Stevens, Daisy von Scherler Mayer, and Richard Linklater Continue reading Then Playing — A Place in the Sun; Party Girl; Slacker
Now Playing — Hit Man
The latest from Richard Linklater is a splendid entertainment. Continue reading Now Playing — Hit Man
Top Fifty Films of the 10s — Number One
#1 — Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014) If the best film directors can be said to have central preoccupations that run through their entire oeuvre like a central nervous system, then Richard Linklater’s is the stealthy, patient alchemy that manifests when … Continue reading Top Fifty Films of the 10s — Number One
Top Fifty Films of the 10s — Number Twenty-Five
#25 — Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, 2013) Nearly twenty years after a boyishly cute traveling American named Jesse (Ethan Hawke) met a young French woman named Céline (Julie Delpy) on a train traveling from Budapest to Vienna, all is not … Continue reading Top Fifty Films of the 10s — Number Twenty-Five
From the Archive — Richard Linklater films
On the occasion of Last Flag Flying, the new Richard Linklater feature, arriving in theaters — at least in New York City — here are, I believe, all of the reviews of the Texas filmmaker’s work that I’ve written, but … Continue reading From the Archive — Richard Linklater films
Now Playing: Everybody Wants Some!!
Everybody Wants Some!!, the new film written and directed by Richard Linklater, is being officially pitched as a spiritual sequel to Dazed and Confused, the belatedly beloved sophomore effort from the filmmaker. Dazed and Confused was something of a dud … Continue reading Now Playing: Everybody Wants Some!!
Top Ten Movies of 2014 — Number One
I’m concerned that placing Richard Linklater’s Boyhood atop my list doesn’t truly convey just how impressive I find it. After all, in a tally such as this there’s no differentiating a close call from a blowout, no column of “Games Back” to illuminate the level of distance between the victor and the runner-up. So let me share a little mental exercise I’ve been performing almost from the moment Boyhood‘s closing credits start to roll. I’ve been trying to figure out the last movie that topped one of my year-end lists that I think might outrank Boyhood if chronology got jumbled … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2014 — Number One
Toward a wisdom beyond the shelf, toward a dream that dreams itself
Understandably, there’s been a lot of attention on filmmaker Richard Linklater and the long path to his new film, Boyhood. Stories have covered the logistics of filming a story in small bursts over the course of twelve years or focused … Continue reading Toward a wisdom beyond the shelf, toward a dream that dreams itself
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