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Weekend Box Office: “Apes” Rise
After a lackluster Fourth of July at the movies, things were pretty much back to normal this weekend. The big winner was the latest in Fox's Ape franchise, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which took in $73 million over the three-day period. That's well above t...
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Netflix Weekend 7/11: Three Films by Richard Linklater
This week we’ll be taking a look at three films by Richard Linklater, in honor of his most recent film, Boyhood, hitting theatres. Those films are Slacker, Waking Life, and Bernie.
Linklater’s first feature film, Slacker, simply just follows a day in the li...
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“Boyhood”: Me, You, and Everyone We Know and Love
This tweet from Mark Cousins recently popped up on my Facebook feed: “I almost never re-watch films, but I want to see Richard Linklater's Boyhood every year of my life." The Scottish director was not the first in the movie's unanimous choir of praisers; he si...
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Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” Trailer Released
When we talk about the greatest American filmmakers of the past quarter century, I feel like we don't bring up Richard Linklater in that conversation enough. The man has created some defining pieces of American life in cinema with Dazed and Confused as well as...
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Bradford International Film Festival Review: “Double Play”
Experimental Wisconsin filmmaker James Benning wandered the cafe of Bradford Film Fest's National Media Museum, along with Double Play's writer/director Gabe Klinger, almost unnoticed, shuffling around in denim jacket under long, greying hair, and giving off a...
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SXSW Review: “Boyhood” is the Masterful Summation of Richard Linklater’s Career
If there’s been a more ambitious filmmaking endeavor in the last ten years than Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, I’d love to know. Shot every year over the course of twelve years, the film chronicles the life of a family living in the south Texas suburbs, featurin...
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Sundance Review: ‘Boyhood’ Is A Magnificent Labor of Love
Richard Linklater's latest film is a magnificent labor of love.
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‘Boyhood’ is Sundance’s First Big Player in 2014
Fresh off perhaps the greatest hit of his career with Before Midnight, Richard Linklater's highs may not be done yet. His latest, Boyhood, is the toast of the Sundance Film Festival following two screenings on Sunday. Linklater's film is centered around Mason ...
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The 20 Best Scenes of 2013
Last year wasn't just a strong year of film; it was also a year of such an eclectic variety of good films of all sorts. While there wasn't a whole lot to chew on in the mainstream American film landscape, the independent and foreign scenes were thriving with g...
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Grantland’s Mark Harris Touches on Screenplay Category Confusion
What makes something original? Mark Harris suggests Oscar screenplay categories need tweaking.
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