Tagged Richard Linklater

When it came out in 2003, School of Rock was deemed a "sleeper hit". Though it was obviously intriguing enough to investors, it does sound pretty unremarkable: washed-up musician tries to teach preppy kids how...

It’s what we love about these films, man. We get older and they just stay the same age. With 1993’s Dazed and Confused, Richard Linklater delivered a shot of pure nostalgia in the arm of cinema goers,...

This film was previously reviewed on 10/10/17 as part of London Film Festival. Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying is full to the brim with clichés. Three Vietnam veterans are suddenly reunited having...

Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying is full to the brim with clichés. Three Vietnam veterans are suddenly reunited having parted ways after the war. One is an alcoholic, while another is a recovering...

1. The BAFTAs happened February 12 saw the 70th British Academy Film Awards take place at the Royal Albert Hall. As is the custom, seats were sat in, drinks were drunk and awards were awarded. Annoyingly...

It’s fair to say that 2016 has been a tough year. The stakes have been high on and off the screen and, suffice to say, we have been burdened with disappointing results in both arenas. After blockbusters...

As you watch Linklater, moving around his beautiful land deep in his native Austin, Texas, you notice he ticks all the boxes. Relaxed, amiable, informed, and understated; that's Linklater all right. And to...

Porto opens with the unmistakable sound of Anton Yelchin’s gravelly voice in monologue. In light of the actor’s recent death this has an amplified power and is instantly attention-grabbing and emotive....

1. Has Ben Affleck revealed the identity of the latest Batman villain? Yeah, probably. It sure looks like Batman has himself a new villain, and Jared Leto is nowhere to be seen. On Monday, the growl behind...

Subtle as a baseball to the head, Boyhood’s successor can be as insufferable as its heinously punctuated title; unswerving adoption of the male gaze makes narrative sense but remains...

Richard Linklater has been on a hell of a hot streak this past decade. A Best Picture nomination for Boyhood; a third flying visit to Jesse and Céline in Before Midnight; the criminally underappreciated...

Famous directors - auteurs, if you want to get fancy - can often have their filmographies summed up in a few phrases. With Richard Linklater, those phrases are usually 'laid back', 'preoccupied with time'...

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Hitchcock/Truffaut is a gentle but revealing documentary, 50 years on from the exhaustive interviews conducted by François Truffaut. Concentrating on re-evaluating Hitchcock’s work and the context...

Half-love letter and half painful recollection, Richard Linklater's sincere look back to 1970s high school life launched almost as many careers as it did catchphrases, earning it a legacy far greater than its...