Richard Linklater
Movie Review: Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Richard Linklater's "Apollo 10 1/2" is a visually inventive look back at childhood, optimism and the complexities of American life during the space race.
Official Trailer Released for “Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood”
The official trailer for writer/director Richard Linklater's new film Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood has just been released, check it out right here.
Movie Review: Last Flag Flying
Dialogue in film can be tricky. Whether the screenwriter is trying to lay out exposition or have an emotional moment between two characters, the nuances of screenwriting are understandably crucial to a successful film. That is why most of Richard Linklater’s films are almost always successful. The man behind the “Before” trilogy (Before Sunrise [1995], Before Sunset [2004], and Before Midnight [20...[Read More]
Win Advance Passes to See LAST FLAG FLYING
Enter here for your chance to win a pair of passes to an advance screening of the new film LAST FLAG FLYING starring Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, and Laurence Fishburne. For your chance to receive a pair of complimentary passes to see the new film LAST FLAG FLYING at the MJR Troy Theater in Troy, Michigan on Monday, November 13th at 7:00PM, just look for the “Enter the Contest” box fu...[Read More]
Movie Review: Everybody Wants Some!!
Adolescence gets a loudmouthed love letter with Everybody Wants Some!!, the latest outing from writer/director Richard Linklater. Dropping the grandiose ambition of Boyhood (2014) and returning to his Dazed and Confused (1993) groove, the Texas filmmaker takes fans back to the days of crop tops, Van Halen, and mustaches to die for. Marketed as a “spiritual sequel” to the stoner classic, and swappi...[Read More]
Everybody Wants Some Trailer Gets Back to the 1980s
Paramount Pictures has released a trailer for writer/director Richard Linklater’s new film Everybody Wants Some. The film is said to be a spiritual follow-up to Linklater’s cult-classic Dazed and Confused (1993). You can enjoy the trailer above! Set amidst college life of the 1980s, the film follows a group of college baseball players as they attempt to navigate their way through the freedoms and ...[Read More]
Boyhood Dominates the 2014 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
The most distinguished film critic group in Michigan, the Detroit Film Critics Society, released their Best of 2014 nominees and winners in ten categories. The society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of eighteen Michigan film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Ka...[Read More]
The 2014 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards Nominations
The most distinguished film critic group in Michigan, the Detroit Film Critics Society, released their Best of 2014 nominees in ten categories. The society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of eighteen Michigan film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lan...[Read More]
Movie Review: Boyhood
What Richard Linklater’s Boyhood accomplishes is due the highest praise; as a feat of extended cinematic biography, there have been few experiments as rounded, detailed, and character-developed as this twelve-year gamble. Nailing my heart to the wall with a good growing-up tale is a favorite cinematic past-time going back to a lot of young, smart French faces in the 1950s and 1960s; Russian kids w...[Read More]