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Nouvelle Vague review – there are other, better “making a movie” movies out there

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Richard Linklater’s homage to the filming of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless brings precious little new to the story of the New Wave.

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Blonde woman in cream blouse receives red roses from kneeling man in dark suit inside warmly lit restaurant or pub setting.
Review

Blue Moon review – one spry night of a fallen musical genius

by David Jenkins

Richard Linklater casts Ethan Hawke as drunken wit Lorenz Hart and charts the beginning of the end of his epic downfall. 

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Review

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

by David Jenkins

This magnificent mid-century memory piece from Richard Linklater is up there with the director’s finest films.

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Last Flag Flying

by Craig Williams

Richard Linklater’s ​“spiritual sequel” to The Last Detail is one of his most impressive achievements.

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Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny

by David Jenkins

There’s an intimate, insightful and original documentary about Richard Linklater out… And this isn’t it.

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Review

Everybody Wants Some!!

by David Jenkins

Richard Linklater continues his hotter-than-hot streak with this dangerously charming fratboy freakout.

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Review

Boyhood

by Vadim Rizov

Ellar Coltrane grows up in public as the central, glorious spectacle in Richard Linklater’s masterpiece.

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Before Midnight

by David Jenkins

Richard Linklater makes it a trilogy for his beloved walkie-talkie love saga. And this one’s possibly the best of the lot.

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