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Boyhood ***** (2014, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Ellar Coltrane) – Movie Review

Writer-director Richard Linklater’s Boyhood is a five-star marvel, probably the best film I’ve seen all year, or at least the one I liked, admired, enjoyed and relished most. It’s the perfect antidote to all the […]

Jul, 10

The Newton Boys (1998, Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Skeet Ulrich) – Classic Film Review 1199

The real-life story of 1920s Uvalde, Texas bank-robbing brothers (Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Skeet Ulrich, Vincent D’Onofrio) who knock over more than 80 banks across the US and into Canada, where their attempt to rob […]

May, 10

Slacker **** (1991, Richard Linklater, Rudy Basquez, Jean Caffeine) – Classic Movie Review 859

Writer-producer-director Richard Linklater’s clever, warmly regarded 1991 no-budget ($23,000, apparently) cult comedy hit focuses on some weird and wacky characters during a day in the life of Austin, Texas. The springboard for Linklater’s sparkling career, Slacker has […]

Mar, 02

Before Sunset ***** (2004, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff) – Classic Movie Review 858

It’s 2004, and nine years on from their first tentative but passionate encounter in Richard Linklater’s 1995 romantic drama Before Sunrise (1995), Jesse (Ethan Hawke), now a writer, is back in Europe for a book […]

Mar, 02

Before Sunrise (1995, Richard Linklater) – Classic Film Review 857

Co-writer/director Richard Linklater’s wonderful, magically romantic 1995 drama stars Ethan Hawke as Jesse, an American tourist in Europe who meets a French girl Céline (Julie Delpy) on a train. Jesse talks Céline into alighting at […]

Mar, 02

Dazed and Confused **** (1993, Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck) – Classic Film Review 856

Writer-director Richard Linklater’s 1993 follow-up to his 1991 no-budget comedy hit Slacker is one of the top 50 best ever high school movies. It confidently and compellingly focuses on a score or more characters in […]

Mar, 02

Before Midnight **** (2013, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy) – Movie Review

When we catch up for the third time with Ethan Hawke’s Jesse and Julie Delpy’s Celine, it’s like meeting old friends. Talkative old friends, that is. They never stop talking! But we love them anyway. […]

Jun, 21

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