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What to make of Richard Linklater’s Bro Movie: Everybody Wants Some!!

April 8, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

A kinder, gentler bro is born in Linklater’s judgment free college romp

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Amy Nicholson, Everybody Wants Some, Richard Linklater

An Interview with the Cherokees of Everybody Wants Some!!

April 6, 2025 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

Linklater’s new hangout movie is a spiritual sequel to Dazed and Confused

Filed Under: Featured, Interviews, Movies Tagged With: Blake Jenner, Everybody Wants Some, Interviews, Richard Linklater, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin

A 5 film biography of Ethan Hawke’s Career

April 5, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Looking back at Hawke’s early years, as he turns to the mid-life crisis of Born to be Blue

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: Andrew Niccol, Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater knocks out two sequels in one punch with Everybody Wants Some

January 21, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

The 1980s baseball college stoner comedy follows up Boyhood and Dazed & Confused

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: 1980s, Boyhood, Dazed and Confused, Everybody Wants Some, Richard Linklater

Hitchcock/Truffaut: a loving retrospective on the greatest auteur of the movies

December 9, 2024 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

An all male celebration of Hitch’s influence and his famous 1962 interview by Francois Truffaut.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Alfred Hitchcock, David Fincher, Francois Truffaut, Richard Linklater

Coach Taylor’s latest inspiration speech is a Movie Theater PSA

August 3, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Kyle Chandeler does a nice job, but no theater PSA beats John Waters.

Filed Under: Media, Movies Tagged With: Coach Taylor, Friday Night Lights, John Waters, Richard Linklater

The Stake Podcast Episode 19 - Academy Awards Preview

February 4, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Breaking down the Oscars, and picking the winners

Filed Under: Stake Podcast Tagged With: Academy Awards, American Sniper, Birdman, Boyhood, Michael Keaton, Oscars, Richard Linklater, Selma

What does it mean that Goodbye to Language beat Boyhood by 1 vote?

January 5, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

The best thing about awards season is when conventional wisdom is thrown out the window.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: awards, Boyhood, Jean-Luc Godard, National Society of Film Critics, Richard Linklater

The 5 Best Pop Culture Moments of 2014 (Chris ZF version)

December 29, 2024 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

2014 was a tough year. But there were bright spots.

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Bernie Tiede, Boyhood, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Emma Watson, Game of Thrones, Lebron James, Richard Linklater, Saga, Snowpiercer

Boyhood starts the Award Season with three wins at NYFC Awards

December 2, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Linklater’s films, Ethan Hawke says, don’t need to hyperbolize life

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Boyhood, Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Richard Linklater

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