The latest in our series of writers paying tribute to their go-to comfort films is a trip back to 1980 with Richard Linklater’s charming hangout comedy
If any film can make me feel like a teenager aga…
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‘I have Yes tattooed on my foot!’ Zoey Deutch on playing Jean Seberg in a joyous celebration of Godard classic Breathless ⊕⊕⊕
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The Hollywood actor is about to go stratospheric thanks to Nouvelle Vague, a film about the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s masterpiece. How did she feel about playing the blond gamine in some of cinema’…
Melania documentary struggles in UK cinemas as Vue admits sales are ‘soft’ ⊖
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Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategy
As film exhibitor strategies go, counter-programming is one of the mo…
4 months ago
Richard Linklater and Emma Thompson are up for most surprising snub in the 2026 Golden Globe nominations | Peter Bradshaw ⊕
Linklater is missing from the best director list despite having two nominated films, and actors including Sydney Sweeney and Josh O’Connor are nowhere to be seen. It looks like Paul Thomas Anderson’s…
Stranger Things to Blue Moon: the week in rave reviews ○
The supernatural drama inches closer to the end, while Ethan Hawke fully encapsulates Lorenz Hart in Richard Linklater’s Broadway breakup drama. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the …
‘Our underachieving careers make the friendship easier’: Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater on Blue Moon and their 32-year friendship ⊕⊕
As they launch their 10th film together, the actor and director look back on how their stellar careers have progressed in tandem, through co-stars’ addictions and Hollywood pressures
‘I like this, it’…
5 months ago
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers: ‘We don’t want to be the biggest band in the world. It’s just fun playing with our besties’ ⊕⊕
The Australian rock band are ‘legit now’ with their second album, Glory. They talk about performing while underage, playing with Dave Grohl and the ‘girl band’ label
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Blue Moon review – Ethan Hawke is terrific in Richard Linklater’s bitter Broadway breakup drama ⊕⊕
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Hawke plays with campy brilliance and criminal combover the lyricist Lorenz Hart as he spirals into vinegary jilted despair after his split from Richard Rodgers
Breaking up with th…
6 months ago
Tape review – reverential Hong Kong remake of Richard Linklater drama of toxic masculinity ○
Linklater’s ahead-of-the-curve adaptation of a 1999 play about an alleged rape is reconfigured to try and reflect current concerns
Richard Linklater’s 2001 movie Tape, and Stephen Belber’s 1999 play t…
7 months ago
Oscar-winning actor looks unrecognisable in 90s comedy that has since become a cult classic - can YOU spot who he is? ○
The film by Richard Linklater follows a group of thrill-seeking teenagers as they celebrate the last day of high school by turning their local pool into a party venue, taking drugs and chasing girls.