Take an exclusive look at a clip from “Boyhood” as the film heads to retail stores.
Ethan Hawke reaffirms the nonexistence of elves in exclusive 'Boyhood' clip
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:47 am · January 6th, 2015
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Vancouver critics go with 'Boyhood,' Gyllenhaal, Swinton
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:50 pm · January 5th, 2015
Members of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle has finished up their annual barroom vote and settled on Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” as the year’s best film.
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'Birdman,' 'Boyhood,' 'Grand Budapest' and 'Selma' lead Georgia critics nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:52 am · January 5th, 2015
The Georgia Film Critics Association has more or less kept to the standard flow today with a list of nominations led by critical darlings “Birdman,” “Boyhood,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Selma.”
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'Boyhood,' Gyllenhaal, Pike tops with North Texas film critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:43 pm · January 4th, 2015
The North Texas Film Critics Association has joined the crowd and named “Boyhood” the year’s best film. Richard Linklater won Best Director, while Jake Gyllenhaal and Rosamund pike took top acting honors for “Nightcrawler” and “Gone Girl” respectively.
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'American Sniper,' 'Nightcrawler' join Oscar players with ACE editing nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:00 am · January 2nd, 2015
Nominees were announced Friday for the 65th annual ACE Eddie Awards for excellence in film editing. Nominees on the movies side included “American Sniper,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Boyhood” and “Nightcrawler.”
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2014: the year in movie superlatives
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:30 am · December 31st, 2014
Wrapping up the year, a look at the best of the best across a wide spectrum of film categories, those recognized by the Academy and otherwise.
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Contender Countdown: Who wins the critics' battle on the road to Oscar?
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 9:40 am · December 30th, 2014
This edition of the Contender Countdown looks at the critical responses of the expected best nominee players via their Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores.
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Richard Linklater: Spiritual 'Dazed' follow-up is also a 'Boyhood' quasi-sequel
Posted by Matt Patches · 6:25 am · December 30th, 2014
Richard Linklater makes personal films. As a result, many of his oeuvre entries start looking like sequels….
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Off the Carpet: 'Unbroken,' 'Selma,' 'Sniper' in the headlines as Oscar voting begins
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 am · December 29th, 2014
Oscar voting begins on Monday, just as “Unbroken” is lighting up the box office and “Selma” is getting ridiculed in op-eds.
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Florida critics spring for 'Birdman,' Linklater, Keaton, Pike, Simmons and Arquette
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:10 pm · December 19th, 2014
The Florida Film Critics Circle has awarded “Birdman” best film of the year.
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Stop the presses: 'Boyhood' shut out by a critics group
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:12 am · December 18th, 2014
The Utah Film Critics Association has spoken up with its list of superlatives this year and “Birdman” came out on top, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay honors.
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President Obama aligns with the people, names 'Boyhood' the best film of 2014
Posted by Matt Patches · 4:52 am · December 18th, 2014
The President and First Lady weigh in on the 2015 Oscar race. Whose value went up and whose fell when the Obamas had their say?
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Dublin critics award 'Boyhood,' 'Frank,' Jake Gyllenhaal and Marion Cotillard
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:46 am · December 17th, 2014
Critics in the UK obviously aren’t immune to the charms of “Boyhood,” as the film did well with the London Film Critics Circle and now, the Dublin Film Critics Circle has named it the year’s best.
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Austin critics love 'Boyhood,' single out 'Joe' star Gary Poulter
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:21 am · December 17th, 2014
Yeah, the Austin Film Critics Association naturally dug the Austin-set “Boyhood,” and yeah, they showed a lot of love for “Nightcrawler.” But the single coolest thing they did Wednesday in their awards announcement was single out “Joe” star Gary Poulter.
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'Birdman' and usual critical darling suspects lead Houston critics' nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:50 am · December 16th, 2014
The Houston Film Critics Society has announced nominations, and no surprise, the three-horse race for critical darling of the year led the way: “Birdman” with 10, “Boyhood” with seven and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” with six.
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'Birdman' comes away with six Phoenix film critics awards including Best Picture
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:02 am · December 16th, 2014
The Phoenix Film Critics Society ended up splitting their Best Picture and Best Director awards between the two most critically acclaimed (on the circuit) films of the year: “Birdman” and “Boyhood.”
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Guess what? Toronto critics love 'Boyhood' too…
Posted by Matt Patches · 9:39 am · December 16th, 2014
Though “The Grand Budapest” and “Inherent Vice” came close, the Toronto Film Critics Association ultimately went with “Boyhood,” a film they see as a “singular achievement.”
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Florida critics' award nominations find room for 'The Raid 2'
Posted by Matt Patches · 8:08 am · December 16th, 2014
Who knew the Florida critics were so geeky? Among expected nominations for ‘Birdman’ and ‘Boyhood,’ films like ‘The Raid 2’ and ‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’ earned a little awards season love.
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