With 'Before Midnight' expanding once more, can it stay on the awards radar?

Posted by · 10:00 am · August 1st, 2013

Over two months after its release, Sony increases the screen count to 226.

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Win a 'Before Midnight' poster signed by Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy

Posted by · 12:14 pm · May 31st, 2013

Heads up, fans of Richard Linklater’s “Before” trilogy. This is right up your alley. And boy is it awesome.

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Tell us what you thought of 'Before Midnight'

Posted by · 8:54 am · May 24th, 2013

Audiences revisit Celine and Jesse this weekend.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber will raise his goblet of rock with 'School of Rock' stage adaptation

Posted by · 9:40 am · April 9th, 2013

He recently revealed he’s acquired the rights to Richard Linklater’s 2003 comedy.

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Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy are back in the trailer for 'Before Midnight'

Posted by · 8:32 am · March 28th, 2013

Sony Pictures Classics has Richard Linklater’s “Before Midnight” primed for a May 24 release. Michael Barker and Tom Bernard picked the film up out of Sundance, reuniting them with the filmmaker they brought to the fore over 20 years ago with “Slacker” via Orion Classics.

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Roundup: Richard Linklater honored with surprise award at Berlinale

Posted by · 5:20 am · February 12th, 2013

Also: The Academy’s quirky Best Picture gallery, and R.I.P. Gerry Hambling

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Sony Classics sets release dates for 'Before Midnight,' 'I'm So Excited' and 'Blue Jasmine'

Posted by · 2:55 pm · February 6th, 2013

Will the summer bows be remembered when awards season rolls around?

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Interview: Jack Black and Richard Linklater on getting to know 'Bernie'

Posted by · 3:09 pm · October 5th, 2012

Earlier this year, Richard Linklater and Jack Black clocked in their second collaboration, the dark comedy/true story “Bernie,” which just recently made its way to DVD and Blu-ray. Ostensibly, they’re out on the circuit now to promote the home video release, but with it comes a fair amount of rejuvenated awards buzz.

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Jack Black and Richard Linklater on the 'arranged marriage' of 'School of Rock'

Posted by · 9:17 am · October 3rd, 2012

And are we ready for ‘School of Jazz?’

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Jack Black and Richard Linklater on 'Slacker' and the Bohemia of Austin, Texas

Posted by · 11:36 am · October 2nd, 2012

How the ‘Bernie’ star first responded to his director’s early work.

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Off the Carpet: When to strike

Posted by · 6:14 pm · September 25th, 2012

Early-year releases and 2013 bum-ups find room to maneuver this season.

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'Side by Side' reflects a watershed moment in the history of film

Posted by · 10:18 am · August 18th, 2012

I’m not really sure what’s left to be said in the great film vs. digital debate, but if nothing else, Christopher Kenneally’s “Side by Side” brings things to a head nicely as it represents the layman’s way into the discussion. These things always reach broader consideration last and no film, to date, has been as thorough and definitive as this.

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