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In 2020, the SXSW Film Festival was taken by storm by 23-year-old wunderkind filmmaker Cooper Raiff, who starred in, wrote, and directed “S#!%house,” a disarmingly funny and tender coming-of-age story about the connection that develops between a sensitive, lonely freshman, homesick and struggling at college, and a slightly-older sophomore that attends his school (that film bore shades of Richard Linklater indie-flavored meet-cutes). Having won the top prize at SXSW that year, Raiff now returns with “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” an endlessly charming, equally sensitive, bittersweet follow-up that proves he’s no one-hit-wonder.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterIt’s Peter Parker’s world, we’re just living in it.After a brief hiatus to let another movie sell a few tickets, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has unseated “Scream” and reclaimed the top spot on domestic box office charts. Now in its sixth weekend of release, Sony’s comic book sequel has added another $14.1 million from 3,705 North American venues.It’s rare for any film to secure the No. 1 slot in its sixth outing, though “Spider-Man: No Way Home” didn’t have much in the way of competition.

A big hit at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, the Finnish film “Compartment No. 6” has been compared to Richard Linklater’s “Before Sunset” in its ideas of romance on board a train and the philosophical, dialogue-heavy scenes it features.

EXCLUSIVE: Submarine, the company behind Amazon’s animated drama Undone, is to explore the history of ecstasy in a new docuseries.

Stick it to the man! In 2003, writer Mike White collaborated with Jack Black and director Richard Linklater on the musical comedy School of Rock. The flick was so successful that it even spawned a Nickelodeon series and a Tony-nominated musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Writer-director-actress Julie Delpy is perhaps best known for her work in the “Before Trilogy” with Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke. But those who are familiar with her directing work, from the duo of relationship comedies “2 Days In Paris” and “2 Days In New York,” to her more recent films “Lolo” and “My Zoe” likely have a deeper understanding of her creative bent.

French actress Julie Delpy came to North American fame and acclaim thanks to the brilliant 1995 romantic film “Before Sunrise.” She would later co-write the two sequels, “Before Sunset” and “Before Midnight,” alongside director Richard Linklater and co-star Ethan Hawke, nabbing Oscar nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for both scripts.

It isn’t often that a filmmaker works on a project for three decades in relative silence, but it appears Richard Linklater has been holding out on us: recently, Ethan Hawke let slip that he and his “Before Sunrise” and “Boyhood” collaborator were hard at work on a project that explores the origins of Transcendentalism in America.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaA few years ago, John Sloss worried that the major talent agencies had figured out the formula for his secret sauce.

Marta Balaga Chosen as this year’s recipient of the President’s Award at Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Ethan Hawke discussed his career, projects – including a potential new film with his long-time collaborator Richard Linklater – and the ongoing pandemic.At a roundtable discussion with journalists, Hawke opened up about his next possible movie project with Linklater.

“Can I be Mr. Camouflage?” A young punk asks his friends in the closing moments of the “Reservation Dogs” pilot, helmed by Oscar-winning writer/director Taika Waititi (“Jojo Rabbit,” “What We Do In The Shadows”).

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorJulie Delpy did not turn down an offer to reunite with Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke for a fourth “Before” movie.Following reports that Delpy said during an interview with a French news outlet that she walked away from the project, she told me Friday morning that her comments were misinterpreted because a fourth film was never in the works.“What happened was that we — all three of use — agreed that we couldn’t come up with something

Julie Delpy is getting candid about why she turned down a role in the fourth installment of the Before movies.

In terms of international cinema, in particular, you don’t find actors as popular and experienced as Julie Delpy. The French actress has appeared in films of all sizes all over the world, maybe most famously in the “Before” trilogy from filmmaker Richard Linklater.

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Chicago Sun-Times. Clark’s sister told the paprer he was on his way home at the time of the accident.

HOUSTON -- A historic Houston theater that director Richard Linklater called his “film school” and that for decades was the place to catch hard-to-find independent and foreign films has closed for good — like many theaters and other businesses, a victim of the coronavirus pandemic.After nearly 82 years in business, the River Oaks Theatre turned off its projectors last month, depriving the nation's fourth-largest city of an institution where everyone from rappers to suburban kids and cinephiles

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Alright, alright, alright.”Thanks to the magic of Zoom, Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey, and director Richard Linklater will discuss the making of “Dazed and Confused” as part of an effort to get moviegoers to return to theaters. The cast reunion is being produced by Alamo Drafthouse as part of its “Support Local Cinemas” events.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefOscar-nominated Richard Linklater, producer Basil Iwanyk and “Shadow In The Cloud” director Roseanne Liang headline the speakers line-up at the Australian International Screen Forum set to take place later this month (March 21-26, 201).The event’s industry program showcases innovative Australian and international content, and features conversations with leading film industry mentors and talent from Australia and the U.S.Proceedings kick off with an industry-only

There is a long list of films that were turned down by one major film festival only to have a breakout moment at another. For example, Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” ended up going to Sundance after Cannes passed and Lena Dunham’s “Tiny Furniture” went to SXSW after Sundance passed.

Netflix said Thursday that it is turning Sulwe, the bestselling children’s book by Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, into an animated musical, the latest move by the streamer to bolster its feature animation slate that already includes Richard Linklater’s Apollo 10½: A Space Age Adventure, Henry Selick’s Wendell & Wild, Nora Twomey’s My Father’s Dragon and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio among others.

Endeavor Content has named Eric Pertilla as vp of television development and production. Pertilla joins Endeavor from CBS All Access, where he was director of original content for two years, with series credits like the Richard Linklater series That Animal Rescue Show, The Twilight Zone, Star Trek: Discovery, The Good Fight and Texas 6.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterEric Pertilla is joining Endeavor Content to become its vice president of television development and production.He was most recently director of original content at CBS All Access for the past two years, where he oversaw Richard Linklater series “That Animal Rescue Show” and led development of “The Twilight Zone,” “Star Trek: Discovery,” “The Good Fight,” and “Texas 6.”“Endeavor Content presents a tremendous opportunity to work with one of the industry’s most

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There are Sundance movies and there are Oscar movies, and if you were to create a Venn diagram of the two, there are years when the two circles have overlapped and years when they've maintained their distance. Richard Linklater's decades-spanning Boyhood, for example, which debuted at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, went on to earn six Oscar noms, including best picture, and scored a win for supporting actress Patricia Arquette.

EXCLUSIVE: Glen Powell, who stars alongside Tom Cruise in Paramount and Skydance’s upcoming Top Gun: Maverick, has inked with CAA.

just taken. No more elite crowds wearing scarves that cost as much as a used Toyota Corolla.But even if we can’t drink craft beers with Richard Linklater in a remodeled shoe store, at least we still have the movies.

Marta Balaga In 2015, desperate to get his favorite band, Foo Fighters, to play in Cesena, a small town near Rimini, Italian marine geologist Fabio Zaffagnini came up with a rather unorthodox solution.

Apparently, Ben Affleck suffered panic attacks after smoking marijuana before filming Dazed and Confused back in 1993. Affleck was only 20 when he starred as O’Bannion, a small, supporting character, alongside future stars Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey, and Milla Jovovich in the film directed by Richard Linklater. But his time spent goofing around with his castmates could have led to a “bad experience” or two.

Ben Affleck is reflecting on one of his earlier experiences with cannabis. The “Argo” actor, 48, made the revelation in a new book titled, “Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused,” and opened up about his time filming the 1993 coming-of-age flick.  “I had a bad experience with marijuana at 15.

Ben Affleck revealed how an early experience he had with marijuana impacted his behavior on the Dazed and Confused set.In a new book titled Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused, Affleck reflected on his time making the 1993 flick in Austin, Texas. The Way Back actor, 48, shared that he didn’t partake in the same level of drug and alcohol use as his costars.“I had a bad experience with marijuana at 15.

One of Ben Affleck’s earliest film roles was playing bully O’Bannion in Richard Linklater’s 1993 comedy “Dazed and Confused”.

Ben Affleck did not enjoy smoking marijuana.

Matthew McConaughey.The actor, playing chilled-out high-school grad Wooderson, leans against a wall with drink in hand. He asks a current student how the latest crop of freshman girls are looking, then applies his Texas drawl to deliver a soon-to-be immortal line: “That’s what I love about these high-school girls, man.

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The cast of “Dazed and Confused” is reuniting for a good cause. The stars of the cult classic comedy came together for a table read on Sunday to raise money for initiatives aimed at increasing voter turn out in Texas.