Part of Milestones of the Last Quarter Century
Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Richard Linklater’s BOYHOOD is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (Ellar Coltrane), who literally grows up on screen before our eyes. Starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as Mason’s parents and newcomer Lorelei Linklater as his sister Samantha, BOYHOOD charts the rocky terrain of childhood like no other film has before — both a nostalgic time capsule of the recent past and an ode to growing up and parenting.
According to friend of the Belcourt and two-time visiting filmmaker Ethan Hawke, his long-term collaboration with Richard Linklater — including not only last year’s BLUE MOON, but the BEFORE trilogy (itself a another discourse on time) — has “been preparation for what’s to come,” and that “the tenth is going to be the best.” To further put BOYHOOD into context — and as it was filmed incrementally over 12 years — it’s now been 12 years since most people have seen it.
“Want to know what it's like to be in on the discovery of a new American classic? Check out BOYHOOD. Richard Linklater's coming-of-age tale is the best movie of the year, a four-star game-changer that earns its place in the cultural time capsule.” —Peter Travers, Rolling Stone (Jul 8, 2024) “Epic in scope yet unassuming throughout, Linklater’s incredibly involving chronicle marks an unprecedented achievement in fictional storytelling.” —Eric Kohn, IndieWire (Jan 20, 2014) “BOYHOOD feels unprecedented for its intimacy; the process is quietly radical, but the unassuming script even more so…. Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.” —Time Out (Jul 8, 2014)
