DramaDirected by:Richard LinklaterWith:Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan HawkeFilmed 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 (a breakthrough performance by 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. Snapshots of adolescence from road trips and family dinners to birthdays and graduations and all the moments in between become transcendent, set to a soundtrack spanning the years from Coldplay's Yellow to Arcade Fire's Deep Blue. BOYHOOD is both a nostalgic time capsule of the recent past and an ode to growing up and parenting. It's impossible to watch Mason and his family without thinking about our own journey. Trailers
ComedyDirected by:Craig GillespieWith:Ryan Gosling, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer,...The film is set in a Midwestern small town during a typically snowy winter. Lars Lindstrom (Gosling), an awkward young man, lives in the garage beside his deceased father's house. The main house is occupied by his recently returned brother, Gus (Paul Schneider), and pregnant sister-in-law, Karin (Emily Mortimer), who is delightfully overprotective of her oddball kid brother-in-law. After years of what is almost solitude, Lars introduce Bianca, a friend he met on the internet, to them. But they are stunned and don't know what to say because Bianca is a life-size doll, not a real person and he is treating her as though she is alive. They consult the family doctor (Patricia Clarkson). Trailers
Action, Animation (modern)Directed by:Pete Docter & Bob PetersonIn this "coming of old age" story, a seventysomething hero, alongside his clueless wilderness ranger sidekick, travels the globe, fighting beasts and villains, and eating dinner at 3:30 in the afternoon. Trailers